Point Depths & Angles (CAM)

Pts on the face

0.3-0.5 cun transverse/subcutaneous

Pts on chest

0.3-0.5 cun oblique

Pts on sternum (Ren 16-21)

transverse 0.3-0.5 cun

Pts on abdomen

Generally 0.5-1 cun perpendicular

Angle for pts on abdomen, legs and arms

Perpendicular

Angle for pts on chest and upper back

Oblique

Angle for points on face and sternum or near nerve

transverse/subcutaneous

Jing well points needling depth

0.1 cun transverse/subcutaneous or prick to bleed, except KD 1 (0.3-0.5 perp) and LV 1 (0.1-0.2 subq)

Points on or near wrist

generally 0.3-0.5 cun perpendicular (except SJ 5-6 is deeper)

Yuan Source Points needling depth

all 0.3-0.5 cun except LI4 and Lu9.

All perpendicular.

LI4: deeper @ perp .5-1

LU9: more shallow @ perp .2-.3

LI4

0.5-1.0 cun. Perpendicular.

Luo connecting points needling depth - Zang Organs

all are at 0.3-0.5 cun except PC6

all perpendicular except for Lu7, Lv 5

PC6: perp .5-.8

LU7: oblique upwards

LV5: transverse

Lv5

Transverse, 0.3-0.5 (saphenous nerve) (all 5's are 0.3-0.5 cun except LU, SP, PC, SJ)

LU1-2

oblique 0.5-0.8

LU7

Oblique upwards 0.3-0.5

LU10

perpendicular 0.5-0.8

Pc6, Sp4, LI6, SI7

0.5 - 0.8 cun

St40, Sj5, Du1

0.5 - 1 cun

GB37, UB 58

0.7-1 cun

LU11

transverse/subcutaneous 0.1

Jing River Points

all perpendicular

Ren 15

0.4-0.6 cun, oblique

GB38, St41, Kd7,

0.5-0.7, perpendicular

UB60

0.5-1, perpendicular

LI5, SI5, Ht4, Lv4

0.3-0.5, perpendicular

Sj6

0.8-1.2, perpendicular

SP 3

0.3-0.5 cun perp

SP 4

0.5-0.8 cun perp

Sp5

0.2-0.3, perpendicular (saphenous nerve)

Lu8

0.1-0.3, perpendicular

He Sea and Lower He Sea points

all perpendicular

St39, UB39, Sp9, UB40, Lu5, Ht 3

0.5-1, perpendicular

Pc3

0.5-0.7, perpendicular

PC 6

0.5-0.8

perpendicular, median nerve

SI8, Sj10

0.3-0.5, perpendicular

St36. St37

0.5-1.2, perpendicular

Gb34

0.8-1.2, perpendicular

Back Shu points (inner line)

UB 11-18 - 0.5-0.7 (0.8 for UB 19, UB 21) oblique

Outer Shu points

0.3-0.5 oblique (UB 41-51)

UB 24-34 (L2 - S4 level)

0.8-1.2 except UB 23, perpendcular

UB22

On L1 - 0.5-1 (same as Du 3-8), perpendicular from here down

UB 23

1-1.2, perpendicular

Front Mu points intercostal

0.3 -0.5, oblique, except for Pc 1

Pc 1

0.2-0.4. oblique

Ren 17

0.3-0.5 oblique

Lv13

0.5-0.8 oblique

Ren 1-3, Ren 5

0.5 - 1 perpendicular

Ren 4

0.8-1.2 perpendicular

Ren 8

moxa only

Ren 10-Ren 13

0.5-1.2 perpendicular

Ren 15

0.4 - 0.6, oblique downward

St 25

0.7-1.2, perpendicular

Du 26

0.3-0.5 cun upward oblique insertion

ST 1

0.5-1 cun perp (move eyeball, needle into socket)

ST 2

0.2-0.3 cun perp (infraorbital nerve)

ST 4

1-1.5 cun subq towards ST 6

ST 17

contra for needling

SJ 21

0.3-0.5 cun perp (ear pt)

GB 2

0.5-0.7 cun perp (ear pt)

KD 11-20

0.5-1 cun (abdomen)

SI 19

0.5-1.0 cun perp (deepest of ear pts, in the middle of the other two)

KD 22-27

0.3-0.5 cun oblique (moves to chest)

KD 21

0.3-0.7 cun perp

GB37

0.7-1.0 perpendicular

GB38

0.5-0.7 perpendicular

GB39

0.3-0.5 perpendicular

GB44

0.1 transverse/subcutaneous

LV10-11

0.5-1.0 perpendicular

GB 40

0.5-0.8 cun perpendicular, not as shallow as other ankle pts

LV 12

Moxa only in classics (femoral vein), modern says 0.3-0.5 perp, no moxa

LV 13

0.5-0.8 cun perpendicular

LV 14

0.3-0.5 oblique

LI10

perpendicular 0.8-1.2

LI20

transverse/subcutaneous OR oblique 0.3-0.5

LI19

oblique 0.2-0.3

ST17

no moxa

ST18

oblique 0.3-0.5

ST21-22

perpendicular 0.8-1.0

ST31-32

perp 1.0-1.5

ST33

perpendicular 0.7-1.0

ST34

perpendicular 0.5-1.0

ST35

perpendicular 0.7-1.0

ST36-37

perpendicular 0.5-1.2

ST38-40

perpendicular 0.5-1.0

ST45

transverse/subcutaneous 0.1

SP1

transverse/subcutaneous 0.1

SP2

perpendicular .1-.3

SP3

perpendicular .3-.5

SP4

perpendicular .5-.8

SP6-9

perpendicular .5-1

SP11-14

perpendicular .5-1

SP17-21

oblique .3-.5

HT1

perpendicular .5-1

HT2

perpendicular .3-.5

HT3

perpendicular .5-1

HT4-8

perpendicular .3-.5

HT9

transverse/subcutaneous 0.1 OR prick to bleed

SI8

perpendicular .3-.5

SI9-10

perpendicular .5-1

SI11

perpendicular or oblique .5-1