Atlas of Acupuncture

7.8 Anterior Shoulder and Arm

HE-7 (shenmen) ‘Spirit Gate’On the palmar aspect of the

wrist joint space ('most distal wrist crease'), in the depression

radial to the insertion of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon

LU-11 (shaoshang) ‘Lesser Shang’0.1 cun from the radial

corner of the thumb nail

HE-9 (shaochong) ‘Lesser Rushing’0.1 cun lateral to the

radial corner of the nail of the little finger

P-9 (zhongchong) ‘Middle Rushing’On the most distal

point of the middle finger

LU-10 (yuji) ‘Fish Border’At the midpoint of the palmar

border of the 1st metacarpal bone

P-8 (laogong) ‘Palace of Toil’In the centre of the palm,

between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, slightly closer to

the 3rd metacarpal bone. When a fist is made, the point is

located beneath the tip of the middle finger

HE-8 (shaofu) ‘Lesser Palace’When a fist is made, beneath

the tip of the little finger, on the palm, between the 4th and

5th metacarpal bones

HE- 7

Tendon

of flexor

carpi ulnaris

Pisiform Joint space

LU-10

Mid-point

Metacarpal I

P-8

HE-8

LU-11

HE-9

P-9

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