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POINT: M-UE-48

English: Inner Mound of the Shoulder (Front of the Shoulder)
Also Known As: Shoulder's Inner Tomb
Inner Shoulder Mound
  • When the arm is freely at the side, this point is found midway between the top of the anterior axillary crease and LI-15 Jianyu, on the shoulder.
  • On the anterior aspect of the shoulder joint, midway between the anterior axillary cre4ase and LI-15 Jianyu.
  • Midway between the end of theanterior axillary fold and LI-15 Jianyu.
  • Straight insertion, for most conditions, needle pointed toward the back of the shoulder, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness or an electric, numb sensation in the upper arm extending as far as the fingertips.
  • Slanted insertion, for tenosynovitis of the long head of the biceps brachii muscle, 2 to 3 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Oblique or oblique-transverse insertion distally toward the elbow, 2 to 3 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Activates Qi and Blood
  • Benefits the shoulder joint
  • Removes obstructions from the channel
  • Expels Cold and Dampness
  • Hemiplegia
  • Hypertension
  • Pain in the shoulder joint
  • Perifocal inflammation of the shoulder joint
  • Numbness, paralysis and immobility of the shoulder joint
  • Excessive sweating
  • Wind-Dampness in the shoulder
  • urticaria
  • Arms lack strength
  • Goiter
  • Stiffness and pain of the anterior aspect of the shoulder
  • Frozen shoulder

LI-15
Jianyu
SJ-14
Jianliao
Pain Points
Ahshi

   

Perifocal inflammation of the shoulder joint

Pain in the shoulder joint

   
  • This point is often tender when palpated for pain of the shoulder joint.
  • It is extremely useful for shoulder pain or frozen shoulder. It only used if the pain radiates toward the anterior aspect of the shoulder.