Small Intestine 2 Flashcards
SI-9 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jian Zhen - True Shoulder
Forbidden to moxa
Hand Tai Yang
SI-9 - Location
With the arm by the side, the point is 1 cun superior to the posterior axillary fold.
SI-9 - Features
None
- Increases Small Intestine pulse, while at the same time calming the Wood pulse. The affect on the pulse is similar to SI-3
SI-10 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Nao Shu - Upper Arm Shu
Forbidden in pregnancy from the 6th month
Hand Tai Yang
SI-10 - Location
Directly above SI-9, on the inferior border of the spine of the scapula
SI-10 - Features
Point of Yang Wei Mai and Yang Qiao Mai
Meets Small Intestine Divergent meridian
Shu Point of Scapula (point name)
*Works on the Stomach
SI-11 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Zong - Celestial Gathering
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-11 - Location
In the centre of the infraspinous fossa, approximately midway between the inferior angle of the scapula and the acromion, and midway between the medial and lateral borders of the scapula
SI-11 - Features
None
SI-12 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Bing Feng - Grasping The Wind
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-12 - Location
The point is in a depression in the centre of the supraspinous fossa, superior to SI-11 and between SI-13 and CO-16
SI-12 - Features
Meets the Colon, Three Heater and Gall Bladder meridians
*Disperses external wind locally (point name)
SI-13 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Qu Yuan - Crooked Wall
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-13 - Location
At the medial end of the supraspinous fossa, midway between SI-10 and the spinous process of T-2, 1 cun inferior to TH-15
SI-13 - Features
None