| TRANSLATION: | Lesser Marsh |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Jing-well, Metal |
| LOCATION: | On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail. |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion directed proximally |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.1-0.2 cun or prick to bleed |
Small Intestine Meridian 小肠经
| TRANSLATION: | Forward Valley; Front Valley |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Ying-spring, Water |
| LOCATION: | On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depresion just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, at the junction of red & white skin |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 45° distal instertion, b) 70° insertion towards palm |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.2-0.3 cun, b) 0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Back Stream |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Shu-stream, Wood, Tonification, Confluent point of the Governing Vessel |
| LOCATION: | On the ulnar border of the hand, in a depresion proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion towards LI 3 |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Wrist Bone |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Yuan-source |
| LOCATION: | On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depresion between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Yang Valley |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Jing-river, Fire, Horary |
| LOCATION: | At the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Nourish the Old; Support the Aged |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Xi-cleft |
| LOCATION: | Placing the palm of the hand on the chest, on the dorsal aspect of the head of the ulna, in the bony cleft level with and to the radial side of the high point of the styloid process of the ulna |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° or 20° distally or proximally |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |