Jing-well (wood) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Shao" (少) means small; "shang" (商) is one of the five musical notes (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu), corresponding to metal, the same as the lung. The acupoint belongs to hand taiyin lung meridian (LU) and is located at the end of the limb, where the pulse energy is fine, hence the name.

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Shaoshang (LU11) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Inner side of the tip of the thumb",
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing added: "The distance from nail is like chive leave" ;
• Waitai Miyao: "Located on the outer edge of the thumbnail, at the junction of the white flesh, about the width of a chive leaf, in a slightly recessed area."
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "The nail corner is about three fen away from the flesh and aligns with the head of the first transverse crease." That is, the depression located 1 fen behind and beside the radial corner of the thumbnail.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Nerve: there is an anastomosing branch between the first dorsal digital nerve, originating from the superficial branch of the radial nerve, and the lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm. The terminal network of the proper palmar digital nerve from the median nerve, with abundant superficial tactile corpuscles.
• Vessels: includes the proper digital palmar artery and the radial digital vein, forming an arterial and venous network.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Shallow needling 0.1 to 0.2 cun or puncturing for bloodletting.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Revive spirit, benefit throat, clear heat.

• Classical: fever, sore throat, throat obstruction, mastitis, hoarseness, squint, fever, irritability, stroke, coma, manic and depressive psychosis, epilepsy, infantile convulsions, unresolved measles, cough, asthma, vomiting, abdominal distension, neck swelling, numbness of the arms, wrist cramp, and finger pain.
• Modern: influenza, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis, chronic bronchitis (acute exacerbation), epistaxis, fainting, shock, malposition of the fetus, and schizophrenia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Throat swelling and pain: Tiantu (CV22), Hegu (LI4), Shaoshang (LU11).
• Chronic cough disease: Tianzhu (BL10), Shaoshang (LU11).
• Vomiting: Laogong (PC8), Shaoshang (LU11).
• Gastric accumulation or blockage: Shangwan (CV13), Zhongwan (CV12), Xiawan (CV10), Taiyuan (LU9), Shaoshang (LU11), Taichong (LR3), Dadun (LR1).
• Stroke: Shaoshang (LU11), Shangyang (LI1), Zhongchong (PC9), Shaoze (SI1), Shaochong (HT9).
• Syncope: Renzhong, Shaoshang (LU11).