SanJiao - Locations

Question 1

SJ-1 GUĀNCHŌNG

Answer 1

On the dorsal aspect of the ring finger, at the junction of lines drawn along the ulnar border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Question 2

SJ-2 YÈMÉN

Answer 2

Between the ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.

Question 3

SJ-3 ZHŌNGZHǓ

Answer 3

On the dorsum of the hand, in the depression just proximal to the fourth and fifth metacarpo-phalangeal joints.

Question 4

SJ-4 YÁNGCHÍ

Answer 4

On the dorsum of the wrist, at the level of the wrist joint, in the depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi.

Question 5

SJ-5 WÀIGUĀN

Answer 5

2 cun proximal toYángchí SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis tendons.

Question 6

SJ-6 ZHĪGŌU

Answer 6

3 cun proximal toYángchí SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle.

Question 7

SJ-7 HUÌZŌNG

Answer 7

3 cun proximal toYángchí SJ-4, level with and on the ulnar side ofZhīgōu SJ-6, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum communis muscle.

Question 8

SJ-8 SĀNYÁNGLUÒ

Answer 8

4 cun proximal toYángchí SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle.

Question 9

SJ-9 SÌDÚ

Answer 9

In the depression between the radius and the ulna, on a line drawn betweenYángchí SJ-4and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, 7 cun proximal toYángchí SJ-4.

Question 10

SJ-10 TIĀNJǏNG

Answer 10

With the elbow flexed, this point is located in the depression 1 cun proximal to the olecranon.

Question 11

SJ-11 QǏNGLĚNGYUĀN

Answer 11

With the elbow flexed, this point is located 1 cun proximal toTiānjǐng SJ-10.

Question 12

SJ-12 XIĀOLUÒ

Answer 12

On the upper arm, on a line drawn betweenTiānjǐng SJ-10andJiānliáo SJ-14, 4 cun proximal toTiānjǐng SJ-10and 6 cun distal toJiānliáo SJ-14.

Question 13

SJ-13 NĀOHUÌ

Answer 13

On the upper arm, where the line drawn betweenTiānjǐng SJ-10andJiānliáo SJ-14meets the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, approximately two thirds of the distance between these two points.

Question 14

SJ-14 JIĀNLIÁO

Answer 14

At the origin of the deltoid muscle, in the depression which lies posterior and inferior to the lateral extremity of the acromion.

Question 15

SJ-15 TIĀNLIÁO

Answer 15

In the suprascapular fossa, in the depression midway betweenJiānjǐng GB-21andQūyuán SI-13(at the medial end of the suprascapular fossa).

Question 16

SJ-16 TIĀNYǑU

Answer 16

On the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, approximately 1 cun inferior toWángǔ GB-12, on a line drawn betweenTiānzhù BL-10andTiānróng SI-17.

Question 17

SJ-17 YÌFĒNG

Answer 17

Behind the earlobe, between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process, in the depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of the first cervical vertebra.

Question 18

Behind the earlobe, between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process, in the depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of the first cervical vertebra.

Answer 18

SJ-17 YÌFĒNG

Question 19

SJ-18 QĪMÀI

Answer 19

Posterior to the ear, in a small depression on the mastoid bone, one third of the distance along a curved line drawn fromYìfēng SJ-17toJiǎosūn SJ-20following the line of the rim of the ear.

Question 20

SJ-19 LÚXÍ

Answer 20

Posterior to the ear, in a small depression two thirds of the distance along a curved line drawn fromYìfēng SJ-17toJiǎosūn SJ-20following the line of the rim of the ear.

Question 21

SJ-20 JIǍOSŪN

Answer 21

On the side of the head, directly level with the apex of the ear when the ear is folded forwards.

Question 22

SJ-21 ĚRMÉN

Answer 22

In the depression anterior to the supratragic notch and slightly superior to the condyloid process of the mandible.

Question 23

SJ-22 ĚRHÉLIÁO

Answer 23

Approximately 0.5 cun anterior to the upper border of the root of the ear, in a slight depression on the posterior border of the hairline of the temple.

Question 24

SJ-23 SĪZHÚKŌNG

Answer 24

In the depression on the supraorbital margin, at the lateral end of the eyebrow.