T.88.18

Si Ma Shang

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駟馬上 (Sì Mǎ Shàng) — Four Horses Upper

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 8 — Thigh (八八部位) · point 88.18

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Ears & hearing
Nose & throat
Cough & breathing
Skin

Location

On the lateral aspect of the thigh, 2 cun above Si Ma Zhong.

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

Body map, front: T.88.18 · Thigh — Fig. — T.88.18 · Thigh After Albinus, 1747

The femur — Gray's Anatomy plate — The femur Gray's Anatomy, 1918

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Needling

Depth: 1.5–2.5 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates the Lung and benefits the skin

Indications

Skin disorders and allergyrhinitis and asthmarib paintinnitus

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 8 — Thigh (八八部位)

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.88.17, T.88.19

Combinations Using This Point

Si Ma — The Four Horses

Three points down the lateral thigh — the Tung system's principal treatment for skin disease, working through the Lung.

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