| TRANSLATION: | Thigh Gate |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | On the upper thigh, in a depression just lateral to the sartorius muscle when thigh is flexed, at the junction of a vertical line drawn downward from the anterior superior iliac spine, and a horizontal line drawn level with the lower border of the pubic symphysis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
Stomach Meridian 胃经
| TRANSLATION: | Hidden Rabbit; Crouching Rabbit |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 6 cun above the laterosuperior border of patella in rectus femoris muscle, in a depression on the line connecting anterior superior iliac spine and lateral border of patella |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Yin Market |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | On the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the anterior superior iliac spine, in a depression 3 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella when knee is flexed |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Beam Mound; Ridge Mound |
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| TYPE: | Xi-cleft |
| LOCATION: | On the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the anterior superior iliac spine, in a depression 2 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella when knee is flexed |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Calf's Nose |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | On the knee, in the depression formed when the knee is flexed, immediateley below the patella and lateral to the patellar ligament |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion towards UB 40, b) 45° medial or superior direction, behind patella, c) Behind patellar ligament to join Xi Yan (MN-LE-16) |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Leg Three Mile |
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| TYPE: | He-sea, Earth, Horary, Point of Sea of Water and Grain, Command point (abdomen), Heavenly Star |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun below ST 35 , one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior crest of tibia |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |