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SI10

Naoshu

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臑俞 (Nàoshū) — Upper Arm Shu

Small Intestine channel · point 10

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel with the Yang Wei and Yang Qiao Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Pain & joints

Location

On the posterior shoulder, directly above SI9, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine.

How to locate: With the arm hanging at the side, palpate straight up from the posterior axillary fold past SI9 until the finger meets the bony underside of the scapular spine; the point is in the depression just below that edge.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: SI10 · Shoulder
Fig. — SI10 · Shoulder After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: SI10 · Shoulder

SI10 · Shoulder · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The humerus — Gray's Anatomy plate
The humerus Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.
The humerus — Gray's Anatomy plate

The humerus · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 1–1.5 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 241 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Activates the channel, relaxes the sinews and benefits the shoulder
  • Dissipates nodules

Indications

Shoulder pain and weaknessinability to raise the armscrofula

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, SI10 at the shoulder balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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