SI 1 Shaoze **
FUNCTIONS: Dispel Wind-Heat, promote the flow of mild. Good for neckache.
INDICATIONS
1. Lactation deficiency.. Mastitis.
2. Cloudiness of cornea. Pterygium.
3. Febrile diseases. Sore throat.
4. Loss of consciousness. Headache.
LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
METHOD: Obliquely 0.1 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 3 Houxi **
FUNCTIONS: Clear the mind, eliminate Wind-Heat, clears Du Mai, relax tendons and muscles. Treat malaria.
INDICATIONS
1. Neck rigidity.. Headache. Contracture and twitching of the elbow, arm and fingers. Intercostal neuralgia. Low back pain.
2. Seizures.. Psychosis. Hysteria.
3. Congestion of the eye.
4. Febrile diseases. Malaria.. Night sweating..
5. Deafness. Deaf-mutism.
LOCATION: When a loose fist is made, the point is proximal to the head of the 5th
metacarpal bone on the ulnar side, in the depression at the junction of the
red and white skin.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-0.7 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 4 Hand - Wangu **
FUNCTIONS: Invigorate Tai Yang, disperse Damp-Heat from Small Intestine. For cholecystitis jaundice, hypochondriac pain.
INDICATIONS
1. Headache. Neck rigidity. Pain in the hypochondriac region. Arthritis of the wrist, elbow and fingers.
2. Gastritis. Cholecystitis.
3. Cloudiness of cornea. Jaundice.
4. Tinnitus.
5. Febrile diseases.
6. Diabetes.
LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the palm, in the depression beween the base of the
5th metacarpal bone and the triquetral bone.
METHOD: Perp 0.3-0.5 inch (Ess).

SI 6 Yanglao **
ATTRIBUTES: Xi-cleft
FUNCTIONS: Relax tendons, clears Jingluo, brighten the eyes.
INDICATIONS
1. Aching of the shoulder, back, elbow and arm. Arthritis of the upper limb. Pain in the shoulder and back. Hemiplegia . Stiff neck. Low back pain. Pain of hernia.
2. Blurring of vision. Eye diseases.
LOCATION: Dorsal to the head of the ulna. When the palm faces the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on the radial side of the styoid process of the ulna
METHOD: Perp 0.3-0.5 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 9 Jianshen **
FUNCTIONS: Shoulder problems.
INDICATIONS
1. Pain in the scapular region. Pain and motor impairment of the hand and arm. Diseases of the shoulder and shoulder joint. Paralysis of the upper limb.
2. Excessive perspiration in the arm pits.
LOCATION: Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-1 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 10 Naoshu **
FUNCTIONS: Shoulder problems.
INDICATIONS
1. Pain and weakness of the shoulder and arm.. Hemiplegia.
2. Hypertension.
3. Excessive sweating.
LOCATION:  When the arm is adducted, the point is directly above Jianshen SI 9, in
the depression inferior and lateral to the scapular spine.
METHOD:  Perp 0.8-1 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 11 Tianzong **
FUNCTIONS: Disperse fullness from chest, eliminate stagnation of Qi from hypochondrium, treat shoulder.
INDICATIONS
1. Pain in the scapular region.. Pain in the lateroposterior aspect of the elbow and arm. Pain in the shoulder. Pain in the upper arm.
LOCATION:  In the infrascapular fossa, at the junction of the upper and middle third of the distance between the lower border of the scapular spine and the inferior angle of the scapular.
METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1 inch (Ess)

SI 13 Quyuan **
INDICATIONS
1. Pain and stiffness of the scapular region. Inflammation of the tendon of the supraspinatus muscle.  Diseases of the soft tissues of the shoulder joint.
LOCATION: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, about medway between
Naoshu- SI 10 and the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
METHOD:  Perp 0.3-0.5 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 15 Jianzhongshu **
INDICATIONS
1. Pain in the shoulder and back.. Stiff neck.
2. Cough. Asthma.. Bronchitis. Bronchiectasis. Chronic dilation of bronchii
LOCATION: 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, Dazhui- Du14.
METHOD: Obliquely 0.3 - 0.6 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 17 Tianrong **
FUNCTIONS: Tonsillitis, sore throat. 
INDICATIONS
1. Foreign body sensation in throat. Swelling of cheek. Distension and soreness of the neck.
2. Deafness. Tinnitus.
3. Sore throat. Tonsillitis. Pharyngitis. Asthma.
LOCATION:  Posterior to the angle of mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus muscle.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-0.8 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

