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Sedation Points
point number, name and location
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| I 7/Spirit Gate/ Shenmen | On the crease of the flexure of the wrist, on the proximal radial side of the pisiform bone, upon the ulnar artery. The artey lies in the groove between the tendons of the flexor carpi ulnaris and the flexor digitorum superficialis |
| II 8/Small Sea/Hsiaohai | On the posteromedial surface of the forearm, 1 ACI distal to the hollow between the medial epicondyle of the humerus and the olecranon when the forearm is semiflexed. |
| VI 10/Heavenly Well/Tienching | On the posterior surface of the arm, 1 ACI proximal to the olecranon, slightly medial to the midline and the tendon of the triceps, in the depression formed when the elbow is semiflexed |
| V 7/Great Mound/Taling | In the middle crease of the flexure of the wrist, between the tendon of the palmaris longus and the flexor carpi radialis |
| XI 45/Hard Bargain/Litui | Lateral nail point of the second toe |
| XII 5/Merchant Mound/Shangchiu | In the hollow, anterior to the medial malleolus, posterior to the tendon of the tibialis anterior |
| IX 5/Outside Marsh/Chihtse | On the elbow crease, approximately 1 ACI lateral to the tendon of the biceps |
| X 2/ Second Interval/Erhchien | On the posterolateral (posterioradial) surface of the index finger, just distal to the base of the proximal phalanx |
| III 65/Bone Binder/Shuku | On the lateral border of the foot, just proximal to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone |
| IV 1/ Bubbling Spring/Yungchuan | On the plantar surface of the foot, between the second and third metatarsal bones, in the crease formed when the toes are flexed |
| VII 38/Yang Support/Yangfu | On the lateral surface of the leg, 4 ACI proximal to the prominence of the lateral malleolus. With the body supine and the knee semiflexed, the point lies anterior to the edge of the fibula |
| VIII 2/Walk Between/Tatun | On the dorsal surface of the foot, between the big toe and the second toe, just distal to the base of the proximal phalanx of the big toe |