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ACUPUNCTURE
Acupressure and acupuncture points explained: where each point is, its traditional use, how to press it yourself and what to expect.
- Su Liao: TCM Acupoint Guide SULIAO NAME SULIAO LOCATION On the midline at the tip of the nose. At the center of the tip of the nose. NEEDLING Perpendicular insertion 0.2 to 0.3 cun
- Yang Xi: TCM Acupoint Guide YANGXI Yang Xi (Yangxi). On the radial side of the wrist, in the center of the hollow formed between the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis, the.
- Tian Rong: TCM Acupoint Guide TIANRONG Tian Rong (Tianrong). In the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Note: palpation of the.
- Wei Shu: TCM Acupoint Guide WEISHU NAME WEISHU LOCATION 1.5 cun lateral to the DU channel, at the lower border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra.
- Ren Zhong: TCM Acupoint Guide RENZHONG Ren Zhong (Renzhong). On the philtrum, at the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum, above the upper lip on the midline. Actions.
- Pian Li: TCM Acupoint Guide PIANLI NAME PIANLI LOCATION Located 3 cun proximal to LI-5 Yangxi on the line connecting LI-5 Yangxi and LI-11 Quchi. 3 cun above LI-5 Yangxi on the forearm
- Quan Liao: TCM Acupoint Guide QUANLIAO Quan Liao (Quanliao) is below the outer canthus, at the middle of the inferior margin of the zygomatic bone. Meeting point of the San Jiao channel. Contra.
- San Jiao Shu: TCM Acupoint Guide SANJIAOSHU NAME SANJIAOSHU LOCATION 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra
- Dui Duan: TCM Acupoint Guide DUIDUAN Dui Duan (Duiduan) is at the junction of the margin of the upper lip and the philtrum. Actions: clears heat, generates fluids, benefits the mouth, calms the.
- Wen Liu: TCM Acupoint Guide WENLIU Wen Liu (Wenliu) is 5 cun above LI-5 Yangxi. Xi-cleft and Gueki point. Actions: clears heat, detoxifies poison, expels wind, benefits the throat, clears.
- Ting Gong: TCM Acupoint Guide TINGGONG NAME TINGGONG LOCATION With the mouth opened slightly, this point is located in the depression between the tragus and mandibular joint
- Shen Shu: TCM Acupoint Guide SHENSHU Shen Shu (Shenshu). 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, at the same level as DU-4 Mingmen. Note.