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Small Intestine
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Course |
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Course#1
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Tip
of the digitus minimus (Shaoze,
SI-1)
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2 )
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Wrist
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Top
of elbow
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Dorsal
surface of the upper arm
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Shoulder
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6 )
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Circle
around the superior and inferior
fossa of the scapula
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7 )
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Meets
Dazhui (Gv-14)
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8 )
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Enters
the supraclavicular fossa
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9 )
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Heart
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10 )
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Passes
along the esophagus
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11 )
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￥
Diaphragm
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12 ) |
Stomach |
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13 ) |
Small
intestine |
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Course#2
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8 )
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Supraclavicular
fossa
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14 )
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Neck
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15 ) |
Cheek
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16 ) |
Tongziliao
(GB-l) |
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Into
the ear |
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Course#3
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Cheek
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Jingming
(BL-1)
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Distributes
over zygoma obliquely. |
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B.
Related Viscera
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Small intestine
(Pertaining Organ), heart, and stomach |
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C.
Acupoints
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SI
1
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Location
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On
the ulnar side of the little
finger, about 0.1 cun posterior
to the corner of the the nail.
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Indication
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Headache,
febrile diseases, loss of consciousness,
insufficient lactation, sore
throat, redness of the eye,
cloudiness of the cornea. Disperses
wind and heat, facilitates the
flow of milk.
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Notes
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Clears
heart-heat, disperses
accumulated heat.
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SI
2
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Location
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When
a loose fist is made, distal
to the fifth metacarpo-phalangeal
joint, at the end of the transverse
crease and the junction of red
and white skin.
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Indication
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Pain
in head and neck, eye disease,
febrile disease with anhidrosis,
sore throat, numbness of fingers,
epilepsy, tinnitus.
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SI
3
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Location
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When
a loose fist is made, proximal
to the fifth metacarpo-phalangeal
joint, at the end of the transverse
crease and the junction of red
and white skin.
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Indication
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High
fever, nasal bleeding, deafness,
sore throat, fullness in the
chest, night sweating, febrile
diseases, nasal obstruction,
palsy or convulsion of the finger,
mania.
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Notes
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Removes
inner heat, opens GV channels,
clears the spirit.
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SI
4
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Location
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On
the ulnar side of the palm,
in the depression between the
base of the fifth metacarpal
bone and the triquetral bone.
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Indication
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Febrile
diseases with anhidrosis, headache,
rigidity of the neck, contracture
of the fingers, pain in the
writst, jaundice.
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Notes
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ReGVces
evils in taiyang channel,
clears damp-heat in small
intestine.
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SI
5
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Location
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At
the ulnar end of the transverse
crease on the dorsal aspect
of the wrist, in the depression
between the styloid process
of the ulna and the triquetral
bone.
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Indication
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Swelling
of the neck and submandibular
region, pain of te hand and
wrist, febrile diseases.
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SI
6
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Location
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Dorsal
to the head of the ulna. When
the palm faces the chest, the
point is in the bony cleft on
the radial side of the the styloid
process of the ulna.
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Indication
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Pain
in the shoulder, elbow and arm,
abduction disorder of arm, stomachache,
poor vision.
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Notes
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Relaxes
muscles, clears channels
and vision.
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SI
7
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Location
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1
cun below midpoint lining between
SI 5 and SI 8
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Indication
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Dizziness,
spasm and pain in the elbow
and fingers, 신열소갈선식, mania.
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SI
8
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Location
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When
the elbow is flexed, the point
is located in the depression
between the olecranon of the
ulna and the medial epicondyle
of the humerus.
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Indication
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Headache,
swelling of the cheek, pain
in the nape, shoulder, arm and
elbow, epilepsy.
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Notes
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Disperses
evils in taiyang channel,
dispels heat-accumulation
in small intestine, removes
wind.
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SI
9
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Location
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Posterior
and inferior to the shoulder
joint. When the arm is adGVcted,
the point is 1 cun above the
posterior end of the axillary
fold.
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Indication
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Swelling
gums with fever, lower abdominal
pain, deafness, toothache, mania,
palsy of radial nerve.
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SI
10
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Location
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When
the arm is adGVcted, the point
is directly above SI 9, in the
depression inferior to the scapular
spine.
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Indication
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Swelling
of the shoulder, aching and
weakness of the shoulder and
arm.
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SI
11
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Location
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In
the infrascapular fossa, at
the junction of the upper and
middle third of the distance
between the lower border of
the scapular spine and the inferior
angle of the scapula.
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Indication
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Soarness
and pain in the shoulder and
arm, hypertention, hidrosis,
aftermath of CVA.
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Notes
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Disperses
stagnation of qi in hypochondrium.
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SI
12
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Location
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In
the center of the suprascapular
fossa, directly above SI 11.
When the arm is lifted, the
point is at the site of the
depression.
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Indication
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Pain
in the scapular region, numbness
and aching of the upper extremitites,
motor impairment of the shoulder
and arm.
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SI
13
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Location
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On
the medial extremity of the
suprascapular fossa, about midway
between SI 10 and T-2.
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Indication
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Pain
and stiffness of the scapular
region.
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