Acupuncture Point Selection Method:

Author: Translators: Meng Xiankun et al.
Editor-in-Chief: Yang Jiasan
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 1998-01-01
Features: Segment: The Heart Channel of Hand-Shaoyin: This channel starts at point Jiquan (H.1) and goes along the posterior border of the medial aspect of the arm, passing through the cubital fossa and the wrist, ending at the medial side of the little finger (Shaochong, H.9).
Jiquan (H.1): In the center of the armpit, on the medial side of the axillary artery.
Qingling (H.2): 3 cun above the medial epicondyle of the humerus, in the groove of the biceps brachii muscle on the ulnar aspect.
Shaohai (H.3): At the medial end of the transverse cubital crease when the elbow is flexed. Taking the head of the ulnar as 1 cun and drawing three parallel lines respectively along its distal and proximal borders and through its center. On the radial side of the tendon of m.flexor carpi ulnaris, level with the proximal line is Lingdao (H.4); level with the middle line is Tongli (H.5); and level with the distal line is Yinxi (H.6). They are 0.5 cun apart. (See Fig. 4)
Shenmen (H.7): At the distal skin crease of the wrist, on the radial side of the pisiform bone.
Shaofu (H.8): Between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, posterior to the metacarpophalangeal joints, on the transverse crease of the palm.
Shaochong (H.9): On the radial side of the tip of the little finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
How to locate the points of this channel? Find them in the groove; adjacent to the tendon; at the end of the crease.
In the groove: Qingling (H.2) in the groove of the biceps brachii muscle on the ulnar aspect.
Adjacent to the tendon: Lingdao (H.4), Tongli (H.5), Yinxi (H.6), and Shenmen (H.7) on the radial side of the tendon of m.flexor carpi ulnaris.
At the end of the crease: Shaohai (H.3) at the medial end of the transverse cubital crease when the elbow is flexed.