Small Intestine Meridian

Question 0

Channel Section, Section Pair, Section Location

Answer 0

Bladder: Jiǎo Tài Yáng (foot/leg great Yáng)
Small Intestine: Shǒu Tài Yáng (hand/arm great Yáng)
Location: Most Superficial; Lateral/Posterior

Question 1

Small Intestine in Chinese

Answer 1

Shào Cháng

Question 2

SI 1

Answer 2

Shào: lesser, minor, few, little
Zé: marsh, damp place
Lesser Marsh
Small Propitiousness
Jǐng Well, Tsing Pt.
Metal Pt.
Name: Shào refers to Heart Shào Yīn channel that connects to this point. Shào also refers to the little finger where the point is located. Zé refers to low place where water collects as this is a Jǐng Well point. Zé also relates to moistening the heart fire.
Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun proximal to the base of the nail, at the intersection of two lines following the ulnar border and the base of the nail.
Shào Zé
Areas: Breast, Mind
Functions: Promotes lactation, restores consciousness. Releases the exterior.

Question 3

SI 2

Answer 3

Qián: in front of, before
Gǔ: valley
Front Valley
Hand Tài Yáng
Water Pt.
Yíng-Spring Pt.
Name: Qián refers to how this point is just distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint of the minimus finger. Gǔ refers to the depression in which this point is located.
Location: Just distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint of the minimus finger between the frontal and dorsal side of the palm in valley like depression.
Qián Gǔ
Areas: Hand, Head, Eyes, Throat
Functions: Open up Small Intestine Channel

Question 4

SI 3

Answer 4

Hòu: back, behind
Xī: ravine, creek
Back Ravine
Wood Pt.
Tonification pt.
Shū-Stream Pt.
Opening (Master) point on the Dū Mài
Name: Hòu refers to how this point is proximal from the metacarpophalangeal joint of the minimus finger. Xī refers to the depression where this point is located and how this is a Shū-Stream pt. where it is said the qi flows rapidly.
Location: With a loose fist, the point is found at the end of the distal transverse palmar crease in the depression between the flesh and bone, just proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone.
Hòu Xī
Areas: Hand, Neck, Spine, Sense, Organs, Mind, Brain, Nervous System and Heart.
Functions: Descends Yáng, Clears Heat, Opens the Dū Mài and Benefits the Spine.

Question 5

SI 4

Answer 5

Wàn: wrist
Gǔ: bone
Wrist Bone
Yúan-Source Pt.
Name: related to how this point is distal to the triquetral bone of the wrist.
Location: On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal and the process of the triquetral bone, deeper between the hamate and triquetral. 
Wàn Gǔ
Areas: Wrist, Hand
Functions: Alleviates swelling and pain.

Question 6

SI 5

Answer 6

Yáng: component of Yīn
Gǔ: valley
Yáng Valley
Fire pt.
Horary pt.
River-Jīng pt.
Name: The three points across the Yáng side of the wrist are Yáng Ravine (LI-5), Yáng Pool (TB-4), and Yáng Valley (SI-5) SI-5 is located in a hollow that is less deep than a ravine and less wide than a pool but it's in a depression like a small valley.
Location: On the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression of the wrist joint space between the ulna and the triquetral bone, slightly anterior to the styloid process of the ulna. On the transverse wrist crease formed when the wrist is flexed in an ulnar direction. 
Yáng Gǔ
Areas: Wrist, Hand
Functions: Alleviates swelling and pain.

Question 7

SI 6

Answer 7

Yǎng: to support, nourish; to raise (children); to nurse (the elderly)
Lǎo: aged, old
Nursing the Aged
Accumulation Cleft-Xī Pt.
Name: In one’s later years the wrist joints are aoften afflicted with stiffness and pain. SI-6 can be used to prevent or cure this ailment and variety of others problems associated with old age such as lower back pain, shoulder pain, poor eyesight and deafness; for this reason it is the Nursing the Aged.
Location: In narrow cleft just proximal from the posterior aspect of the head of ulna, between the extensor digiti minimi and extensor carpi ulnaris tendons.
Yǎng Lǎo
Areas: Arm, Wrist, Shoulder
Functions: Regulates Qi and Blood. Alleviates Pain.

Question 8

SI 7

Answer 8

Zhī: a branch; to support
Zhèng: correct; to put right; true; to regulate
Branch to the Correct
Branch to the True
Connecting Lòu Pt to HT-7 Shén Mén Spirit Gate
Name: Zhī refers to how this is a Connecting-Lòu Pt and the heart is the ruling organ called “the correct,” also, where consciousness of right and wrong, or true and false come from.
Location: On the ulnar side of the forearm, between the anterior border of th eulna and flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, 5 cun superior to the wrist crease, on the line connecting SI-5 at the wrist and SI-8, at the medial epicondyle of the humorous at the elbow.
Zhī Zhèng
Areas: Forearm
Functions: Head, Emotions, Neck, Elbow, Arm, Open the Small Intestine Channel

Question 9

SI 8

Answer 9

Xiǎo: small
Hǎi: sea
Lesser Sea
Earth Pt.
Sedation Pt.
Uniting-Hé/Sea Pt.
Name: Xiǎo is in reference to the small intestine channel and Hǎi is in reference to how this Uniting-Hé/Sea Pt. has Qi flowing deep like a river entering the sea. Point is opposite HT-3 Shào Hǎi, Lesser Sea , also a Uniting-Hé/Sea Pt.
Location: In the shallow depression of the flat area between the olecranon process of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus. Locate with the elbow flexed.
Xiǎo Hǎi
Areas: Elbow, Forearm
Functions: Regulates Qi and Blood. Alleviates Pain.