Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

With the elbow flexed, in the depression between the olecranon

process of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

How to find

S.I.-8is located on a line connecting the tip of the olecranon and

the tip of the medial epicondyle, at the deepest point of the

groove between those two bony protrusions.

Needling

0.3–0.5 cun vertically or obliquely with or against the flow of

the channel. Caution: The ulnar nerve is located in this groove.

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel

Special features

He-sea point, Earth point, sedation point.

S.I.-8 Small Sea XIAOHAI

T.B.-10

Olecranon

S.I.-8

Lateral epicondyle

of the humerus

Medial epicondyle

of the humerus

Brachialis

Brachioradialis

Extensor

carpi radialis

longus

Lateral

epicondyle

Olecranon

Flexor carpi

ulnaris

L.I.-11

T.B.-10

Tendon of the

triceps brachii

Triceps brachii,

medial head

Triceps brachii,

lateral head

S.I.-8

Olecranon Medial epicondyle

of the humerus

S.I.-9

L.I.-7

S.I.-7

T.B.-6

T.B.-5

T.B.-4

L.I.-6

S.I.-6

L.I.-5

L.I.-10

T.B.-10 L.I. -11

S.I.-8

1

9

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

10

11

(^12) cun
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