Week 3 Points Tutorial: Lower Leg and Foot

Week 8 Points Tutorial: The Back, Back of Neck

1.Proportional Measurement  Ant to post hairline: 12 cun  Post hairline to Du 14: 3 cun  Mastoid process post to mastoid process: 9 cun  Medial border of scapula to medial border of scapula: 6 cun

2. Helpful Levels  GB 21:Level with the lower border of C7  SI 13: Level with lower border of T2  SI 11: Level with lower border of T4  Inferior angle of the scapula: Level with T7  Smallest point of the waist: Level L2  Top of the Hip: Level L3

3. Channels and Points  UB 9-35, 41-54  GB: 20, 21, 25,  DU: 2-14  SI: 14,15  SJ:15

4. Extra Points  Ding Chuan: .5 lat to Du 14  Hua Tuo Jia Ji: .5 lat to lower border of spinous process from T1-L5  Bai Lao: 2 cun above DU 14, I cun lat  Wei guan Xia Shu: 1.5 cun lat to T8  Shi Qi Zhui: below T5 on DU channel  Yao Qi: 2 cun above coccyx  Pi Gen: 3.5 cun lat to L1  Yao Yan: 3.5-4 cun lat to lower border of L4

5. Anatomical Markings  External occipital protuberance  Lower borders of spinous processes of the vertebrae  Sacral foramen 1-4  Tip of coccyx  Hiatus of sacrum 6. Point Location Notes  UB channel: skip T8  DU channel: skip 2,4,8,12, L3,5  UB 9: 2.5 within post hair, 1.3 lat to mid, level UB ext occip protuberance  UB 10: 1.3 lat to mid of post hair  UB 11-17: 1.5 lat to T1-T7  Weiguanxiaxu: T8  UB 18-26: T9-L5  UB 27-30: 1.5 lat to the 4 sacral foramen  UB 31-34: in the 4 sacral foramen  UB 35: .5 lat to tip coccyx  SI 14: 3 cun lat to T1  UB 41-46 (T2-: add 29 to the inner UB number to get the outer UB number  UB 47-52: 3 lat T9-L2  Remember: Inner shu needling changes to perpendicular at UB22, outer at UB 52  UB 53: 3 lat to 2nd sacral foramen  UB 54: 3 lat to 4th sacral foramen  SI 15: 2 cun lat to DU 14  GB 20: Level DU 16 (1 cun in) btw SCM and trap  GB 21: above nipple, midpt DU 14 and acromion, highest pt  SJ 15: ½ btw GB 21 and SI 13  DU channel: skips 2,4,8,12, L3,5  Saying: We had Tennis at 6pm, We ate at 9pm and we had sex at 11pm: This tells you DU 10 is at T6, DU 8 is at T9, and DU 6 is at T11  Du 2: hiatus of sacrum  DU 14: C7

7. Most Used Points in the Clinic  GB 20  GB 21  DU 14  SJ 15  UB 13  UB 15  UB 17  UB 18  UB 20  UB 23  UB 52  UB 32