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POINT: SI-9 (SMALL INTESTINE-9)

NAME: JIANZHEN

English: True Shoulder
Also Known As: Shoulder Chastity
Upright Shoulder
Shoulder Integrity
Shoulder Faithful

LOCATION:

  • With the arm hanging freely at the side, this point is found 1 cun directly above the posterior axillary crease.
  • Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold.
    Note: this point lies in the depression just below the posterior border of the deltoid muscle.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion, 1.5 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness. When treating paralysis of the upper limb, there may be an electric, numb sensation extending into the shoulder and toward the fingertips.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Expels Wins
  • Benefits the shoulder
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Shoulder and shoulder joint diseases
  • Paralysis of the upper limb
  • Excessive perspiration in the arm pits
  • Shoulder Bi
  • Arm weakness and soreness
  • Motor impairment of the hand and arm
  • Numbness due to Wind
  • Neck pain and inflammation
  • Sensation of Cold in the scapular region
  • arthritis and neuralgia of the upper limbs
  • Pain in the supraclavicular fossa
  • Headache
  • Inability to raise the arm
  • Wind Bi
  • Toothache
  • Pain in the shoulder blades
  • Arm pain inhibiting movement
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Swelling of the mandible
  • Pain, stiffness, paralysis or arthritis of the scapula shoulder and arm
  • Neuralgia of the shoulder and scapula
  • Wind Bi with insensitivity of the arms and legs which cannot be moved
  • Fever after catching cold Heat sensation and pain of the supraclavicular fossa
  • Numbness with inability to raise the hand and foot

COMBINATIONS:

LI-15
Jianyu
SJ-14
Jianliao

LI-11
Quchi
M-HN-41
Jingbi

SJ-1
Guanchong
LI-15
 Jianyu

Arthritis of the shoulder

Paralysis of the upper limb

Heat sensation of the shoulder with inability to turn the head

SI-4
Wangu

 

 

Tinnitus and deafness

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is an important local point for shoulder problems.