Amenorrhea
Edited
by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
Locations of Points
The points are linked to picture webpages
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xue hai
(Sp 10) (sea of blood): when the patient's knee is bent, cup your right
palm to his left knee, with the thumb on the medial side and with the
other four fingers directed proximally, and the thumb forming an angle
of 45° with the index finger. The point is where the tip of your thumb
rests. Or ask the patient to sit down and lift up and
straighten one leg. At the inside of the knee there is an indentation.
Above the indentation there is a muscle. On the tip of the muscle is the
location of
xue hai point.
Another
pic.
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qi hai
(CV 6) (sea of qi) On the front midline, 1.5
cun below the naval.
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guan yuan :
On the front midline, 3 cun below the navel.
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san yin jiao
(Sp 6): 3 cun
higher to the medial malleolus ,
behind the border of the tibia
(shin bone).
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zu san li
(ST 36) :3
cun below
du
bi (ST-35), one finger-breadth (middle finger) from the
anterior border of the tibia.
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he gu (LI
4): Line up the crease of the
first joint of the thumb with the
edge of the web between the
thumb and the index finger of the other hand. The point is where the tip
of the thumb touches. See
this pic.
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xing jian (LV 2)
At the web margin between the first and
second metatarsophalangeal joints.
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zhong ji
(RN 3) On the midline, 4
cun below the
naval .
For Qi stagnation,
work more on these points:
zhong ji (Ren 3),
he gu
(LI 4),
xue haii (SP 10),
san yin jiao
(SP 6),
xing jian (LV 2)
Do not work on these points if you are pregnant.
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malleolus:
rounded protuberance side of the
ankle, the projection of the tibia.
Note: cun is the length of the middle joint of the middle finger.
Literally means inch.
Ren is also translated as CV (conception vessel). Actually Ren means
leaning.
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关元 guān
yuán (RN 4):
在下腹部，前正中线上，当脐中下３寸。
［解剖］ 在腹白线上，深部为小肠；有腹壁浅动、静脉分支，腹壁下动、静脉分支；布有第十二肋间神经前皮支的内侧支。
行间 x í ng
ji ā n (LR 2 )
: 在足背侧，当第1、2 趾间，趾蹼缘的后方赤白肉际处。
血海 xuè
hǎi (SP 10):
屈膝，在大腿内侧，髌底内侧端上2寸，当股四头肌内侧头的隆起处。
[简便取穴法]
患者屈膝，医者以左手掌心按于患者右膝髌骨上缘，二至五指向上伸直，拇指约呈45度斜置，拇指尖下是穴。对侧取法仿此。
足三里 zú
sān lǐ (ST 36):
在小腿前外侧，当犊鼻下３寸，距胫骨前缘一横指（中指）。
[解剖] 在胫骨前肌，趾长伸肌之间；有胫前动、静脉；为腓肠外侧皮神经及隐神经的皮支分布处，深层当腓深神经。
中极 zhōng
jí (RN 3):
在下腹部，前正中线上，当脐中下４寸。
［解剖］ 在腹白线上，深部为乙状结肠；有腹壁浅动、静脉分支，腹壁下动、静脉分支；布有髂腹下神经的前皮支
Pictures credit: ACUXO
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