Small Intestine Meridian on the Hand Taiyin

Question 1

How many points are there on the SI channel?

Answer 1

19

Question 2

What is the full name of the SI channel?

Answer 2

The Small Intestine Meridian of the Hand Taiyin

Question 3

SI-14 is located at what vertebral level?

Answer 3

Thoracic (1st Thoracic)

Question 4

SI-15 is located at which vertebral level?

Answer 4

Cervical (7th Cervical)

Question 5

Which SI channel point is located at the extreme medial aspect of the suprascapular fossa?

Answer 5

SI-13 / Quyuan

Question 6

What are the bones in the hand near SI-4 and SI-5?

Answer 6

5th Metacarpal
Hamate
Pisiform
Triquetral

Question 7

What hand position should SI-3 be located in?

Answer 7

In a loose fist

Question 8

Which two points on other channels are anterior to SI-16 and level with the Adam’s Apple?

Answer 8

LI-18 / Futu

ST-9 / Renying

Question 9

Which SI channel point is located anterior to the tragus?

Answer 9

SI-19 / Tinggong

Question 10

Which nerve is close to SI-8 and is the point medial or lateral to the olecranon?

Answer 10

The ulnar nerve

Question 11

Which SI point is located close to the styloid process of the ulna?

Answer 11

SI-5 / Yanggu

Question 12

What channels come before and after the SI channel in the flow of qi through the channels?

Answer 12

The Heart channel flows toward the Small Intestine channel; the Small Intestine channel flows toward the Urinary Bladder channel

Question 13

What is the internal-external paired channel of the SI channel?

Answer 13

The Heart channel

Question 14

SI-1 / Shao Ze

Location:

Answer 14

On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail

Question 15

SI-2 / Qian Gu

Location:

Answer 15

When a loose fist is made, point is on the ulnar end of crease in front of metacarpophalangeal joint of the little finger at the junction of the red and white skin

Question 16

SI-3 / Hou Xi

Location:

Answer 16

When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the end of the transverse crease and junction of the red and white skin

Question 17

SI-4 / Wan Gu

Location:

Answer 17

On the ulnar side of the palm in the depression between the base of the 5th metacarpal bone and hamate bone

Question 18

SI-5 / Yang Gu

Location:

Answer 18

At the ulnar end of the transverse crease on the dorsal aspect of the wrist in the depression between the styloid process of the ulna and triquetral bone

Question 19

SI-6 / Yang Lao

Location:

Answer 19

Dorsal to the head of the ulna; when the palm faces the chest, the point is in the boney cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna

Question 20

SI-7 / Zhi Zheng

Location:

Answer 20

On the line joining SI-5 and SI-8, 5 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist

Question 21

SI-8 / Xiao Hai

Location:

Answer 21

When the elbow is flexed, the point is located in the depression between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus

Question 22

SI-9 / Jian Zhen

Location:

Answer 22

Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint; when the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold

Question 23

SI-10 / Nao Shu

Location:

Answer 23

When the arm is adducted, the point is directly above the posterior end of the axillary fold in the depression inferior to the scapular spine

Question 24

SI-11 / Tian Zong

Location:

Answer 24

On the scapula in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa, at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebrae

Question 25

SI-12 / Bing Feng

Location:

Answer 25

In the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11; when the arm is lifted, the point is at the site of the depression

Question 26

SI-13 / Qu Yuan

Location:

Answer 26

On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa about midway between SI-10 and the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebrae

Question 27

SI-14 / Jian Wai Shu

Location:

Answer 27

3 cun lateral to the border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebrae, where Du-13 is located

Question 28

SI-15 / Jian Zhong Shu

Location:

Answer 28

2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebrae (Du-14)

Question 29

SI-16 / Tian Chuang

Location:

Answer 29

In the lateral aspect of the neck, posterior to the SCM (sternocleidomastoid) and LI-18, on the level of the laryngeal protuberance

Question 30

SI-17 / Tian Rong

Location:

Answer 30

Posterior to the angle of the mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of the SCM (sternocleidomastoid)

Question 31

SI-18 / Quan Liao

Location:

Answer 31

Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression of the lower border of the zygoma

Question 32

SI-19 / Ting Gong

Location:

Answer 32

Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible, in the depression formed when the mouth is open

Question 33

SI-3

Name:

Answer 33

Houxi / Back Stream

Question 34

SI-4

Name:

Answer 34

Wangu / Wrist Bone

Question 35

SI-5

Name:

Answer 35

Yanggu / Yang Valley

Question 36

SI-6

Name:

Answer 36

Yangglao / Support Aged

Question 37

SI-8

Name:

Answer 37

Shaohai / Small Sea

Question 38

SI-10

Name:

Answer 38

Naoshu / Upper Arm Shu

Question 39

SI-19

Name:

Answer 39

Tinggong / Palace of Hearing