Small Intestine Channel (SI)

Circuit: Heaven 天 – HT → SI → UB → KI

Organs connected: SI, HT, (ST)

Pathway

1. Starts on the outer side of the tip of the little finger and crosses the palm and wrist,
2. then rises along the posterior side of the forearm.
3. Continues up the posterior border of the lateral upper arm,
4. circles behind the shoulder and goes to the center of the top of the back, where it meets the DU Meridian (crossing: UB-41, UB-11, DU-14).
5. There it splits into two branches; one goes inside
6. to link with the HT (crossing: REN-17),
7. passes the diaphragm and the ST (crossing: REN-13, REN-12),
8. and then enters its own organ, the SI.
9. The second branch climbs along the side of the neck
10. to the cheek
11. and the outer corner of the eye, then enters the ear (crossing: GB-1, SJ-22).
12. A short branch leaves on the cheek and goes to the inner corner of the eye, linking with the Bladder Meridian (crossing: UB-1).

Crossing Points

UB-41, UB-11, DU-14, REN-17, REN-13, REN-12, GB-1, SJ-22, UB-1

Small Intestine Luo

Luo point: SI-7

Pathway

1. Branches off the SI channel at SI-7 and links with the HT channel.
2. Rises along the arm and links with the shoulder at LI-15.

Symptoms

• Weak joints, muscular atrophy and impaired movement of the elbow, and warts on the skin.