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This is the Acupoints section of CMD, which presents 400 or so channel and nonchannel points with location, classical location, local anatomy, indications, traditional indications, needling depth, stimulus, and point groups they belong to, and the meanings of their Chinese names. Links to the Dictionary table are provided.

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  • First, select Headword only or Headword and Text depending on whether you wish to search in the heading of an entry/article or through the heading and the text below it.
  • Then, in the search box, enter alphanumeric codes (e.g., LU-1), unaccented Pīnyīn, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, or English (literal translation of the point name).
    Note that joined-up Pīnyīn can be used to search for headwords, but not the whole text.
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  • A filter box below Results allows you to insert another search string to narrow your search. So, for example, if your search string is blood vacuity, you can add headache in the filter box. To find all acupoints in which blood vacuity and headache both appear, either in the headword or headword and text, depending on which selection you have made.

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  • The texts include copious links to the Dictionary table.
  • For those studying Chinese, each character of the Chinese headword is linked to the Terms table, where examples of its use can be found, together with links to stroke order animations.

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SI, Hand Greater Yáng (shào yáng) Small Intestine Channel Points

  • SI-1 少泽 〔少澤〕shào zé, Lesser Marsh
    Modern location: A little more than 1 fēn below the base of the nail on the ulnar side of the little finger. XXX
    Modern indications: Headache; eye screens; painful swollen throat; febrile disease; clouding reversal (loss of consciousness); mammary welling-abscess (rǔ yōng); scant breast milk.
  • SI-2 前谷 〔前谷〕qián gǔ, Front Valley
    Modern location: On the ulnar aspect of the little finger, slightly distal to the metacarpophalangeal (mcp) joint, at the border of the red and white flesh.
    Modern indications: Headache; eye pain; tinnitus; painful swollen throat; febrile disease; scant breast milk.
  • SI-3 后溪 〔後谿〕hòu xī, Back Ravine
    Modern location: On the ulnar aspect of the hand, proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone, at the border of the red and white flesh.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; red eyes; deafness; febrile disease; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; back pain; lumbar pain; malarial disease; hypertonicity of the elbow, arm, and fingers.
  • SI-4 腕骨 〔腕骨〕wàn gǔ, Wrist Bone
    Modern location: On the ulnar aspect of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; eye screens; jaundice; malarial disease; febrile disease; hypertonicity of the fingers; wrist pain.
  • SI-5 阳谷 〔陽谷〕yáng gǔ, Yáng Valley
    Modern location: On the ulnar aspect of the wrist, in the depression between the triquetral bone and the ulnar styloid process.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; deafness; tinnitus; febrile disease; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; hypertonicity of the fingers; wrist pain.
  • SI-6 养老 〔養老〕yǎng lǎo, Nursing the Aged
    Modern location: On the dorsal aspect of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the ulnar styloid process, about 1.5 cùn proximal to SI-5.
    Modern indications: Unclear vision; pain in the shoulder, arm, and elbow.
  • SI-7 支正 〔支正〕zhī zhèng, Branch to the Correct
    Modern location: On the ulnar aspect of the forearm, 5 cùn proximal to SI-5 on the anterior edge of the ulna.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; stiff nape; febrile disease; mania and withdrawal; aching pain in the elbow and arm.
  • SI-8 小海 〔小海〕xiǎo hǎi, Small Sea
    Modern location: At the elbow, in the shallow depression on the flat area that appears between the olecranon and the medial epicondyle of the humerus when the elbow is bent.
    Modern indications: Elbow and arm pain; epilepsy.
  • SI-11 天宗 〔天宗〕tiān zōng, Celestial Gathering
    Modern location: On the upper back, in the infraspinous fossa, midway between the medial and lateral borders of the scapula and one third of the distance from the scapular spine to the inferior angle of the scapula.
    Modern indications: Pain in the shoulder and scapula; mammary welling-abscess (rǔ yōng); panting.
  • SI-12 秉风 〔秉風〕bǐng fēng, Grasping the Wind
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the center of the supraspinous fossa, straight above SI-11 (tiān zhōng).
    Modern indications: Shoulder and scapula pain; pain and numbness in the upper limbs.
  • SI-16 天窗 〔天窗〕tiān chuāng, Celestial Window
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the neck, slightly superior to the level of the laryngeal prominence, at the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle.
    Modern indications: Deafness and tinnitus; painful swollen throat; painful rigidity of the neck.
  • SI-17 天容 〔天容〕tiān róng, Celestial Countenance
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the neck, on the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle, in the depression immediately posterior to the angle of the mandible.
    Modern indications: Deafness and tinnitus; painful swollen throat; painful swelling of the neck and nape.
  • SI-18 颧髎 〔顴髎〕quán liáo, Cheek Bone-Hole
    Modern location: On the face, straight below the outer canthus of the eye, in the depression inferior to the maxillary portion of the zygomatic arch.
    Modern indications: Deviated eyes and mouth; twitching of the eyelids; toothache; yellowing of the eyes.