fire · yang
Small Intestine SI
手太阳小肠经
Shou Taiyang Xiaochang Jing
From the little finger it runs up the back of the arm, across the shoulder blade, up the neck, and to the ear and cheek.
Yang fire channel. SI3 is also taught as the opening point of the Du vessel.
- Shoulder blade and the back of the arm
- Ear and jaw
- Sorting the clear from the turbid, as a metaphor
- Opening the Du vessel at SI3
- Organ system
- Small Intestine
- Teaching clock
- 1–3 p.m.
Paired with Heart.
Points in this atlas
7 of 19 classical numbers. Add the missing ones in order beside their neighbors.
Lesser Marsh
Little-finger well point, start of the Small Intestine channel.
Use caution
Back Stream
Edge-of-hand point for the neck and the Du vessel.
Support the Aged
Wrist cleft that opens when the palm turns inward.
Small Sea
Elbow groove point. Easy to overdo because of the nerve.
Use caution
True Shoulder
Back of the shoulder, just above the armpit crease.
Celestial Gathering
Center of the shoulder blade for that deep scapular ache.
Use caution
Listening Palace
The hollow in front of the ear, found with the mouth soft and open.
Use caution
Herbs in this atlas are described as entering the twelve primary channels, not this vessel.