SI14 Jianwaishu (Outer Shoulder Point)

Location

3 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where GV13 is located.

Indications

Conditions for which SI14 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

TCM actions

What classical sources say SI14 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Protocols using SI14

• Dizziness, Tinnitus, Headache, Vomiting, Nausea – LI18, SI11, SI14, GB20, GB21, GV16, GV20 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(09)60079-0 ↗)
• Stiffness Neck, Neck Chronic Pain, Disability Neck, Anxiety Pain-related – SI14, SI15, GB21 (doi:10.1155/2011/543291 ↗)
• Constipation, Hand Weakness, Myelopathy Cervical, Dysesthesia Hand, Lower-extremity Weakness, Tingling Finger Pain – SI03, SI04, SI14, SI15, GB21 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000012249 ↗)
• Subluxation Shoulder Poststroke, Shoulder Poststroke Pain – LI14, SI09, SI10, SI12, SI14 (doi:10.1155/2020/6415083 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Neck Pain, Limitation Of Movement Shoulder, Night Pain, Impingement Syndrome Supraspinatus, Rotator Cuff Tear Partial – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Cervical Pain, Adhesive Capsulitis, Limitation Of Movement Shoulder, Night Pain, Radiating To Fingers Pain, Calcified Tendinitis – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Chronic Pain, Neck Chronic Pain, Disability Cervical, Neck Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL11, TB15 (doi:10.1111/cns.14335 ↗)
• Stiffness Neck, Stiffness Shoulder, Neck Chronic Pain – SI14, BL10, BL42, GB21 (doi:10.3390/medicina59122141 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Cervicalgia – SI12, SI14, BL11, BL12, TB15, GB21 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-04891-1 ↗)
• Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Disc Herniation Cervical, Radiculopathy Cervical, Upper Limb Numbness – SI14, SI15, GB20, GB21, GV16 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S527880 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Stiffness Neck, Limited Range Of Motion Neck – LI04, LI05, LI17, LI18, SI03, SI14, SI15, SI16, BL10, BL11, BL60, TB03, TB10, TB16, GB20, GB21, GB39, GV14, GV16 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.01.002 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Neck Pain, Cervical Pain, Muscle Contracture – LI04, SI03, SI06, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15, BL60, GB19, GB20, GB21, GB34, GV20 (doi:10.1177/0964528420961398 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Cervical Spine Pain, Whiplash Injury – SI11, SI13, SI14, SI15, TB14, GB20, GB21, GV16 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2020.23.4.262 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Headache Tension-type, Whiplash Injury, Whiplash – SI14, GB21, GV14, GV20 (doi:10.3390/jcm13154457 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Neck Pain, Radiculopathy Cervical, Upper Limb Numbness, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy – LU07, LI04, LI10, LI11, LI15, SI03, SI09, SI11, SI14, SI15, BL10, BL11, TB05, GB20, GB21, GV14, GV16, GV20 (doi:10.19288/j.cnki.issn.1000-2723.2019.05.009 ↗)
• Qi Stagnation, Stasis Blood, Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Radiculopathy Cervical, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy, Acute Neck Pain, Cervical Spondylosis Radiculopathy – SI14, GB20, GB21, GV14, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C6, XB02C7, XH15 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241126-k0001 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain, Acute Neck Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB15, GB20, GV14 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Disc Herniation Cervical, Upper Limb Numbness – SI14, SI15, GB20, GB21, GV16 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S527880 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain – LI15, SI09, SI11, SI14, TB14, GB21 (doi:10.3390/healthcare13131482 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rotator Cuff Pain – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Stiffness Neck, Stiffness Shoulder, Neck Chronic Pain – SI14, BL10, BL42, GB21 (doi:10.3390/medicina59122141 ↗)
• Cervical Disc Herniation, Neck Pain – SI14, SI15, GB20, GB21, GV16, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S527880 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB15, GB20, GV14 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Radiculopathy Cervical, Upper Limb Numbness – SI14, GB21, GV14 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S622843 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Myofascial Pain, Posture Forward – LU07, LI10, LI16, SI03, SI11, SI14, SI15, BL10, BL11, TB03, TB15, GB12, GB20, GB21, GV14 (doi:10.47176/mjiri.37.34 ↗)
• Shoulder Hemiplegic Pain – LI04, LI10, LI11, SI14, BL18, TB05, TB10, GB21 (doi:10.1177/0964528420920292 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Stiffness Shoulder – LI16, SI14, BL10, BL43, GB21 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129006 ↗)
• Myelopathy Cervical – SI03, SI04, SI14, SI15, GB21, XU09A, XU09B, XU09C, XU09D, XU09E, XU09F, XU09G, XU09H (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000012249 ↗)
• Radiculopathy Cervical – LI08, LI10, SI10, SI11, SI13, SI14, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C6, XB02C7 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Subluxation Shoulder Poststroke – LI14, SI09, SI10, SI12, SI14, XL18, XU12 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Neck Chronic Pain – ST10, SI03, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB03, TB17, GB12, GB20, GB21, GV14, GV16 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2023.1267952 ↗)
• Neck Chronic Pain – SI14, GB21 (doi:10.3389/fpain.2024.1301665 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Upper Extremity Numbness, Cervical Radiculopathy – LU07, LI04, LI10, LI11, LI15, SI03, SI09, SI11, SI14, SI15, BL10, BL11, TB05, GB20, GB21, GV14, GV16, GV20 (李具宝高焕焕池细绿何瑞建韦佳佳李骥征杨晨旭周柏健马献伟王鼎彭文潘侯刚蒯永丽韦佳佳高焕焕张伟强. 近10年文献中针灸治疗神经根型颈椎病的选穴规律探讨. , [CNKI])
• Finger Numbness, Disc Degeneration, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy, Neck Pain – LI04, LI11, LI15, SI11, SI14, BL10, BL14, GB21, GV14, XB02C5 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
• Finger Numbness, Disc Degeneration, Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy, Neck Pain – LI04, LI11, LI15, SI11, SI14, BL10, BL14, BL18, BL23, GB21, GV14, XB02C5 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
• Scrofula Neck – ST36, SP06, SP09, HT03, SI14, BL13, BL18, BL43, GB21, GB30, GB34, GV14, XU01 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
• Back Pain, Low Back Pain – LU07, LI04, ST36, ST44, SP06, HT07, SI14, BL23, PC06, GB20, LV03, GV03, GV14 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
• Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Arm Numbness – LU11, LI01, SI14, BL12, PC09, TB01 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
• Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid, Fibrositis, Neuralgia, Gout, Shoulder Blade Pain, Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid, Shoulder Blade Pain – SI11, SI12, SI14, BL43 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Torticollis, Neck Wry Stiffness, Neck Wry Stiffness – LU07, SI03, SI07, SI14, BL10, BL60, GB39, GV14, XU08 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside SI14

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with SI14. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• GB21Shoulder Well27 protocols
• SI15Middle Shoulder Point19 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool15 protocols
• GV14Great Vertebra15 protocols
• SI11Heavenly Gathering14 protocols
• BL10Celestial Pillar13 protocols
• GV16Wind Mansion9 protocols
• SI03Back Stream9 protocols
• SI09True Shoulder9 protocols
• LI04Junction Valley8 protocols
• LI15Shoulder And Clavicle8 protocols
• LI16Great Bone8 protocols

Other points on the Small Intestine Meridian