How deep are the points?

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Hi Maya,

 

> Most points are between .2-8 cun deep ... but some, like GB30 are

> much deeper, for obvious reasons.

 

Did you mean FEN or CUN? My longest needles for humans are

only 3 cun.

 

GB30 is more than 8 cun deep? I usually get marked Deqi from

GB30 at depths of 2-3 cun, not 8.

 

 

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In a message dated 7/29/2003 5:23:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, writes:

 

 

Hi Maya,

 

> Most points are between .2-8 cun deep ... but some, like GB30 are

> much deeper, for obvious reasons.

 

Did you mean FEN or CUN? My longest needles for humans are only 3 cun.

GB30 is more than 8 cun deep? I usually get marked Deqi from GB30 at depths of 2-3 cun, not 8.

 

Hi Phil ... my post was supposed to read ".2-.8 cun" ("point two to point eight cun"). I double checked for the decimal point before sending my post, but must have had a glitch in my email or something .. or perhaps I am going blind. lol

 

I did mean "cun". That said, I am not in the habit of using needles longer than 3 cun, but they do exist. I had a teacher from China that certainly used them, especially in the "needling through" technique. Not a technique I am fond of or use, for the record.

 

My point text book when in school was the Deadman book. I realize that many here have sited the CAM book as their point of reference. This may be a source of some variance aside from the miscommunication/typo.

 

Sorry for the confusion.

Maya