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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.
- Yin Xi: TCM Acupoint Guide YINXI NAME YINXI LOCATION When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of the m.
- Pi Rui Xue: TCM Acupoint Guide PIREXUE Pi Xue (Pixue) is 0.5 cun lateral to the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra. Needling: slanted insertion toward the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun..
- Wu Yi: TCM Acupoint Guide WUYI Wu Yi (Wuyi) is in the second intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline on the mammillary line. Caution: deep perpendicular insertion carries a.
- Yin Bian: TCM Acupoint Guide YINBIAN Yin Bian (Yinbian) is on the lower border of the pubic symphysis, 0.5 cun lateral to Longmen M-CA-24. Needling: slanted insertion toward the median line.
- Shen Men: TCM Acupoint Guide SHENMEN Shen Men (Shenmen). At the wrist joint, on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, in the depression at the proximal border of the.
- Qian Zheng: TCM Acupoint Guide QIANZHENG Qian Zheng (Qianzeng) is 0.5 to 1 cun anterior to the auricular lobe. Needling: slanted insertion directed forward, 0.5 to 1 cun. Indications: facial.
- Ying Chuang: TCM Acupoint Guide YINGCHUANG Ying Chuang (Yingchuang) is in the third intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline on the mammillary line. Caution: deep or perpendicular insertion.
- Ying Shang: TCM Acupoint Guide YINGSHANG Ying Shang (Yingshang) is 4 cun above the olecranon of the elbow. Needling: straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun. Indications: sequelae of infantile paralysis.
- Shao Fu: TCM Acupoint Guide SHAOFU Shao Fu (Shaofu). On the palm, in the depression between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, where the tip of the little finger rests when a fist is.
- Qi Duan: TCM Acupoint Guide QIDUAN Qi Duan (Qiduan) is at the tip of each toe. Needling: prick to bleed, or straight insertion 0.1 to 0.2 cun. Indications: apoplectic coma, beriberi.
- Ru Zhong: TCM Acupoint Guide RUZHONG Ru Zhong (Ruzhong) is at the center of the nipple, in the 4th intercostal space 4 cun lateral to the midline. Contraindicated for needling and moxibustion.
- Ying Xia: TCM Acupoint Guide YINGXIA Ying Xia (Yingxia) is between the ulna and the radius, 3 cun below the olecranon of the elbow. Needling: straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun. Indications.