Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

With the arm adducted, on an imaginary line extending in a

superior direction from the posterior axillary fold, on the lower

border of the scapular spine.

How to find

With the patient sitting upright, palpate from the posterior axil-

lary fold upward, past the lower border of the deltoid muscle

(➞S.I.-9) to the bony resistance of the scapular spine and

acromion, which here form a curve that opens towards the

inferior. S.I.-10is located below its bony border.

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel and relaxes the sinews

Special features

Meeting point of the yang wei maiand the yang qiao mai. S.I.10

corresponds to a trigger point that is often sensitive to pressure.

It also corresponds to the posterior access for puncturing the

shoulder joint.

S.I.-10 Upper Arm Shu NAOSHU

S.I.-9

Border of the

deltoid

Deltoid

ca. 1 cun

S.I.-10

Anterior end of

the axillary fold

Triceps brachii,

long head

Trapezius

Scapular spine

Deltoid

Teres major

Triceps brachii,

lateral head

Biceps

brachii

S.I.-9

T.B.-13

Acromion

S.I.-10

T.B.-14

Triceps brachii,

medial head

1

2

3

15

14

12

44

42

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(^1113)
13
11
S.I.-15
S.I.-14
S.I.-12
S.I.-10
S.I.-11
S.I.-13
S.I.-9
L.I.-14
T.B.-14
T.B.-15
T.B.-13
G.B.-21
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