Atlas of Acupuncture

7.7 Posterior Shoulder and Arm

L.I.-6 (pianli) ‘Veering Passage’3 cun proximal to L.I.-5, on

the line connecting L.I.-5andL.I.-11

T.B.-5 (waiguan) ‘Outer Pass’2 cun proximal to T.B.-4(on

the dorsal wrist joint space, between radius and ulna.

T.B.-6 (zhigou) ‘Branch Ditch’3 cun proximal to T.B.-4,

between radius and ulna, radial to the tendon of extensor

digitorum communis

S.I.-6 (yanglao) ‘Support the Aged’In the depression radial

and proximal to the styloid process of the ulna that forms when

turning the hand from a pronated to a supinated position.

T.B.-4 (yangchi) ‘Yang Pool’On the dorsum of the wrist, in

the gap ulnar to the tendons of the extensor digitorum

L.I.-5 (yangxi) ‘Yang Stream’With the thumb abducted in

the depression between the tendons of the extensor pollicis

longus and brevis muscles (‘anatomical snuff box’)

T.B.-6 T.B.-5

L.I.-6

Cubital crease

L.I.-11 L.I.-5

Joint space

T.B.-4

T.B.-5

S.I.-6 Styloid process

of the ulna

Tendon of the

Wrist joint space

Tendons of

extensor

digitorum T.B.-4

Ex-UE-3

(zhongquan)

L.I.-5

Extensor tendon

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