How to measure the distance of finger, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, inch in acupuncture and massage of traditional Chinese medicine.

The index finger and middle finger are 1.5 inch;

The middle 3 fingers are 2 inches wide;

The width of the fourth finger of the little finger is 3 inches;

The thumb is slightly curved, and the vertical distance between the first thumb and the middle finger is 4 inches;

The second part (thumb root) is 5 inches away from the tip of the middle finger.

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Fingering originally refers to measuring acupoints with the patient's own fingers as the standard. Fingering inch is only a comparison of bone degree, and it cannot be used as a standard, nor is it stipulated by bone degree. Now it is called "finger measurement" to avoid the misunderstanding of "the same size". The low points are straight inches and horizontal inches.

Finger measurement can only be used on the basis of bone measurement, and can't measure all parts of the body in finger inches, otherwise the length will be disproportionate. Therefore, Zhang Jiebin's The Analects of Confucius in the Ming Dynasty said: "People with the same size are said to be as big as others. People are different in length and thinness, and the horizontal and vertical dimensions of acupoints are also different. Nowadays, the use of middle fingers of the same size is mixed, so people are thin and long, and people are fat and short. Isn't it a fallacy? Therefore, it must be taken because of its shape, and it must be appropriate. "

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