Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

T.B.-15

T.B.-12

T.B.-9

S.I.-7 L.I.-7

T.B.-6

T.B.-5

T.B.-4

L.I.-6

S.I.-6

L.I.-5

L.I.-10

L.I.-11

L.I.-13

L.I.-14

S.I.-9

T.B.-13

T.B.-14

S.I.-12

T.B.-10

S.I.-8

S.I.-10

S.I.-14

S.I.-13

S.I.-11

1

9

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 9

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

10

11

12

cun

15

17

18

14

12

9

47 8

46

44

42

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

(^1113)
13
11
S.I.-15
Bladder channel, outer branchBladder channel, inner branch
Du mai
G.B.-21
S.I.-8
Medial epicondyle
of the humerus
Olecranon
S.I.-8 (xiaohai) ‘Small Sea’With the elbow flexed in the
depression between the olecranon process of the ulna and the
medial epicondyle of the humerus
L.I.-9 (shanglian) ‘Upper Angle’3 cun distal to L.I.-11, on
the line connecting L.I.-5andL.I.-11
L.I.-8 (xialian) ‘Lower Angle’4 cun distal L.I.-11, on the line
connectingL.I.-5andL.I.-11
T.B.-9 (sidu) ‘Four Rivers’5 cun distal to the olecranon or
7 cun proximal to T.B.-4, between the radius and the ulna
S.I.-7 (zhizheng) ‘Branch of the Upright’5 cun proximal to
the wrist joint space, on the line connecting S.I.-5andS.I.-8
L.I.-7 (wenliu) ‘Warm Flow’5 cun proximal to L.I.-5or
midway between L.I.-5andL.I.-11
T.B.-7 (huizhong) ‘Ancestral Meeting’3 cun proximal to
T.B.-4, between radius and ulna, ulnar to extensor digitorum
communis
L.I.-10 (shousanli) ‘Arm Three Miles’2 cun distal to L.I.-11,
on the line connecting L.I.-5andL.I.-11
L.I.-10
Anatomical snuffbox
L.I.-5
L.I.-11
2 cun
Extensor carpi radialis longus
L.I.-9 L.I.-5
L.I.-11
L.I.-8 L.I.-5
L.I.-11
T.B.-9
5 cun 7 cun Midpoint of the wrist
lateral
5 cun S.I.-7
Ulna Medial epicondyle
of the humerus
L.I.-7 L.I.-5
L.I.-11
T.B.-7
T.B.-6 3 cun
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