T.33.15

Tian Shi

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天士 (Tiān Shì) — Heaven Scholar

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 3 — Forearm (三三部位) · point 33.15

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing

Location

On the radial side of the palmar forearm, 10 cun proximal to the wrist crease, on the radial border of the radius.

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

Body map, front: T.33.15 · Forearm — Fig. — T.33.15 · Forearm After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the forearm — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the forearm Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

Approximate placement, carried over from our 2D body map onto a single adult male model (BodyParts3D) and checked against the point's location text. Shown on one side of the body. Locate the point on your patient by the location text and palpation, not by this model.

Cun on this part of the body: From the cubital crease to the wrist crease: 12 B-cun (WHO 2008, General Guidelines, Proportional Bone (Skeletal) Measurements, p. 12). On the model, the cubital crease = line between the humeral epicondyles. On the model, the wrist crease = line between the radial and ulnar styloid tips.
Needle angle and depth: Needling not assessed: no cited needling data for this point.

3D anatomy: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International (licence). Subset, simplified and recoloured by Verscienta — changes and licence details.

Needling

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Descends Lung qi and relieves cough

Indications

Asthma, cough and bronchitischest tightnessarm pain

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 3 — Forearm (三三部位)

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.33.13, T.33.14

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