| TRANSLATION: | Big (Great) Mound |
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| TYPE: | Shu-stream, Yuan-source, Earth, Sedation, Ghost point |
| LOCATION: | At the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis, level with HT 7 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) 45° distal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.3-0.5 cun, b) 0.5-1.0 cun |
Pericardium Meridian 包经
| TRANSLATION: | Labor's Palace; Palace of Turmoil (Toil) |
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| TYPE: | Ying-spring, Fire, Ghost point |
| LOCATION: | On the transverse crease of the palm, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, proximal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, on the radial side of the 3rd metacarpal bone, in the depression where the tip of the middle finger lands when the fist is clenched |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Middle Pouring (Rushing) |
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| TYPE: | Jing-well, Wood, Tonification |
| LOCATION: | In the center of the tip of the middle finger |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° or 45° proximal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.1-0.2 cun or prick to bleed |