Influential Points 八會穴

Question 1

Zang

Answer 1

LR13

Directly anterior and inferior to the free end of the eleventh rib.

Question 2

Fu

Answer 2

CV12

On the midline of the abdomen, 4 cun above the umbilicus and midway between the umbilicus and the sternocostal angle.

Question 3

Qi

Answer 3

CV17

On the midline of the sternum, in a depression level with the junction of the fourth intercostal space and the sternum

Question 4

Blood

Answer 4

BL17

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra (T7)

Question 5

Tendon/ligament

Answer 5

GB34

in the tender depression approximately 1 cun anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula

Question 6

Vessels

Answer 6

LU9

In the depression between the radial artery and the tendon of abductor pollicis longus, level with HT-7

Question 7

Bone

Answer 7

BL11

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T1

Question 8

Marrow

Answer 8

GB39

3 cun superior to the prominence of the lateral malleolus, between the posterior border of the fibula and the tendons of peroneus longus and brevis.