THE SMALL

INTESTINE
MERIDIANS OF
HAND-TAIYANG
(SI)(19 points)

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THE SMALL INTESTINE MERIDIANS OF
HAND-TAIYANG (SI)(19 points)

Cyclical flowing and

distribution
The Meridians starts from
the ulnar side of the tip of
the little finger, running
upward along the posterior
border of the lateral
aspect of the upper hand,
runs upward to the neck,
ending at the ear.

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 THE SMALL INTESTINE MERIDIANS
OF
HAND-TAIYANG (SI)(19 points)

Indications:
Disorders of the ear, eye ,
throat and cheek

Disorder of reigns the

meridian running by
cyclical flowing of the
meridian

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Shaoze (S.I.1)
Location:
On the lateral side of
the little finger,
about 0.1 cun
latero-posterior to
the corner of the
nail.

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Houxi(S.I.3)
Location:
at the end of the
transverse crease
and the junction of
the red and white
skin.

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Houxi(S.I.3)
Indications:
pain and rigidity of the neck,
tinnitus,
deafness,
sore throat,
acute lumbar sprain,
night sweating,
febrile diseases,
contracture and numbness of the fingers,
pain in the shoulder and elbow.

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Houxi(S.I.3)
Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch.

Moxibustion is applicable

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Houxi(S.I.3)
Notes:
Shu-stream acupoint

One of the eight convergent acupoints

“associating with the Du”

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Tianzong (SI 11)
n Location:
The acupoint is in the
infrascapular fossa, at
the junction of the upper
1/3 and middle 1/3 of
the distance between
the lower border of the
scapular spine and the
inferior angle of the
scapula

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Tianzong (SI 11)
n Indications:
Pain in the scapular region

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Tianzong (SI 11)
n Method:
Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5-0.7
inch.

Moxibustion is applicable

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Tinggong (S.I.19)
n Location:
Anterior to the tragus
and posterior to the
condyloid process of the
mandible, in the
depression formed
when the mouth is open.

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Tinggong (S.I.19)
Indications:
deafness,
tinnitus,

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Tinggong (S.I.19)
Method:
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0. 8 inch
when the mouth is open.

Moxibustion is applicable

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