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Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

SI-14

Jianwaishu

Outer Shoulder *Shu*

Autres nomsShoulder's Outer Hollow · Outside the Shoulder Correspondence

Méridien
Intestin grêle

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Localisation

Located 3 cun to the side of the lower edge of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra, the same level as DU-13 Taodao. Note: with the shoulder relaxed, this 3-cun line lines up with the scapula's medial border.

Puncture

  1. 01Needle straight in, 0.3 to 0.5 cun deep.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Angle the needle medially, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
  4. 04Caution: a perpendicular needle here risks causing a pneumothorax, particularly in thin patients.

Actions

  • Frees the channel
  • Relieves pain
  • Dispels Wind-Cold
  • Benefits the shoulder and scapular region

Indications

  • Shoulder and back ache
  • Shoulder and scapular pain with a Cold sensation radiating to the elbow
  • General Bi syndrome
  • Soreness and pain at the back of the shoulder
  • Nape stiffness and spasm
  • Neck muscle spasm
  • Hemiplegia
  • Pleurisy
  • Neck pain accompanied by rigidity
  • Fever and chills with neck rigidity and an inability to turn the head
  • Shoulder and scapular neuralgia
  • Rheumatic neuralgia in the shoulder and scapular area
  • Stiff, rigid neck
  • Occipital neuralgia
  • Cold, painful sensation in the upper limb