Small Intestine Meridian Flashcards
SI 1 - Shaoze
On the dorsal aspect of the little 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.
NEEDLING: Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
SI 2 - Qiangu
On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint.
NEEDLING: Oblique distal insertion 0.2 to 0.3 cun. Or Perpendicular-oblique insertion towards the palm, 0.5 cun.
SI 3 - Houxi
On the ulnar border of the hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone.
NEEDLING: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 2 cundirected towards LI 3. Needle hand with loose fist.
SI 4 - Wangu
On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone.
NEEDLING: Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
SI 5 - Yanggu
At the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression between the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
NEEDLING: Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
SI 6 - Yanglao
When the palm of the hand is placed on the chest, this point is located on the dorsal aspect of the head of the ulna, in a cleft level with and to the radial side of the high point of the styloid process of the ulna.
NEEDLING: Oblique or transverse-oblique insertion distally or proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.
SI 7 - Zhizheng
On a line connecting SI 5 and SI 8, 5 cun proximal to SI 5 in the groove between the anterior border of the ulna and the muscle belly of flexor carpi ulnaris.
NEEDLING: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
SI 8 - Xiaohai
In the depression between the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna and the tip of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
NEEDLING: Oblique distal or proximal insertion 0.5 to 1 cun
