Small Intestine Meridian

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 少澤 (shǎo zé)

🎯 Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger about 01 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, fever, dizziness, tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 前谷 (qián gǔ)

🎯 Location: When loose fist is made point is on the ulnar end of the crease in the front of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the little finger at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, tinnitus, cough:blood, fullness:chest, pain:back

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 後谿 (hòu xī)

🎯 Location: When loose fist is made point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the end of the transverse crease and junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, pain:knee, tinnitus, jaundice, cold

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腕骨 (wàn gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the ulnar side of the palm in the depression the between base of the 5th metacarpal bone and hamate bone.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, tinnitus, jaundice, heat, deficiency:spleen

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽谷 (yáng gǔ)

🎯 Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease on the dorsal aspect of the wrist in the depression the between styloid process of the ulna and triquetral bone.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, fever, tinnitus, heat, redness

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 養老 (yǎng lǎo)

🎯 Location: Dorsal to the head of the ulna; when palm face chest point is in the bonny cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:back, pain:shoulder, pain, pain:back:lumbar, stagnation:channel

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 支正 (zhī zhèng)

🎯 Location: On the line joining si5 and si8 5 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, anxiety, dizziness, cold, heat

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 小海 (xiǎo hǎi)

🎯 Location: When elbow is flexed point is located in the depression the between olecranon of the ulna and medial epicondyle of the humerus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with ulnar nerve.

🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, palpitations, jaundice, deficiency:qi, heat

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩貞 (jiān zhēn)

🎯 Location: Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint; when arm is adducted point is 1 thumb width above the posterior end of the axillary fold.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in acute shoulder injury.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, wind, numbness, pain:scapula, pain:shoulder

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 臑俞 (bù yú)

🎯 Location: When arm is adducted, point is directly above the posterior end of the axillary fold in the depression the inferior to the scapular spine.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, pain:shoulder, pain, chills, pain:arm

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天宗 (tiān zōng)

🎯 Location: On the scapula in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in acute shoulder injury.

🛡️ Treats: cough, stagnation:qi, fullness:chest, pain:elbow, pain:scapula

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 秉風 (bǐng fēng)

🎯 Location: In the center of the suprascapular fossa directly above the si11; when arm is lifted point is at the site of the depression.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: wind, benefit:shoulders, benefit:scapula

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 曲垣 (qū yuán)

🎯 Location: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa about midway between si10 and spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:shoulder, contraction:shoulder, benefit:shoulders, benefit:scapula, sensation:oppression:shoulder

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩外俞 (jiān wài yú)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where du13 is located.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: fever, wind, pain:scapula, pain:shoulder, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩中俞 (jiān zhōng yú)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (du14).

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fever, pain:scapula, pain:shoulder, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天窗 (tiān chuāng)

🎯 Location: In the lateral aspect of the neck posterior to the scm and li18 on the level of the laryngeal protuberance.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near jugular vein.

🛡️ Treats: dizziness, tinnitus, heat, depression, numbness

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天容 (tiān róng)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the angle of the mandible in the depression on the anterior border of the scm.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, fever, asthma, tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 顴髎 (quán hé)

🎯 Location: Directly below outer canthus in the depression on the lower border of the zygoma.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, heat, wind, swelling, pain:leg

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 聽宮 (tīng gōng)

🎯 Location: Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible in the depression the formed when mouth is open.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; caution with TMJ disorders.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, deafness, epilepsy, voice:loss, pain:toothache