Numbers For Lower Arm Points

Question 1

Heart

Answer 1

0.5
1
1.5
12

3, armpit

Question 2

Small intestine

Answer 2

5
Elbow
Shoulder for 9,10,11,12,13
Si 16 Post STCM
Si 17corner of jaw
Si 18 outer canthus down to under cheek bone
Si 19 Middle of tregus

Question 3

Pericardium

Answer 3

2,3,5,12
Upper arm
Pc 2 at 7 cun mid belly of biceps
Pc1 - 1 cun lat to nipple - forbidden on women

Question 4

Triple burner

Answer 4

2,3,3,4,7
Tb 13 - 8, upper arm
Tb 14 - posterior shoulder
Tb15 - half way along shoulder in supra scapular fossa
Tb16 - find Gb12 on posterior inferiir of mastoid process, then drop down 1 cun
Tb17 Behind earlobe
Tb20 Fold ear in half to find top part. Point lies on the head where tip of pinna touches.
Tb21 top part of tregus in anterior groove
Tb22 1-1.5 cun anterior to the root of the pinna. Roughly 0.5 cun posterior to hairline. Just superior to small artery.

Tb23 follow eyebrow out without dipping down, find the bony ridge and the point is just lateral to the ridge in a hollow.

Question 5

Lung

Answer 5

Lower arm
1,
1.5,
7
12
Upper arm 6

Lu2 lat end of clavical just inferior to it in infraclavicular fossa
Lu 1 slightly lateral to Lu2 in the 1st ics

Question 6

Large Intestine

Answer 6

Lower arm 3, 5,8,9,10,12
Upper arm -
Li14 7 insertion of deltoid
Li 15 front shoulder
Li 16 1 cun medial to li 15
Li 18 Mid STCM
Li 20 nasiolabial groove at widest point of Basel alum

Question 7

Stomach

Answer 7

8,7,8,10,13,16 (calf’s nose)
Thigh ST 32 - 8 cun

Lower jiao St 30 - 2 cun lat to midline at Ren 2 level and Kid 11

St29 2 cun lat to midline on level with Ren 3 and Kid12

St28 2 cun lat to midline on level with Ren 4 and Kid 13

St 25 2 cun lat to midline on level with umbilicus

St 21 2 cun lat to midline on level with ren 12

St12 4 cun lat to midline in supra clavicular fossa

St 9 Anterior border of STCM muscle on level with lower border of the laryngeal prominence.

St 8 corner of the head

St 1 infra orbital notch

Question 8

Spleen

Answer 8

3,6,10,13
Hooker, 1 finger from medial border

Upper leg - 4 (spleen 10)

Lower Jiao - Sp 15 - 4 cun lat to midline on level with the umbilicus

Upper Jiao Sp20 - Approx 6.5 cun lat to the midline in the 2nd ics (on level with Ren 19) find Lu 1 and drop down and slightly lateral.

Sp21 in the axillary line on level with the 7th ics. Find 6th ics on level with Ren16 and drop down 1. Follow around to side of patient and mark point on mid axillary line. Fell for the hollow (occasionally this point can be in the 6th ics)

Question 9

Kidney

Answer 9

2,2,5,15
2 - anterior to achillies above kid 3
2 - 0.5 finger width anterior to kid 7
5 - anterior to achillies above kid 3

Kid 13 - 0.5 cun lat to midline on level with Ren 4

Kid 16 0.5 cun lat to midline on level with the umbilicus

Kid 22-26 2 cun lat to midline in 1st to 5th ics

Kid 27 most medial point of infraclavicular fossa

Question 10

Bladder

Answer 10

Side 3,7 Above bl 60 between anterior border of Achilles and posterior border of fibula)
Back (below) 8,5,2 Central line
Thigh 8, 14 (central)

Question 11

Liver

Answer 11

5,7,13,15
5,7 - In trough on medial border of tibia,
13 Find sp 9 1 cun inferior

Liv 13 - tip of 11th floating rib
Liv 14 6th ics on mid clavicular line 4 cun lat to midline in level with Ren 14

Question 12

Gall Bladder

Answer 12

Lower leg
3,4,5,7,7,14
(@3 Anterior to peronius longus tendon,
@4 anterior to the anterior border of the fibula)
@5 anterior border of fibula)
@7 anterior border of fibula
@7 posterior border of fibula
@14 anterior inferior corner of head of fibula)

Upper leg
Gb31 - 9