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Channel: SI, Hand Greater Yáng (tài yáng) Small Intestine Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the center of the supraspinous fossa, straight above SI-11 (tiān zhōng).

Classic location: Outward from Celestial Bone-Hole (TB-15), on the shoulder behind the small protuberance of the shoulder blade [i.e., the coracoid process]. A hole appears when the arm is raised. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: The suprascapular artery and vein. The lateral suprascapular nerve and accessory nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.

Action: Frees the channels and quickens the network vessels.

Modern indications: Shoulder and scapula pain; pain and numbness in the upper limbs.

Classic indications: Shoulder pain that prevents the patient from raising the arm.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.7 cùn oblique or perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the small intestine, large intestine, hand lesser yáng (shào yáng) triple burner and foot lesser yáng gallbladder channels.

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