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Small Intestine Indications
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| SI 1*** | disperses wind and heat; facilitates the flow of milk; opens orifices; clears heart heat | mastitis; insufficient lactations; sometimes for PMS breast tenderness; swollen breasts including benign breast lumps and fibrocystic lumps; as jing well point can be used for loss of consciousness | local |
| SI 2* | local | local | local |
| SI 3**** | opens the GV (eliminating interior wind); clears the spirit and mind; relieves exterior; stimulate sweat; dispels wind heat; related to wei qi; | seizures; psychosis; mania; all kinds of sweating; stiff neck; low back pain (acute and chronic); tinnitus; deafness (meridian related); the strongest distal point on the SI meridian | master point of the GV; with BL 62 for low back pain; with GV 8, GV 26 for pain along the spine with difficult flexion and extension |
| SI 4** | local | local | source point |
| SI 5** | used a little as a distal cooling point for neck swelling | local | horary point |
| SI 6*** | relaxes the sinews and muscles and clears the channels for the SI channel | pain in shoulder and back; arthritis; main point for acute low back sprains; used a lot for whiplash | xi cleft point; controversy about whether this should be used for low back pain - many people say SI 3 is better; everything you use this for musculo-skeletally you could use SI 3 instead |
| SI 7** | not used in TCM for anything but a luo point; wakes the spirit; calms heart and mind; strong point for mental emotional | local | luo point |
| SI 8** | local | local | earth point |
| SI 9** | local | local | often needled higher than the classic CAM location; can be found by palpating around lateral edge of scapula |
| SI 10** | local | local | yang weir and yang qiao cross here |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| SI 11*** | facilitates lactation; important local point to clear channels and decrease swelling and pain; | pain in the shoulder; insufficient lactations | with SI 1 for insufficient lactation |
| SI 12** | local | local | GB, TW, BL, and LI all cross here |
| SI 13** | local | local | local |
| SI 14* | local | local | Amy believes it is a very good point for local stagnation |
| SI 15* | local | local | Amy believes it is a very good point for local stagnation |
| SI 16** | local | tinnitus; stiff neck; loss of voice | window of sky point |
| SI 17** | local | difficulty hearing; difficulty swallowing; sometimes goiter; tonsillitis | window of sky point |
| SI 18* | local | trigeminal neuralgia; facial paralysis; toothache in upper jaw | LI 4 can also be a good point for toothaches |
| SI 19*** | benefits hearing | tinnitus; difficulty hearing; jaw problems like TMJ; otitis media | local |