Acupuncture Points for Benefit Tendon / Ligament

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 商丘 (shāng qiū)

🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the medial malleolus midway between tuberosity of the navicular bone and tip of the medial malleolus.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Jaundice, Common Cold, Constipation

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肝俞 (gān yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Coughing Blood, Jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽陵泉 (yáng líng quán)

🎯 Location: In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Knee Pain, Jaundice, Constipation, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽輔 (yáng fǔ)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths above the tip of the external malleolus slightly anterior to the anterior border of the fibula, between extensor digitorum longus and peroneus brevis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Fever, Sweating, Common Cold, Numbness

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 懸鐘 (xuán zhōng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Anxiety, Knee Pain, Dizziness, Heat

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Back

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腰二 (yāo èr)

🎯 Location: Below the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra and 1 thumb width lateral to the midline of the back.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in acute low back injury.

🛡️ Treats: Sciatica, Collaterals Stagnation, Benefit Tendon / Ligament, Benefit Tendon Ligament, Collaterals Stagnation

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 髋骨 (kuān gǔ)

🎯 Location: A pair of the points 2 thumb widths superior to the patella and 1.5 thumb widths lateral and medial to the ➞ st-34 (liangqiu)..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in hip disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Arthritis Rheumatoid, Hip Pain, Stroke, Lower Back Pain, Intestine Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 髋骨 (kuān gǔ)

🎯 Location: A pair of the points 2 thumb widths superior to the patella and 1.5 thumb widths lateral and medial to the ➞ st-34 (liangqiu)..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in hip disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Arthritis Rheumatoid, Hip Pain, Stroke, Lower Back Pain, Intestine Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中平 (zhōng píng)

🎯 Location: On the leg, 1 thumb width below zusanli (ST36).

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Benefit Collaterals, Benefit Tendon / Ligament, Immobility Shoulder Frozen, Arthritis Shoulder Scapulohumeral Periarthritis, Benefit Tendon Ligament

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太肩 (tài jiān)

🎯 Location: On the leg, 0.8 directly below yinglingquan (SP09).

⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.

🛡️ Treats: Benefit Collaterals, Benefit Tendon / Ligament, Arthritis Shoulder Scapulohumeral Periarthritis, Immobility Neck Sprain, Benefit Tendon Ligament