Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

7.7 Posterior Shoulder and Arm

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

(^478)
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
1/2
Spinous process C7 G.B.-21
T.B.-15
G.B.-21 (jianjing) ‘Shoulder Well’At the highest point of
the shoulder, midway between the lower border of the spinous
process of C7 and the lateral extremity of the acromion
S.I.-14 (jianwaishu) ‘Outer Shoulder Shu’3 cun lateral to
the lower border of the spinous process of the T1 (Du-13), at
the insertion of the levator scapulae
S.I.-10 (naoshu) ‘Upper Arm Shu’With the arm adducted
on a line extending in a superior direction from the posterior
axillary fold, on the lower border of the scapular spine
T.B.-14 (jianliao) ‘Shoulder Crevice’Inferior to the lateral
extremity of the acromion between the acromial and spinal
portions of the deltoid, or with the arm abducted in the
posterior of the two depressions on the shoulder joint
T.B.-15 (tianliao) ‘Heavenly Crevice’At the midpoint of an
imaginary line between the spinous process of the C7 and the
lateral extremity of the acromion
S.I.-12 (bingfeng) ‘Grasping the Wind’Directly superior to
S.I.-11, in the centre of the supraspinous fossa
S.I.-15 (jianzhongshu) ‘Middle Shoulder Shu’2 cun lateral
to the lower border of the spinous process of the T7 (Du-14)
Du-14 S.I.-15
Spinous process C7
Levator
scapulae
S.I.-14
S.I.-13
Du-13 BL-11
Spinous process C7
Spinous process T1
1/2
G.B.-21
T.B.-15
1/2
Spinous process C7
Spinous process C7
S.I.-12
(on the
supraspinatus)
Border of
the deltoid
S.I.-10
T.B.-14
L.I.-15
Acromio-
clavicular
joint
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