Atlas of Acupuncture

7.7 Posterior Shoulder and Arm

S.I.-13 (quyuan) ‘Crooked Wall’At the medial end of the

supraspinous fossa

S.I.-11 (tianzong) ‘Heavenly Gathering’On the scapula, in

a depression on the infraspinatus, one third of the distance

from the midpoint of the scapular spine and the inferior angle

of the scapula

L.I.-14 (binao) ‘Upper Arm’7 cun proximal to L.I.-11, at

the distal end of the deltoid, on a line connecting L.I.-11

andL.I.-15

T.B.-12 (xiaoluo) ‘Dispersing Luo River’4 cun proximal to

T.B.-10on a line connecting the olecranon and the lateral

extremity of the acromion (location of T.B.-14)

L.I.-11 (quchi) ‘Pool at the Crook’With the elbow flexed,

on the lateral end of the elbow crease, in a depression between

the end of the crease and the lateral epicondyle of the

humerus, on the extensor carpi radialis longus muscle

L.I.-13 (shouwuli) ‘Arm Five Miles’On the lateral aspect of

the upper arm, 3 cun proximal to L.I.-11

T.B.-10 (tianjing) ‘Heavenly Well’With the elbow flexed in a

depression approximately 1 cun proximal to the olecranon

T.B.-13 (naohui) ‘Upper Arm Meeting’3 cun distal to the

lateral extremity of the acromion (location of T.B.-14), on a line

connectingT.B.-14and the olecranon, at the junction of this

line with the margin of the deltoid

S.I.-9 (jianzhen) ‘True Shoulder’With the arm adducted on

a line extending in a superior direction from the posterior

axillary fold, on the lower border of the deltoid, 1 cun superior

to the posterior axillary fold

S.I.-13

Spinous process C7

Spinous process T1

Spinous process T4Spinous process T5 S.I.-11 1/3

T.B.-13

S.I.-9

Border of

the deltoid

approximately

1 cun

L.I.-14

Deltoid

T.B.-12

Midpoint1 cun

3 cun

L.I.-13

Lateral border

of the biceps

approximately

1 cun

T.B.-10

Olecranon

90 °

L.I.-11

Lateral epicondyle Olecranon

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