Secondary Points

SI 19 Tinggong *
FUNCTIONS: Clears Jingluo; to ease the ears.
INDICATIONS
1. Deafness.. Tinnitus.. Otorrhea. deaf mutism. Otitis media. Inflammation of the external ear canal.
LOCATION: Between the tragus and the mandibular joint, where a depression is formed when the mouth is slightly open.
METHOD:  Perp 0.3-1 inch (Ess)
(Ess,Sha).

SI 2 Qiangu *
INDICATIONS
1. Numbness of fingers..
2. Mastitis.
3. Tinnitus. Congested throat.
4. Febrile diseases.
5. Pannus = newly formed superficial vascular tissue over the cornea.
LOCATION:  When a loose fist is made, the point is distal to the metacarpophalangeal
joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.
METHOD: Perp 0.2-0.3 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 5 Yanggu *
FUNCTIONS: Regulate Qi of SI. Good for Damp-Heat in knees swollen, painful, hot.
INDICATIONS
1. Swelling of the neck and submandibular region. Pain in the wrist.. Pain in the lateral aspect of the arm.
2. Febrile diseases..
3. Deafness. Tinnitus.
4. Insanity.
5. Parotitis
LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the wrist, in the depression between the styloid
process of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
METHOD: Perp 0.3-0.4 inch (Ess)
(Ess,Sha).

SI 7 Zhizheng *
INDICATIONS
1. Neck rigidity.. Contracture and twitching of elbow.  Pain in fingers. Pain of the elbow or arm .
2. Mental disorders.
3. Febrile diseases.
4. Neurasthenia.
LOCATION: 5 cun proximal to the wrist, on the line joining Yanggu SI 5, and Xiaohai-
SI 8.
METHOD Perp 0.3-0.5 inch (Ess)
(Ess,Sha).

SI 8 Xiaohai *
INDICATIONS
1. Swelling of the cheek. Pain in the nape and the lateroposterior, aspect of the shoulder and arm..  Neuralgia or paralysis of the ulmar nerve. Chorea = Muscle twitching.
2. Epilepsy. Seizures. Psychosis.
LOCATION: Between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epcondyle of the humerus.
The point is located with the elbow flexed.
METHOD Perp 0.3-0.7 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 12 Bingfeng *
FUNCTIONS Shoulder problems
1. Pain in the scapular region.. Numbness and aching of the upper extremities. Inflammation of the supra spinatus tendon.
LOCATION: In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly above Tiansong SI 11.
When the arm is lifted, the point is at the site of the depression.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-0.7 inch (Ess)
(Ess,Sha).

SI 14 Jianwaishu *
FUNCTIONS: Shoulder problems
 Aching and pain of the shoulder and back (Ess,Sha),
rigidity of neck (Ess)
LOCATION: 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous pr\rocess of the 1st
thoracic vertebra Taodao Du 13, on the vertical line drawn from the
verterbral border of the scapula.
METHOD Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.6 inch (Ess).

SI 16 Tianchuang *
INDICATIONS
1. Stiffness and pain of neck..
2. Deafness..  Tinnitus..
3. Sore throat..
4. Goiter.
LOCATION: In the lateral aspect of the neck, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus, posterosuperior to Neck Futu- LI 18.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-0.8 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).

SI 18 Quanliao *
FUNCTIONS:  Dispel Wind, relieve pain, sedative function.
INDICATIONS
1. Facial paralysis.. Twitching of eyelids. Trigeminal neuralgia. Spasm of the facial muscles.
2. Yellowish sclera.
3. Toothache.
LOCATION: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border
of zygoma.
METHOD: Perp 0.5-0.8 inch (Ess).
(Ess,Sha).