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Meridian: SI
Small Intestine Channel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Small Intestine's element and it's pair? | Fire, Heart |
| What is the Small Intestine's Six stage and its pair? | Hand Tai Yang, Urinary Bladder(foot Tai Yang) |
| What are the small intestine's functions? | (1)Separates pure from turbid(absorbs nutrients) (2)Separates fluids (3)Mental Clarity and discernment (ability to make decision compared to GB;power to make decision) |
| Which Zangfu does the SI primary channel connect with? | Heart, Stomach, Small Intestine |
| What is the lower he-sea point of the SI channel? | St-39 |
| What are Yuan source point and Luo-connecting point of the SI channel? | Yuan Source:SI-4 Luo-connecting:SI-7 |
| Which channel does the Small Intestine Luo-connecting channel connect with? | The Heart channel |
| Which Zangfu does the Small Intestine Luo-connecting channel meet? | None |
| The SI Luo connecting channel ascends along the arm and connects with _______ at LI-15 | The shoulder |
| Where does the SI divergent channel separates from? | The shoulder |
| Which Zangfu organs does the SI divergent channel meet? | Heart & Small Intestine |
| What are the tendons& muscles related to the Small Intestine channel? | Abductor Digiti Minimi/ Extensor Carpi Ulnaris/ Extensor Digiti Minimi/ Triceps/ Deltoid/ Supraspinatus/ Infraspinatus/ Subscapularis/ Teres Minor/ Teres Major/ Trapezius/Levator Scapula/Rhomboids Masseter/ Temporalis |
| SI-1 | On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1cun from the corner of the nail |
| SI-2 | On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint. |
| SI-3 | On the ulnar border of the hand, in the substantial depression proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone. |
| SI-4 | On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the hamate bone(deadman:Triquetral bone) |
| SI-5 | At the ulnar border of the wrist, in the depression between the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone |
| SI-6 | When the palm of the hand is on the chest, dorsal to 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-7 | On the line joining SI-5 and SI-8, 5 cun proximal to SI-5 (or the dorsal crease of wrist) |
| SI-8 | In a depression between the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna and the tip of the medial epicondyle of the humerus |
| SI-9 | Posterior& inferior to the shoulder joint, when the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun superior to the posterior axillary fold (in the depression just below the posterior border of the deltoid) |
| SI-10 | When the arm is adducted, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine, directly superior to the posterior axillary fold. |
| SI-11 | On the scapula, in a tender depression one third of the distance from the midpoint of the inferior border of the scapular spine to the inferior angle of the scapula. |
| SI-12 | In the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11, in a depression formed when the arm is raised. |
| SI-13 | In the tender depression superior to the medial end of scapular spine, MIDWAY between SI-10 and the spinous process of T2. |
| SI-14 | 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T1. |
| SI-15 | 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processof C7. |
| SI-16 | In the lateral aspect of the neck, on the posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the laryngeal prominence |
| SI-17 | In the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. |
| SI-18 | Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic bone. |
| SI-19 | This point is located in a depression when the mouth is open between the middle of the tragus and the condyloid process of the mandible |