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Xi clefts
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| On the palmar aspect of the forearm on the line joining taiyuan and chiz, 7 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist. Or 5 cun below the cubital crease. Or In a palpable depression 1 cun proximal to the midpoint of the flexor aspect of the forearm | Lung 6 | |
| Locate with the elbow flexed and with the radial side of the arm upwards, the point is on a line connecting Yangxi and Quchi, 5 cun above the crease of the wrist. | Li 7 | |
| On the thigh on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the anterior superior iliac spine, in a depression 2 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella. | St 34 | |
| On the medial side of the lower leg, 3 cun below the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posteriorborder of the tibia, in a depression just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia | Sp8 | |
| When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, .5 cun above (proximal) to the crease of the wrist. | He 6 | |
| When the palm of the hand is placed on the chest, this point is located on the dorsal aspect of the head of the ulna, in a cleft level with and to the radial side of the high point of the styloid process of the ulna | SI 6 | |
| On the lateral side of the foot, on the lower border of the cuboid bone. in the depression posterior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone | Bl 63 | |
| 1 cun inferior to the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and achillesâ tendon, in a depression anterior and superior to the calcaneal tuberosity (the site of insertion of the achilles tendon into the calcaneum) | Kid 5 | |
| On the flexor aspect of the forearm, 5 cun proximal (above) the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting Quze and Daling, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis | PC 4 | |
| 3 cun proximal to dorsum of the wrist crease, on the ulnar side of Zhigou, on the radial border of the ulna, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum | Sj 7 | |
| On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 7 cun superior to the prominence of the lateral malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula | GB 36 | |
| 7 cun above the prominence of the medial malleolus, immediately posterior to the medial border of the tibia, in the depression between the medial border of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle | Liv 6 | |
| 3 cun above the lateral malleolus, in the depression between the achilles tendon and the peroneal tendons | Bl 59 Fu yang | Xi cleft of the yang motility vessel Yang Qiao |
| On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 0.5 cun anterior to Fuliu, 2 cun above Taixi posterior to the medial border of tibia | Kid 8 Jiao xin | Xi cleft point for the yin motility vessel Yin Qiao |
| 5 cun above the medial malleolus, at the lower end of the belly of the gastrocnemius, about 1 cun posterior to the medial border of the tibia | Kid 9 Zhubin | Xi cleft point of the Yin linking vessel Yin Wei |
| 7 cun above the tip of the laterial malleolus, in the depression on the posterior border of the fibula | GB 35 | Xi cleft of the yang linking vessel Yang Wei |
| Xi cleft of the hand tai yin | ||
| Xi cleft of the hand yang ming | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot yang ming | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot tai yin | ||
| Xi cleft of the hand shao yin | ||
| Xi cleft of the hand tai yang | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot tai yang | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot shao yin | ||
| Xi cleft of the hand jue yin | ||
| Xi cleft of the hand shao yang | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot shao yang | ||
| Xi cleft of the foot jue yin |