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Five Shu Points

60 points · study category

The five points on each channel between the end of the limb and the elbow or knee, where Qi emerges like a spring and grows until it flows into the sea: Jing-Well, Ying-Spring, Shu-Stream, Jing-River and He-Sea. They are the basis of Five Phases (Five Elements) acupuncture.

Its story in the classics: Well, spring, stream, river, and sea
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Points in the category · 60

In the classical tradition

  • Well, spring, stream, river, and sea

    Jing-Well, Ying-Spring, Shu-Stream, Jing-River, and He-Sea points: the water imagery of the Lingshu, the Five Phases of the Nanjing, and the mother-child rule.