| TRANSLATION: | Pouring Gate; Rushing Pass |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Jing-well, Metal |
| LOCATION: | On the dorsal aspect of the ring finger, at the junction of lines drawn along the ulnar border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° proximal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.1-0.2 cun or prick to bleed |
Triple Burner Meridian 三焦经
| TRANSLATION: | Fluid Gate |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Ying-spring, Water |
| LOCATION: | When fist is clenched, between the ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Middle Island |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Shu-stream, Wood, Tonification |
| LOCATION: | With fist clenched, point is on dorsum of the hand between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, in the depression proximal to metacarpophalangeal joint |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° proximal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Yang Pool |
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| TYPE: | Yuan-source |
| LOCATION: | On the transverse crease of the dorsum of the wrist, in the depression lateral to the tendon of extensor digitorum communis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 60° proximal insertion, b) 5° insertion towards radial wrist under tendons |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.3-0.5 cun, b) 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Outer Gate |
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| TYPE: | Luo-connecting, Confluent point of the Yang Wei vessel |
| LOCATION: | 2 cun above TB 4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the tendons of extensor digitorum communis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 60° proximal or distal insertion , b) Join with PC 6 |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Branch Ditch |
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| TYPE: | Jing-River, Fire, Horary |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun above TB 4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 60° proximal or distal insertion , b) Join with PC 5 |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Meeting of the Ancestors |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Xi-cleft |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun above TB 4, level with and about one finger-breadth lateral to TB 6, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum communis muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 60° proximal or distal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Three Yang Connection |
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| TYPE: | Meeting of the three arm Yang channels - theoretical, not used clinically |
| LOCATION: | 4 cun above TB 4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 60° proximal or distal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Four Rivers |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 7 cun above SJ 4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna and on the lateral side of the forearm |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° proximal or distal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Heavenly Well |
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| TYPE: | He-sea, Earth, Sedation |
| LOCATION: | With the elbow flexed, in the depression about 1 cun above the olecranon |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Cooling Gulf; Clear Cold Abyss |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | With the elbow flexed, 1 cun above TB 10 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Melting Luo River; Dispersing Luo River |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | On the upper arm, 4 cun above TB 10 and 6 cun below TB 14, on a line joining TB 10 and TB 14 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Shoulder Meeting; Upper Arm Meeting |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Meeting point of the San Jiao meridian and the Yang Wei vessel |
| LOCATION: | On the upper arm, approximately 6 cun above TB 10 and 4 cun below TB 14, where the line joining TB 10 and TB 14 meets the posterior border of the deltoid muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Shoulder Seam; Shoulder Crevice |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | At the origin of the deltoid muscle, in the depression that lies posterior and inferior to the acromion, about 1 cun posterior to LI 15 when the arm is abducted |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion towards axilla (w/ arm abducted), b) 20° distal insertion towards elbow |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 1.0-1.5 cun, b) 1.5-2 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Heavenly Seam; Heavenly Crevice |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Meeting point of the San Jiao and Gall Bladder meridians and the Yang Wei vessel |
| LOCATION: | Midway between GB 21 and SI 13, or midway between the lateral extremity of the acromion and GV 14, in the depression 1 cun posterior to GB 21 in the suprascapular fossa at the highest point of the trapezius muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Heaven's Window; Window of Heaven |
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| TYPE: | Window of the Sky |
| LOCATION: | Posterior and inferior to the mastoid process, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, approximately 1 cun below GB 12, on a line drawn between SI 17 and UB 10 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Wind Screen |
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| TYPE: | Meeting point of the San Jiao and Gall Bladder meridians |
| LOCATION: | Behind the earlobe, in the depression between the ramus of the mandible and mastoid process |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion towards other ear |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Feeding the Vessel; Spasm Vessel |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | Posterior to the ear, in a small depression on the mastoid process, one third of the distance along a curved line drawn from TB 17 and TB 20 following the line of the rim of the ear. |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun or prick to bleed |
| TRANSLATION: | Skull Rest |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | Posterior to the ear, in a small depression two thirds of the distance along a curved line drawn from TB 17 and TB 20 following the line of the rim of the ear. |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Angle of Regeneration; Minute Angle |
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| TYPE: | Meeting point of the San Jiao, Small Intestine, and Gall Bladder meridians |
| LOCATION: | Directly above the ear apex, within the hair line |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Ear Gate |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | In the depression anterior to the supratragic notch and slightly superior to the condyloid process of the mandible |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° Inferior, slightly posterior insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Harmony's Seam; Ear Harmony Crevice |
|---|---|
| TYPE: | Meeting point of the San Jiao, Small Intestine, and Gall Bladder meridians |
| LOCATION: | About 0.5 cun anterior to the upper border of the root of the ear, in a slight depression on the posterior border of the hairline of the temple where the temporal artery can be felt |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Silk Bamboo Hollow |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | In the depression on the lateral end of the supraorbital margin |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion medially along eyebrow |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |