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TB, Hand Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Triple Burner Channel Points
- TB-1 关冲 〔關衝〕guān chōng, Passage Hub
An acupoint located a little more than 1 fēn below the base of the nail on the ulnar side of the fourth finger.
- TB-2 液门 〔液門〕yè mén, Humor Gate
An acupoint located on the dorsal aspect of the hand, proximal to the margin of the web between the fourth and fifth fingers, level with the metacarpophalangeal (mcp) articulation of the fourth finger.
- TB-3 中渚 〔中渚〕zhōng zhǔ, Central Islet
An acupoint located on the dorsal aspect of the hand, between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, immediately proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joints.
- TB-4 阳池 〔陽池〕yáng chí, Yáng Pool
An acupoint located on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, in the depression between the tendons of the extensor digitorum (communis) and the extensor digiti minimi.
- TB-5 外关 〔外關〕wài guān, Outer Pass
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 2 cùn proximal to the wrist, midway between the radius and the ulna.
- TB-6 支沟 〔支溝〕zhī gōu, Branch Ditch
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 3 cùn proximal to the wrist, midway between the radius and the ulna.
- TB-7 会宗 〔會宗〕huì zōng, Convergence and Gathering
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 3 cùn proximal to the wrist, about 0.5 cùn lateral to TB-6, on the radial side of the ulna.
- TB-8 三阳络 〔三陽絡〕sān yáng luò, Three Yáng Connection
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 4 cùn proximal to the wrist, midway between the radius and the ulna.
- TB-9 四渎 〔四瀆〕sì dú, Four Rivers
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 5 cùn distal to the tip of the olecranon, midway between the radius and the ulna.
- TB-10 天井 〔天井〕tiān jǐng, Celestial Well
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, in the depression just proximal to the superior border of the olecranon.
- TB-11 清冷渊 〔清冷淵〕qīng lěng yuān, Clear Cold Abyss
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, in the depression about 1.5 cùn above the superior border of the olecranon when the elbow is bent.
- TB-12 消泺 〔消濼〕xiāo luò, Dispersing Riverbed
An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, along the line connecting the tip of the olecranon and the acromial angle, midway between TB-11 (qīng lěng yuān) and TB-13 (nào huì).
- TB-13 臑会 〔臑會〕nào huì, Upper Arm Convergence
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.
- TB-14 肩髎 〔肩髎〕jiān liáo, Shoulder Bone-Hole
An acupoint located at the posterior aspect of the shoulder joint, immediately posterior and inferior to the acromion.
- TB-15 天髎 〔天髎〕tiān liáo, Celestial Bone-Hole
An acupoint located on the upper back, in the body of the trapezius muscle, immediately above the superior angle of the scapula, midway betweenSI-13 (nào huì) andGB-21 (fēng shì).
- TB-16 天牖 〔天牖〕tiān yǒu, Celestial Window
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle.
- TB-17 翳风 〔翳風〕yì fēng, Wind Screen
An acupoint located underneath the earlobe, in the hollow between the mandible and the mastoid process.
- TB-18 瘈脉 〔瘈脈〕qì mài, Tugging Vessel
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the head, posterior to the helix of the ear, at the center of the mastoid process, one third of the distance around the arc formed by connecting TB-17 and TB-20.
- TB-19 颅息 〔顱息〕lú xī, Skull Rest
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the head, posterior to the helix of the ear, in the depression two-thirds of the distance around the arc formed by connectingTB-17 andTB-20 .
- TB-20 角孙 〔角孫〕jiǎo sūn, Angle Vertex
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the head, immediately superior to the apex of the ear, just above the hairline.
- TB-21 耳门 〔耳門〕ěr mén, Ear Gate
An acupoint located immediately anterior to the ear, at a level slightly superior to the tragus.
- TB-22 和髎 〔和髎〕hé liáo, Harmony Bone-Hole
An acupoint located anterior to the ear, level with the superior root of the ear, on the posterior edge of the preauricular hairline (i.e., the sideburn).
- TB-23 丝竹空 〔絲竹空〕sī zhú kōng, Silk Bamboo Hole
An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the face, in the depression on the posterior edge of the frontal bone, at the lateral end of the eyebrow.