| TRANSLATION: | Upper Great Emptiness; Upper Great Void |
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| TYPE: | Lower He-sea of Large Intestine, Sea of Blood |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun below ST 36, one finger-breadth from anterior crest of tibia |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
Stomach Meridian 胃经
| TRANSLATION: | Narrow Opening; Ribbon Opening |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 2 cun below ST 37, midway between ST 35 and ST 41, one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Lower Great Emptiness; Lower Large Hollow |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Lower He-sea of Small Intestine, Sea of Blood |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun below ST 37, midway between ST 35 and ST 41, one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Abundant Bulge |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Luo-connecting |
| LOCATION: | On the lower leg, midway between ST 35 and ST 41, two finger-breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, one finger breadth lateral to ST 38 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Stream Divide; Dividing Cleft |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Jing-river, Fire, Tonification |
| LOCATION: | On the ankle, level with the prominence of the lateral malleolus, in a depression between the tendons of extensor hallicus longus and extensor digitorum longus |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5 cun, b) beneath tendons to join SP 5 or GB 40 |
| TRANSLATION: | Rushing Yang; Surging Yang |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Yuan-source |
| LOCATION: | On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression formed by the junction of the second and third metatarsal bones and the cuneiform bones (second and third), 1.5 cun distal to ST 41, on the line drawn between ST 41 and ST 43, at the point where the pulsation of the dorsalis pedis artery may be palpated |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion* Be careful of artery beneath this poin |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |