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Alternate names: 臑交 nào jiāo, Upper Arm Intersection; 臑髎 nào liáo, Upper Arm Bone-Hole; 臑俞 nào shù, Upper Arm Transport

Channel: TB, Hand Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Triple Burner Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, on the line connecting the olecranon and the acromial angle, about 4 cùn inferior to the acromial angle at the posterior border of the deltoid muscle.

Classic location: On the front [i.e., outer] face of the arm, three cùn from the tip of the shoulder. (Zhēn Jiǔ Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng)

Local anatomy: The medial collateral artery and vein. The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve, the muscular branch of the radial nerve; deeper, the radial nerve.

Action: Clears and discharges evil heat; frees the channels and network vessels; disinhibits the joints.

Modern indications: Goiter; scrofula; impediment pain (bì tòng) in the upper limbs.

Classic indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; swelling of the shoulder causing pain in the shoulder blade.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.8 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

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