Equine Acupuncture

Depression in the middle of the pectoralis muscle, 1.5 cun lateral to the sulcus.

Medial cubital crease on lateral side of biceps brachii.

7 cun proximal to LU-9, 5 cun ventral to LU-5, cranial muscle groove of extensor and flexor carpi radialis.

Craniomedial edge of radius, cranial to cephalic vein at level of the distal border of the chestnut.

Medial side of carpus at junction of radius and 1st row of carpal bones.

Medial forelimb, halfway on splint between suspensory ligament and palmar common digital vein

Caudomedial aspect of front hoof, proximal to coronary band, cranial to medial collateral cartilage.

Craniomedial aspect of front hoof, proximal to coronary band.

Craniomedial aspect of front hoof.

Craniomedial, distal to fetlock depression cranial to extensor branch of suspensory ligament attaching to common digital extensor tendon.

Craniomedial fetlock, distal to end of splint, over interosseous.

Distal and medial to base of splint between suspensory and splint.

Depression between 2nd and #rd carpal bones on craniomedial aspect of the carpus.

3 cun above LI-5, cranial muscle groove in lateral surface of the foreleg.

2 cun above LI-6 in the same groove.

2 cun below in LI-11 in the same groove.

Depression cranial to the elbow in the transverse cubital crease.

Cranial to point of shoulder.

Cranial border of scapula, in a depression 2/3 distance from TH-15, to point of shoulder.

2 cun craniodorsal to LI-16 on sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Extend head follow line of ventral mandible to depression above jugular groove.

2/3 way upward along lateral edge of nares, 1 cun caudal to nares.

Lower eye lid, 1/3 from medial canthus.

Ventral to medial canthus at bifurcation of angular vein.

0.5 cun caudal to corner of mouth.

Dorsal to intermediate tendon of the masseter in the center of the belly at the level of the lateral canthus of the eye.

Depression ventral to the TMJ.

Heel of hand on point of shoulder, (R to R) grab muscle above juglar groove with thumb and index finger, finger is in spot.

2 cun lateral to umbilicus.

2 cun proximolateral to the patella in the belly of the vastus.

Between distal border of the patella and the proximal border of the tibia, in the depression between middle and lateral patellar ligament.

3 cun below ST-35, 0.5 lateral to the cranial aspect of the tibial crest.

3 cun below ST-36, 0.5 lateral to the cranial aspect of the tibia.

2 cun below ST-37, 0.5 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the tibia.

1 cun below ST-38, 0.5 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the tibia.

0.5 cun lateral to ST-38, between long and lateral digital extensor m. (8 cun proximal to the lateral malleolus)

At the level of the bottom edge of the lateral malleolus, between between long and lateral digital extensor, proximal to the intermediate retinaculum.

Distal to the hock on the cranial aspect of the metatarsus, proximal to the distal retinaculum.

Proximocranial to the fetlock 0.5 cun lateral to the long digital extensor.

Craniodistal to the fetlock, 0.5 cun lateral to the long digital extensor.

Cranial midline of the hind hoof, proximal to the coronary band.

Caudomedial aspect of the hind hoof, proximal to coronary band.

Distal to the medial sesamoid bone, caudal to interosseous m. (caudal to LIV-2)

Distal to the end of medial splint bone, proximal to the medial sesamoid.

Depression on the hind limb, caudodistal to the base of the medial splint bone, caudal to the deep flexor tendon, (caudal to LIV-3)

Depression caudal to the medial mallelous.

3 cun proximal to medial malleolus caudal to tibial boarder, 0.5 cun behing saphenous.

3 cun distal SP-9 caudal border of tibia cranial to deep digital flexor.

Depression at level of the patellar ligaments, 0.5 cun in front of saphenous vein.

2 cun proximal to proximomedial border of the patella (in the belly of the vastus)

Depression ventral to the curve of the cranial tuber coxae.

0.5 cun cranioventral to the tuber coxae.

4th intercostal space at level of elbow.

10th intercostal space at the same level as point of shoulder.

Center of the axillary space.

Between the olecranon and the medial epicondyle of the humerous.

Caudolateral aspect of the radius, proximal to the accessory carpal bone, ath the insertion of the lateral ulnar m at the level of the carpus (opp PC-7)

Caudolateral aspect of the cannon bone, half the distance from the carpus to the fetlock, just cranial to the deep digital flexor tendon.

Caudolateral aspect of front hoof.

Craniolateral aspect of front hoof

Caudo lateral aspect of the pastern, caudal to the suspensory ligament, distal to the lateral sesmoid bone.

Depression on the causlateral boder of the cannon, distal to the end of the lateral splint, proximal to the fetlock.

Distal to carpal joint, caudolateral to base of the lateral splint and cranial to suspensory (opp LI-4)

Depression between the olecranon and the lateral epicondyle of the humerous.

Depression along the caudal border of the deltoid muscle at the juncture with the lateral and long heads of the triceps brachii.

Dorsal border of the brachiocephalicus muscle at the level of the C2 space.

Indention of the rostral medial corder of the ear base. (Dorsal to zygomatic arch at the TMJ)

Indention at medial canthus of eye.

1 cun dorsal to BL-2 at level of eyebrow.

