Meridian

Small Intestine Meridian

Name: Small Intestine Meridian: 19 Acupoints and Locations
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19 acupoints on this meridian

Acupoints

Code	Name	Location
`SI1`	Lesser Marsh	On the little finger, ulnar side of the distal segment, 0.1 finger-cun from the corner of the nail.
`SI2`	Front Valley	On the ulnar side of the hand, distal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the red-and-white skin border.
`SI3`	Back Stream	On the ulnar side of the hand, proximal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the red-and-white skin border; located with a closed fist.
`SI4`	Wrist Bone	At the wrist, in the hollow between the base of the 5th metacarpal and the triquetral bone, at the red-and-white skin border.
`SI5`	Yang Valley	On the dorsal wrist, in the depression between the ulnar styloid and the triquetral bone.
`SI6`	Nourishing the Old	On the dorsal forearm, 1 cun above the dorsal wrist crease, in the depression radial to the head of the ulna; located with the palm facing the chest.
`SI7`	Branch of Uprightness	On the dorsal forearm, on the SI5–SI8 line, 5 cun above the dorsal wrist crease, between the ulna and flexor carpi ulnaris.
`SI8`	Small Sea	At the back of the elbow, in the hollow between the olecranon and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
`SI9`	Shoulder Uprightness	On the scapular region, postero-inferior to the shoulder joint, 1 cun above the end of the posterior axillary fold.
`SI10`	Upper Arm Shu	On the scapular region, directly above the posterior axillary fold, in the depression below the scapular spine.
`SI11`	Heavenly Ancestor	In the centre of the infraspinous fossa, at the junction of the upper third and lower two-thirds of the line from the midpoint of the scapular spine to the inferior angle.
`SI12`	Grasping the Wind	In the supraspinous fossa, directly above SI11, above the midpoint of the scapular spine.
`SI13`	Crooked Wall	In the depression at the medial end of the upper border of the scapular spine.
`SI14`	Outer Shoulder Shu	Below the spinous process of T1, 3 cun lateral to the posterior midline.
`SI15`	Middle Shoulder Shu	Below the spinous process of C7, 2 cun lateral to the posterior midline.
`SI16`	Heavenly Window	On the neck, level with the laryngeal prominence, at the posterior border of sternocleidomastoid.
`SI17`	Heavenly Appearance	On the neck, behind the angle of the mandible, in the depression at the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid.
`SI18`	Cheekbone Crevice	On the face, at the lower border of the zygomatic bone, directly below the outer canthus.
`SI19`	Listening Palace	On the face, in the depression between the centre of the tragus and the mandibular condyle; located with the mouth open.

These points share a meridian, but a proper assessment still looks at the whole picture.

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