Atlas of Acupuncture

3.3 Shoulder and Arm

Deltoid muscle (
Figs 3.42, 3.45–3.51)

This muscle covers the anterior, posterior and lateral aspect of

the head of the humerus. The following points are located either

on the muscle or on its margins: 
S.I.-9, S.I.-10, T.B.-14,

L.I.-15, jianquan(Ex-UE), LU-1, LU-2, LU-3, L.I.-14.

Acromion

Coracoid process

Scapula,

superior angle

Supraspinous

fossa

Scapular

spine

Medial

border

Inferior angle

Lateral border

Glenoid

cavity

Fig. 3.44

End of the

axillary fold

Border of

the deltoid

Deltoid

S.I.-9

S.I.-10

Fig. 3.45

Fig. 3.46

Abduct

arm

Scapular spine

Anterior extremity

of the acromion

Clavicle

Acromio-

clavicular

joint

T.B.-14

L.I.-15

Deltoid,

posterior fibres

Deltoid,

lateral fibres

Deltoid,

anterior fibres

Fig. 3.47

L.I.-15

T.B.-14

Anterior fibres

Posterior fibres

Lateral fibres