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The Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian is the channel where Qi and Blood converge, containing twenty-two acupoints. It begins at Guanchong (LI1), then passes through Yemen (TE2), Zhongzhu (TE3), Yangchi (TE4), Waiguan (TE5), Zhigou (TE6), Huizong (TE7), Sanyangluo (TE8), Sidu (TE9), Tianjing (TE10), Qinglengyuan (TE11), Xiaoluo (TE12), Naohui (TE13), Jianjing (GB21), Tiannyou (TE16), Yifeng (TE17), Zhi Mai (TE18), Luxi (TE19), Jiaosun (TE20), Ermen (TE21), Heliao (TE22), and finally terminates at Sizhukong (TE23).

Guanchong (LI1) is located at the lateral end of the ring finger; Yemen (TE2) is in the depression between the little and ring fingers; Zhongzhu (TE3) is one cun above Yemen (TE2); Yangchi (TE4) is in the depression anterior to the transverse crease of the wrist; Waiguan (TE5) is in the depression two cun posterior to the wrist crease; Zhigou (TE6) is one cun above Waiguan (TE5); Huizong (TE7) is one cun medial to Waiguan (TE5), level with it; Sanyangluo (TE8) is one cun obliquely upward and medial from Huizong (TE7), located at the major intersecting vessel on the arm; Sidu (TE9) is five cun above Sanyangluo (TE8), in the depression on the lateral aspect of the elbow; Tianjing (TE10) is posterior to the large bone at the lateral side of the elbow, one cun above the elbow tip in the gap between two tendons, taken with the elbow flexed; Qinglengyuan (TE11) is one cun above Tianjing (TE10), taken with the elbow extended and arm raised; Xiaoluo (TE12) is above Qinglengyuan (TE11), in the muscle belly between the lower shoulder, outer arm, and upper elbow; Naohui (TE13) is above Xiaoluo (TE12), three cun lateral to the shoulder tip, in a concave depression; Jianjing (GB21) is in the depression above the shoulder tip, taken with the arm obliquely raised; Tiannyou (TE16) is one cun posterior to Jianjing (GB21), located lateral to the large tendon of the neck, above the supraclavicular fossa, posterior to Tianrong (SI17) of the Hand-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, anterior to Tianzhu (BL10) of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, inferior to Wanggu (GB12) of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, one cun obliquely upward behind the ear within the hairline; Yifeng (TE17) is above Tiannyou (TE16), in the depression at the posterior angle of the ear, tender upon pressure radiating to the ear canal; Zhi Mai (TE18) is above Yifeng (TE17), among the chicken-foot-shaped cyan collateral vessels in the middle of the post-auricular region; Luxi (TE19) is above Zhi Mai (TE18), along the cyan collateral vessels in the upper post-auricular area; Jiaosun (TE20) is above Luxi (TE19), in the hollow below the hairline on the upper ear; Ermen (TE21) is reached by circling Jiaosun (TE20) anterior to the ear, in the depression where the flesh rises opposite the tragus; Heliao (TE22) is anterior to Ermen (TE21), in the transverse arterial pulse below the temporal hairline (temporal hairline refers to the sideburns); Sizhukong (TE23) is above Heliao (TE22), in the depression posterior to the eyebrow.

[Note] Guanchong (LI1) is located at the lateral end of the fourth finger (ring finger), approximately the width of a leek leaf away from the corner of the nail. Moving upward from Guanchong (LI1) to the depression between the metacarpals of the little and ring fingers, with the fist clenched, is Yemen (TE2). One cun above Yemen (TE2) in the depression is Zhongzhu (TE3). From Zhongzhu (TE3), moving straight up along the proximal phalanx of the fourth finger to the dorsal wrist depression is Yangchi (TE4). Two cun posterior to Yangchi (TE4) in the depression between the two bones is Waiguan (TE5). One cun above Waiguan (TE5) in the depression between the two bones is Zhigou (TE6). One cun lateral to Zhigou (TE6) is Huizong (TE7). Zhigou (TE6) and Huizong (TE7) are parallel and separated by one cun in the interosseous space. One cun obliquely upward and medial from Huizong (TE7), at the major intersecting vessel on the arm, is Sanyangluo (TE8). Five cun above Sanyangluo (TE8) in the depression on the lateral edge of the elbow is Sidu (TE9). Obliquely outward from Sidu (TE9), posterior to the lateral olecranon process, one cun above the elbow in the gap between the crossed tendons and bones, taken with the elbow flexed and chest drawn in, is Tianjing (TE10). One cun above Tianjing (TE10), taken with the elbow extended and arm raised, is Qinglengyuan (TE11). Above Qinglengyuan (TE11), in the muscle belly between the lower shoulder, outer arm, and upper elbow, is Xiaoluo (TE12). Above Xiaoluo (TE12), three cun lateral to the shoulder tip in a concave depression, is Naohui (TE13). Above Naohui (TE13), in the depression above the shoulder tip, taken with the arm obliquely raised, is Jianjing (GB21). Moving upward from Jianjing (GB21) over the shoulder to the direct line above the supraclavicular fossa is the Jianjing (GB21) point of the Shaoyang Meridian; one cun posterior to this is Tiannyou (TE16). Moving upward from Tiannyou (TE16), lateral to the large cervical tendon, above the supraclavicular fossa, posterior to Tianrong (SI17) of the Hand-Taiyang Meridian, anterior to Tianzhu (BL10) of the Foot-Taiyang Meridian, and inferior to Wanggu (GB12) of the Foot-Shaoyang Meridian, one cun obliquely upward behind the ear within the hairline, is Tiannyou (TE16). Above Tiannyou (TE16), in the depression at the posterior angle of the ear, which causes pain in the ear upon pressure, is Yifeng (TE17). Above Yifeng (TE17), among the cyan collateral vessels resembling a chicken's foot in the middle of the post-auricular region, is Zhi Mai (TE18). Along the cyan collateral vessels in the upper post-auricular area from Zhi Mai (TE18) is Luxi (TE19). Above Luxi (TE19), in the hollow below the hairline on the upper ear, is Jiaosun (TE20). Circling Jiaosun (TE20) anterior to the ear, in the depression where the flesh rises opposite the ear opening, is Ermen (TE21). Anterior to Ermen (TE21), in the transverse arterial pulse below the temporal hairline (the area below the hairline refers to the sideburns), is Heliao (TE22). Above Heliao (TE22), in the depression posterior to the eyebrow, is Sizhukong (TE23).