Today was my first time trying acupuncture on my own since coming back to campus, so I was very nervous. My hands were not very stable and I felt a bit tense. I found success at first when needling the Sanyinjiao on my left leg, located right above the ankle, but was not very successful […]

Something became immediately apparent in both my readings of Other-Worldly, by Mei Zhan and hearing my mother’s commentary about the world of Chinese medicine. The terminology and bookkeeping practices of Chinese medicine in China differed from its usage elsewhere. For example, the Sanyinjiao pressure point (三阴交) in “Chinese” Chinese medicine is referred to as SP-6. […]