Small Intestines 2

Question 1

clearing heat from the pathways of the channel and reducing fever, especially malarial fever

Answer 1

Shàozé SI-1toWàngǔ SI-4

Question 2

assisting in transforming phlegm and clearing heat from the Heart zang, especially in the treatment of mania disorder

Answer 2

Hòuxī SI-3,Yánggǔ SI-5,Zhīzhèng SI-7andXiǎohǎi SI-8

Question 3

treating disorders of the breast

Answer 3

Shàozé SI-1,Qiángǔ SI-2andTiānzōng SI-11

Question 4

treating disorders of the lateral costal region

Answer 4

Shàozé SI-1,Wàngǔ SI-4,Yánggǔ SI-5andTiānzōng SI-11

Question 5

The meeting of the Small Intestine primary channel with the centre of the chest at________________ can in part explain the action of these points on the breast, but there is no obvious reason why points of the Small Intestine channel should influence the lateral costal region.

Answer 5

Shānzhōng REN-17

Question 6

Note that even though the principal function of the Small Intestine fu is to receive, transform and separate fluids, the only indications relating to this function are dark and hesitant urination

Answer 6

Qiángǔ SI-2andHòuxī SI-3

Question 7

SI-1 Shàozé

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

SI-2 Qiángǔ

Answer 8

On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint.

Question 9

SI-3 Hòuxī

Answer 9

On the ulnar border of the hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone.

Question 10

SI-4 Wàngǔ

Answer 10

On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone.

Question 11

SI-5 Yánggǔ

Answer 11

At the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression between the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone.

Question 12

SI-6 Yǎnglǎo

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

SI-7 Zhīzhèng

Answer 13

On a line connectingYánggǔ SI-5andXiǎohǎi SI-8, 5 cun proximal toYánggǔ SI-5, in the groove between the anterior border of the ulna and the muscle belly of flexor carpi ulnaris.

Question 14

SI-8 Xiǎohǎi

Answer 14

In the depression between the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna and the tip of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Question 15

SI-9 Jiānzhēn

Answer 15

On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, 1 cun superior to the posterior axillary crease when the arm hangs in the adducted position.

Question 16

SI-10 Nāoshū

Answer 16

On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine, directly superior to the posterior axillary crease when the arm hangs in the adducted position.

Question 17

SI-11 Tiānzōng

Answer 17

On the scapula, in a tender depression one third of the distance from the midpoint of the inferior border of the scapular spine to the inferior angle of the scapula.

Question 18

SI-12 Bǐngfēng

Answer 18

In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly aboveTiānzōng SI-11, in a depression formed when the arm is raised.

Question 19

SI-13 Qūyuán

Answer 19

In the tender depression superior to the medial end of the scapular spine, midway betweenNāoshū SI-10and the spinous process of T2.

Question 20

SI-14 Jiānwàishū

Answer 20

3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T1 (Táodào DU-13).

Question 21

SI-15 Jiānzhōngshū

Answer 21

2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of C7 (Dàzhuī DU-14).

Question 22

SI-16 Tiānchuāng

Answer 22

On the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the laryngeal prominence.

Question 23

SI-17 Tiānróng

Answer 23

In the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Question 24

SI-18 Quánliáo

Answer 24

Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic bone.

Question 25

SI-19 Tīnggōng

Answer 25

With the mouth open, this point is located in the depression between the middle of the tragus and the condyloid process of the mandible.