small intestine hand tai yang

    • jing well

    • on ulnar side of little finger 0.1 cun posterior to corner of nail

    • opens orifices, clears obstructions from channel. insufficient lactation

    • superficial 0.1

    • ying spring

    • with a loose fist, point is on ulnar end of crease in front of MCP joint of little finger, junction of red and white skin

    • clears internal and external heat, esp heat harming neck, head, eyes, acute, febrile disease

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • shu stream, tonification, master du

    • with a loose fist, the point is on the ulnar end of the distal palm crease proximal to the 5th MCP joint at the end of the transverse crease at the junction of red and white skin

    • relaxes muscles along du, clears heat, expels wind. acute spine pain, neck pain, deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, mania, malaria, headache, night sweats

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.7

    • yuan source

    • ulnar side of palm, in depression between base of 5th metacarpal and hamate bone

    • treats damp heat, jaundice, local point for channel obstructions

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • jing river, horary

    • ulnar end transverse wrist crease, dorsal aspect, in depression between styloid process of ulna and the triquetral bone

    • treats swelling, clears heat, calms shen. palpitations, local point for wrist pain

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • xi cleft

    • dorsal to the head of ulna. when the palm faces the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of ulna

    • brightens eyes, improves hearing, benefits the elderly. bi syndrome, low back pain, local for arm pain

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • luo point

    • on the line joining si5 and si8, 5 cun proximal to dorsal wrist crease

    • clears heat, clams shen. neck stiffness, headache

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.8

    • he sea

    • with elbow flexed, point is located in the depression between between olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of humerus

    • clears heat and damp, removes channel obstructions, calms shen. neck pain, arm pain, sore throat

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. when arm is adducted, point is 1 cun above end of axillary fold

    • local point for shoulder and scapular pain

    • perpendicular 0.5-1.0

    • with arm adducted, point is directly above posterior axillary fold in depression inferior to scapular spine

    • local point for pain. frozen shoulder, effects sinew channels, bi syndrome

    • perpendicular 0.5-1.0

    • on scapula, in depression of center of subscapular fossa, level with t4 vertebrae (CAM)

    • local point for pain in scapular region. opens chest. point is lateral to heart (and pc back shu)

    • perpendicular 0.5-1.0

    • in center of suprascapular fossa directly above si11

    • expels wind, local point for shoulder pain

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.7

    • medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, midway between si10 and spinous process of 2nd thoracic vertebrae

    • local for shoulder pain, channel obstructions, ms

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • 3 cun lateral to lower border spinous process t1 vertebrae, lateral du13’

    • local for shoulder pain, channel obstruction, frozen shoulder

    • oblique 0.3-0.7

    • 2 cun lateral to lower border of spinous process c7, lateral du14

    • local for shoulder pain, channel obstruction, deep shoulder pain

    • oblique 0.3-0.6

    • window of the sky

    • in lateral aspect of neck, posterior to SCM and li18 on the level with the laryngeal protuberance

    • clears sore throat, benefits ear, TMJ, goiter, loss of voice

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.7

    • window of the sky

    • posterior to angle of the mandible in depression anterior border SCM

    • resolves damp heat, removes channel obstruction. swelling and lymph nodes, sore throat, goiter, expels fire/poisons

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.7

    • 3 leg yang tmm meeting

    • directly below the outer canthus in the lower border of the zygoma

    • expels wind. twitching of eyelids, trigeminal neuralgia, facial pain, check swelling

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.8

    • anterior to tragus, posterior to condyloid process of mandible in the depression when mouth is open

    • benefits the ears. deafness, tinnitus, earache, toothache, jaw pain

    • perpendicular 0.5-1.0