Atlas of Acupuncture

7.8 Anterior Shoulder and Arm

LU-4 (xiabai) ‘Clasping the White’4 cun distal to the end

of the anterior axillary fold, on the medial aspect of the upper

arm, radial to the biceps brachii

HE-2 (qingling) ‘Green Spirit’3 cun proximal to the cubital

crease, on the medial border of the biceps brachii

LU-6 (kongzui) ‘Maximum Opening’5 cun distal to LU-5or

7 cun proximal to the wrist joint space, on a line connecting

LU-5andLU-9

P-4 (ximen) ‘Xi-Cleft Gate’5 cun proximal to the palmar

wrist joint space, between the tendons of palmaris longus and

flexor carpi radialis, or 1 cun distal to the midpoint of the line

connectingP-3andP-7

P-5 (jianshi) ‘Intermediate Messenger’3 cun proximal to

the palmar wrist joint space, between the tendons of palmaris

longus and flexor carpi radialis

P-6 (neiguan) ‘Inner Pass’2 cun proximal to the palmar

wrist joint space, between the tendons of palmaris longus and

flexor carpi radialis

LU-7 (lieque) ‘Broken Sequence’On the radial aspect of the

forearm, immediately above the styloid process of the radius,

approximately 1.5 cun proximal to the wrist joint space in

a V-shaped groove

LU-5 (chize) ‘Cubit Marsh’In the cubital crease, radial to the

tendon of the biceps brachii

P-3 (quze) ‘Marsh at the Crook’In the cubital crease, ulnar

to the biceps tendon

HE-3 (shaohai) ‘Lesser Sea’With the elbow flexed, in the

depression between the ulnar end of the cubital crease and the

medial epicondyle of the humerus

LU-4

Lateral border of

the biceps muscle

HE-2 Biceps

Medial end of

the cubital crease

Biceps tendon

LU-5

Biceps tendon

P-3

Cubital crease

HE-3

P-3

1/2

1/2

LU-6

LU-5

(cubital crease,

radial to the

biceps tendon)

Midpoint of the

distance

1 cun

LU-9

1/2

1/2

P-4

5 cun

Tendon of

the flexor

g

P-7 P-5

3 cun

P-7 P-6

Abductor pollicis

longus

Brachioradialis

1.5 cun

Wrist crease

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