TE-14 Jianliao (肩髎) — Shoulder Bone-Hole

On the posterior aspect of the shoulder, in the depression posterior and inferior to the acromion. With the arm abducted at 90 degrees, it is in the posterior depression (LI-15 lies in the anterior depression).

With the arm abducted, locate the point in the posterior depression of the shoulder joint. With the shoulder relaxed, locate the point 2 cun immediately below the posterior border of the acromioclavicular joint, between the acromion and the greater tubercle of the humerus.

Motor point of the posterior deltoid. Muscular branch of the axillary nerve. Muscular branch of the posterior circumflex humeral artery.

With the affected arm abducted, insert the needle perpendicularly between the acromion and the greater tubercle of the humerus, pointing toward Jiquan (HT-1), for 1 to 1.5 cun.

Jian (肩), shoulder; Liao (髎), cleft, foramen. The point is a foramen in the shoulder.