SAN JIAO – Hand ShaoYang Acupuncture Meridian (jing luo)

SAN JIAO – Hand Shao Yang

SJ 2 (yemen)

clears SJ pathogenic Heat, reduce swelling – relieve local pain

Location: between ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to margin of the web

SJ 3 (zhongshu)

inability to bend hand/fingers, tinnitus, Heat diseases, expel Wind/Heat

Location: on dorsum of hand, in depression just proximal to 4th and 5th metacarpophalangeal joints

SJ 4 (yangchi)

Yuan Source

local pain (wrist)

Location: on dorsum of wrist, at level of wrist joint, in depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi

SJ 5 (waiguan)

Connect to PC

release exterior, detoxify, clear Heat, constipation due to Heat, local problems, HBP

Location: 2 cun proximal to SJ 4, in depression between radius and ulna, on radial side of the extensor digitorum communis tendons

SJ 6 (zhigou)

frees bowel Qi – constipation, calms rebel Qi & Fire, local problems

Location: 3 cun proximal to SJ 4 , in depression between radius and ulna, on radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle

SJ 7 (huizong)

Xi Cleft

pain in upper limbs

Location: 3 cun proximal to SJ 4, level with and on ulnar side of SJ 6, in depression between the ulna and extensor digitorum communis muscle

SJ 9 (sidu)

regulates the waterways (edema), pain in the forearm

Location: in depression between radius and ulna, on a line drawn between SJ 4 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, 7 cun proximal to SJ 4

SJ 10 (tianjing)

transforms Phlegm Damp, elbow problems

Location: with elbow flexed, point is located in depression 1 cun proximal to the olecranon

SJ 14 (jianliao)

expel Wind/Damp, heaviness of shoulder, arm pain

Location: at origin of deltoid muscle, in depression which lies posterior and inferior to lateral extremity of the acromion

SJ 15 (tianliao)

local shoulder problems

Location: in suprascapular fossa, in depressoon midway between Gall bladder 21 and Small Intestine 13 (at medial end of suprascapular fossa)

SJ 17 (yifeng)

clear Heat, opens portals (improves hearing), mid ear infection, Bell’s palsy, grinding teeth/clenched jaw

Location: behind the earlobe, between ramus of mandible and mastoid process, in depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of 1st cervical vertebra

SJ 18 (qimai)

head wind (severe headache)

Location: posterior to ear, in a small depression on mastoid bone, one 3rd of the distance along a curved line drawn from SJ 17 to SJ 20 following the line of rim of ear

SJ 19 (luxi)

head wind (severe headache)

Location: posterior to ear, in small depression two 3rd of the distance along a curved line drawn from SJ 17 to SJ 20 following the line of rim of ear

SJ 20 (jiaosun)

clears the head, brightens the eyes, red sore swollen eyes, headache, toothache

Location: on side of head, directly level with apex of ear when ear is folded forwards

SJ 21 (ermen)

opens portals (improves hearing), tinnitus, mid ear infection, toothache

Location: in depression anterior to supratragic notch and slightly superior to condyloid process of the mandible

SJ 23 (sizhukong)

brightens eyes, relieves pain (headache), visual dizziness, painful swollen eyes, twitching eyelids  

Location: in depression on supraorbital margin, at lateral end of eyebrow