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YAS, Yáng Springing (yáng qiāo) Vessel Points
- ST-1 承泣 〔承泣〕chéng qì, Tear Container
An acupoint located between the eyeball and the midpoint of the infraorbital ridge.
- BL-1 睛明 〔睛明〕jīng míng, Bright Eyes
An acupoint located on the face, 0.1 cùn directly above the inner canthus of the eye, in the space between the eyeball and the bones forming the medial orbit.
- ST-3 巨髎 〔巨髎〕jù liáo, Great Bone-Hole
An acupoint located on the cheek, straight belowST-2 (sì bái), level with the lower border of the ala nasi.
- ST-4 地仓 〔地倉〕dì cāng, Earth Granary
An acupoint located on the face, on a vertical line withST-1 (chéng qì),ST-2 (sì bái), andST-3 (jù liáo), level with the corner of the mouth.
- SI-10 臑俞 〔臑俞〕nào shù, Upper Arm Transport
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the depression just medial to the acromial angle and below the inferior border of the scapular spine.
- LI-15 肩髃 〔肩髃〕jiān yú, Shoulder Bone
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the shoulder, inferior to the acromioclavicular articulation, between the anterior and medial portions of the deltoid muscle, in the most anterior of the depressions that form when the arm is abducted.
- LI-16 巨骨 〔巨骨〕jù gǔ, Great Bone
An acupoint located on the superior aspect of the shoulder, medial and slightly posterior to the bony prominence of the acromioclavicular articulation, in the depression at the lateral end of the supraspinous fossa.
- GB-20 风池 〔風池〕fēng chí, Wind Pool
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the neck, below the occipital bone, in the large depression between the trapezius and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
- GB-29 居髎 〔居髎〕jū liáo, Squatting Bone-Hole
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the hip, in the body of the tensor fascia lata muscle, midway between the anterior superior iliac spine (asis) and the prominence of the greater trochanter.
- BL-59 跗阳 〔跗陽〕fū yáng, Instep Yáng
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 3 cùn superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, midway between the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus) and the posterior edge of the fibula.
- BL-61 仆参 〔僕參〕pú cān, Subservient Visitor
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the heel, straight belowBL-60 , in a depression on the calcaneum at the border of the red and white flesh.
- BL-62 申脉 〔申脈〕shēn mài, Extending Vessel
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression immediately inferior to the lateral malleolus.