1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline at the level of GV-20

Depression just caudal to the wings of the atlas, 2 cun below dorsal midline.

Cranial to withers, 1.5 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

Ventral to highest point of withers, 1 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

Caudal edge of scapular cartiledge (8th intercostal space), 3 cun lateral to the dorsal midline.

Caudal edge of scapular cartiledge (9th intercostal space), 3 cun lateral to the dorsal midline.

10th intercostal space

11th intercostal space

12th intercostal space

13th and 14th intercostal spaces

15th intercostal spaces

17th (last) intercostal space

Thoracolumbar junction (T18-L1), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

1st lumbar vertebral space (L1-L2), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

2nd lumbar vertebral space (L2-L3), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

4th lumbar vertebral space (L4-L5), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

5th lumbar vertebral space (L5-L6, cranial edge of wing of ilium), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

Lumbosacral space (L6-S1), 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

1st sacral vertebral space (S1-S2). 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

2nd sacral vertebral space (S2-S3). 3 cun lateral to dorsal midline.

Muscle groove between biceps femoris and semitendinosis at most proximal, (2 cun craniolateral to root of tail)

Muscle groove between biceps femoris and semitendinosis at level of center of anus

Groove between biceps femoris and semitendinosis, at level of tuber ischii.

Muscle groove between biceps femoris and semitendinosis, 2 1/3 cun distal to BL-37

Ventral extent of the groove between biceps femoris and semitendinosis at level of stifle.

Midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa.

Caudal to the tuber coxae.

Midway on line connecting Bai Hui and the greater trocanter of the femur.

Between lateral malleolus of the tibia and the calcaneal tuber. (opp KID-3)

Depression distal to the lateral malleolus.

Caudolateral aspect of hind hoof, proximal to coronary band.

Depression between the bulbs of the heel.

Between medial malleolus of the tibia and the calcaneal tuber. (opp BL-60)

Depression between calcaneal tuber and the talus.

2 cun directly above KID-3, on the cranial border of the calcanean tendon.

Medial side of popliteal fossa between semitendinosis and semimembranosis.

Between the sternum and 1st rib 2 cun lateral to the ventral midline.

Medial to and at the level of the point of the elbow in the 5th intercostal space

Medial side of the cubital crease halfway between LU-5 and HT-3

Directly cranial to the lower border of the chestnut, in the groove between the flexor carpi radialis, and the flexor carpi ulnaris.

2/3 the distance from carpus to fetlock, caudal aspect of the superficial digital flexor tendon.

Central depression between the heel bulbs.

1 cun lateral to the cranial midline of the front hoof.

2 cun proximal to the antebrachiocarpal joint on a line connecting TH-4 and the olecranon.

Caudal margin of the shoulder joit at the level of the point of the shoulder.

Depression on the dorsal border of the the scapula at junction of scapula and scapular cartilage.

Caudal border of the brachilcephalicus muscle between the 1st and 2nd cervical vertebral space cranial to SI-16

Near lateral canthus of the eye at the end of the eyebrow.

1 cun caudoventral to the lateral canthus of the eye, over transverse facial vein.

Large depression caudal to the occipital condyle, cranial to the wing of the atlas, 1 cun ventral to dorsal midline.

Depression located halfway along cranial edge of scapula.

14th intercostal space at the level of the elbow, caudodorsal to LIV-14

Depression halfway between caudal border of the costochondral junction of the 18th rib and lumbar muscle.

Depression midway between wing of illium and greater trochanter of the femur.

Depression of the caudoventral margin of the greater trochanter.

Craniodistal to the head of the fibula in the interosseous space between the extensor muscles.

3 cun proximal to the tip of the lateral malleolus on caudal aspect of the tibia, between lateral extensor and deep digital flexor.

Cranial to BL-62. Craniodistal to the tip of the lateral malleolus of the tibia, over the tendon of the lateral digital extensor.

Caudolateral surface of the cannon bone, just cranial to the base of the lateral splint bone.

Craniolateral aspect of the coronary band of the lindlimb.

Craniomedial aspect of the coronary band of the hindlimb.

Medial side distal to fetlock joint, cranial to extensor branch of suspensory ligament.

Craniomedial aspect of the canon bone, at level of the head of the splint bone.

Depression 2 cun craniomedial to KID-10

Distal to end of 18th rib.

13th intercostal space at level of the elbow.

Bepression between anus and the ventral aspect of the tail.

On the midline in a depression between L4 and L5 vertebrae

Depression on dorsal midline at intervetebral space L2-L3

Depression at the cervicothoracic vertebral space (C7-T1)

Depression between the occipital protuberences between GB-20.

At highest point of the poll, in front of the nuchal crest.

On face at rostral end of the mane.

On upper lip between ventral limits of the nostrils.

Inner surface of the upperlip on the midline of the maxillary labial vein

Midline 1/2 way between anus and scrotum or vulva.

4 cun caudal to umbilicus.

3 cun caudal to umbilicus.

2 cun caudal to umbilicus.

Midway between xiphoid and umbilicus.

At tip of xiphoid.

At level of caudal border of elbow (midline of 4th intercostal space.)

Midline, depression cranial to sternum.

Ventral midline of neck, just in front of laryngeal head.

Lower lip on midline, 1 cun ventral to the rim of the lower lip.