Qi deficiency in the Brighter Yang of the Foot/Stomach |
Poor digestion; poor muscle tone around eyes, on cheeks, and under chin and jaw |
Su San Li (St 36), 2 to 3 cun∗ distal to patela, 1- finger-breadth lateral to crest of tibia. |
Dicang (St 4), lateral to the corner of the mouth; Jiache (St 6), 1-finger-breadth anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible |
Qi deficiency in the Greater Yin Channel of the Foot/Pancreas and Spleen |
Poor digestion, poor muscle tone around eyes, on cheeks, and under chin and jaw |
Sanyinjiao (Sp 6), 2 to 3 cun superior to medial malleolus |
Same as above |
Qi deficiency in the Greater Yin Channel of the Hand/Lung |
Poor skin tone and texture with loose pores |
Lieque (Lu 7), superior to the styloid process of the radius, 1 to 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist |
Not applicable |
Excess heat and fluids in the Greater Yin Channel of the Hand/Lung |
Acne, poor skin tone and texture with loose pores |
Chize (Lu 5), on the cubital crease, on the radial side of the tendon of m. biceps brachii. Found with the elbow slightly flexed |
Not applicable |
Yin deficiency in the Ultimate Yin Channel of the Foot/Liver |
Lack of expression in eyes, blurry vision |
Taichong, (Lv 3), on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones |
Not applicable |
Yin deficiency in the Lesser Yin Channel of the Foot/Kidney |
Darkness under eyes, facial edema |
Taixi (K 3), in depression between medial malleolus and tendon calcaneus at level with tip of medial malleolus |
Quanliao (SI 18), directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of zygoma; Tinggong (SI 19), anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible |