SI-9 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jian Zhen - True Shoulder
Forbidden to moxa
Hand Tai Yang
SI-9 - Location
With the arm by the side, the point is 1 cun superior to the posterior axillary fold.
SI-9 - Features
None
- Increases Small Intestine pulse, while at the same time calming the Wood pulse. The affect on the pulse is similar to SI-3
SI-10 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Nao Shu - Upper Arm Shu
Forbidden in pregnancy from the 6th month
Hand Tai Yang
SI-10 - Location
Directly above SI-9, on the inferior border of the spine of the scapula
SI-10 - Features
Point of Yang Wei Mai and Yang Qiao Mai
Meets Small Intestine Divergent meridian
Shu Point of Scapula (point name)
*Works on the Stomach
SI-11 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Zong - Celestial Gathering
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-11 - Location
In the centre of the infraspinous fossa, approximately midway between the inferior angle of the scapula and the acromion, and midway between the medial and lateral borders of the scapula
SI-11 - Features
None
SI-12 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Bing Feng - Grasping The Wind
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-12 - Location
The point is in a depression in the centre of the supraspinous fossa, superior to SI-11 and between SI-13 and CO-16
SI-12 - Features
Meets the Colon, Three Heater and Gall Bladder meridians
*Disperses external wind locally (point name)
SI-13 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Qu Yuan - Crooked Wall
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-13 - Location
At the medial end of the supraspinous fossa, midway between SI-10 and the spinous process of T-2, 1 cun inferior to TH-15
SI-13 - Features
None
SI-14 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jian Wai Shu - Outer Shoulder Shu
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-14 - Location
3 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of T-1
SI-14 - Features
Shu Point of the outer shoulder
SI-15 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jian Zhong Shu - Central Shoulder Shu
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-15 - Location
2 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of C-7 (level with DU-14)
SI-15 - Features
Shu Point of the middle or inner shoulder
SI-16 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Chuang - Celestial Window
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-16 - Location
Level with the Laryngeal prominence, following the natural neck line, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
SI-16 - Features
Window Of Sky Point
Meeting Point of the Heart and Small Intestine Divergent meridians
SI-17 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Rong - Celestial Appearance
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-17 - Location
Posterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
SI-17 - Features
Branch to GB-1 which then travels to SI-19
Branch to SI-18 which then travels to BL-1
In some sources this point is a Window of Sky Point
SI-18 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Quan Liao - Cheek Bone Hole
Forbidden to Moxa
Hand Tai Yang
SI-18 - Location
Directly below the outer canthus of the eye, on the inferior border of the zygoma.
SI-18 - Features
Branch to BL-1 which then completes the circulation of the Tai Yang division
Meeting Point of all the Three Leg Yang Tendino Muscular meridians
Connects with the Three Heater meridian
Point of Exit
SI-19 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Ting Gong - Listening Palace
None
Hand Tai Yang
SI-19 - Location
When the mouth is open, the point is in a depression anterior to the centre of the tragus.
SI-19 - Features
From SI-19 Connects with the Three Heater and Gall Bladder meridians.