SI12

Bingfeng

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秉風 (Bǐngfēng) — Grasping the Wind

Small Intestine channel · point 12

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Triple Energiser and Gallbladder channels

Traditionally used for

Nerves & recovery
Pain & joints

Location

In the supraspinous fossa, directly above the midpoint of the scapular spine, in the depression that appears when the arm is raised.

How to locate: With the patient seated and the shoulders relaxed, find SI11 below the scapular spine, then go straight up over the spine to the centre of the supraspinous fossa, above the midpoint of the spine.

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

Body map, back: SI12 · Upper back — Fig. — SI12 · Upper back After Albinus, 1747

The vertebral column — Gray's Anatomy plate — The vertebral column Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Oblique insertion — medial, towards the spine

Depth 0.5–1 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)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 242 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Expels wind and activates the channel
Benefits the shoulder

Indications

Shoulder pain and inability to raise the armnumbness of the upper limb

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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