HANDOUT

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Yu Qi MD (China)
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1. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE LUNG MERIDIAN OF HAND-TAIYIN

LU 1 (Front-Mu Point of the Lung,)

Chinese Name: Zhongfu
English Name: Central Treasury
Location: Laterosuperior to the sternum, 1 cun below Yunmen (LU 2), at the level of the first intercostal
space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, pain in the chest, shoulder and back; fullness of the chest.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.8 cun towards the lateral aspect of the chest. To avoid injuring the lung,
never puncture deeply towards the medial aspect. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superolaterally, the axillary artery and vein, the thoracoacromial artery and vein.
Innervation: The intermediate supraclavicular nerve, the branches of the anterior thoracic nerve, and the
lateral cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve.

LU 2
Chinese Name: Yunmen
English Name: Cloud Gate
Location: In the superior lateral part of the anterior thoracic wall, superior to the coracoid process of
scapula, in the depression of the infraclavicular fossa, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, pain in the chest, shoulder and arm, fullness in the chest.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch towards the lateral aspect of the chest. To avoid injuring the
lung, never puncture deeply towards the medial aspect. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein, the thoracoacromial artery and vein; inferiorly, the axillary artery.
Innervation: The intermediate and lateral supraclavicular nerve, the branches of the anterior thoracic
nerve, and the lateral cord of the brachial plexus.

LU 3
Chinese Name: Tianfu
English Name:
Location: On the medial aspect of the upper arm, 3 cun below the end of axillary fold, on the radial side
of m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Asthma, epistaxis, pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein and muscular branches of the brachial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral brachial cutaneous nerve at the place where the musculocutaneous nerve passes
through.

LU 4
Chinese Name: Xiabai
English Name:
Location: On the medial aspect of the upper arm, 4 cun below the anterior end of the axillary fold, or 5
cun above the cubital crease, on the radial side of m. biceps brachii.

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 Indications: Cough, fullness in the chest, pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein and mus, cular branches of the brachial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral brachial cutaneous nerve at the place where the musculo-cutaneous never passes
through.

LU 5 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Chize
English Name:
Location: On the cubital crease, in the depression of the radial side of the tendon of m. biceps brachii.
This point is located with the elbow slightly flexed.
Indications: Cough, hemoptysis, afternoon fever, asthma, sore throat, fullness in the chest, infantile
convulsions, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, mastitis.
Method: puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the radial recurrent artery and vein, the cephalic vein.
Innervation: The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the radial nerve.

LU 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Kongzui
English Name:
Location: On the palmar aspect of the forearm, on the line joining Taiyuan (LU 9) and Chize (LU 5), 7
cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cough, pain in the chest, asthma, hemoptysis, sore throat, spasmodic pain of the elbow and
arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein, the radial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LU 7 (Luo-Connecting Point, Confluent Point)

Chinese Name: Lieque
English Name:
Location: Superior to the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist
between brachioradial muscle and the tendon of long abductor muscle of the thumb. When the index fingers
and thumbs of both hands are crossed with the index finger of one hand placed on the styloid process of the
radius of the other, the point is in the depression right under the tip of the index finger.
Indications: Headache, migraine, neck rigidity, cough, asthma, sore throat, facial paralysis, toothache,
pain and weakness of the wrist.
Method: Puncture 0.3-0.5 inch obliquely upward. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein, branches of the radial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

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 LU 8 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Jingqu
English Name:
Location: 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the lateral side of the radial
artery.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fever, pain in the chest, sore throat, pain in the wrist.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.1-0.3 inch. Avoid puncturing the radial artery.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the radial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LU 9 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point, Influential Point of Vessels)

Chinese Name: Taiyuan
English Name:
Location: At the radial end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the lateral side of the
radial artery.
Indications: Cough, asthma, hemoptysis, sore throat, palpitation, pain in the chest, wrist and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. Avoid puncturing the radial artery. Moxibustion is
applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The radial artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LU 10 (Ying-Spring Point,)
Chinese Name: Yuji
English Name:
Location: On the radial aspect of the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the junction of the red and
white skin (i.e., the junction of the dorsum and palm of the hand).
Indications: Cough hemoptysis, sore throat, loss of voice, fever, feverish sensation in the palm. .
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Venules of the thumb draining to the cephalic vein.
Innervation: The superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LU 11 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shaoshang
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the thumb, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
Indications: Sore throat, cough, asthma, epistaxis, fever, loss of consciousness, mania, spasmodic pain of
the thumb.
Method: Puncture 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and veins.

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 Innervation: The terminal nerve network formed by the mixed branches of the lateral antebrachial
cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve as well as the palmar digital proprial nerve of the
median nerve.

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 2. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
MERIDIAN OF HAND-YANGMING

LI 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shangyang
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the index finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
Indications: Toothache, sore throat, swelling of the submandibular region, numbness of fingers, febrile
diseases with anhidrosis, loss of consciousness.
Method: Puncture 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the dorsal digital arteries and veins.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve derived from the median nerve.

LI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Erjian
English Name:
Location: In the depression of the radial side of the index finger, distal to the 2nd metacarpal-phalangeal
joint. The point is located with the finger slightly flexed.
Indications: Blurring of vision, Epistaxis, toothache, sore throat, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital and plamar digital propria 1 arteries and veins derived from the radial
artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve of the radial nerve, and the palmar digital proprial nerve of the
median nerve.

LI 3 (Shu-Stream Point)
Chinese Name: Sanjian
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the radial side of the index finger, in the depression
proximal to the head of the second metacarpal bone.
Indications: Toothache, ophthalmalgia, sore throat, redness and swelling of fingers and the dorsum of the
hand.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the hand and the branch of the first dorsal metacarpal artery.
Innervation: The superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LI 4 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Hegu
English Name:
Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones; approximately in the

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middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. Or, place in coincident position the transverse crease of
the interphalangeal joint of the thumb with the margin of the web between the thumb and the index finger of
the other hand. The point is where the tip of the thumb touches.
Indications: Headache, pain in the neck, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, epistaxis, nasal obstruction,
rhinorrhea, toothache, deafness, swelling of the face, sore throat, parotitis, trismus, facial paralysis, febrile
diseases with anhidrosis, hidrosis, abdominal pain, dysentery, constipation, amenorrhea, delayed labour,
infantile convulsion, pain, weakness and motor impairment of the upper limbs.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Acupuncture and moxibustion are contraindicated in pregnant women.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The venous network of the dorsum of the hand.
Innervation: The superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LI 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Yangxi
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the depression between
the tendons of m. extensor pollicis longus and brevis.
Indications: Headache, redness, pain and swelling of the eye, toothache, sore throat, pain of the wrist.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein, the radial artery and its dorsal carpal branch.
Innervation: The superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

LI 6 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Pianli
English Name:
Location: With the elbow flexed and the radial side of arm upward, the point is on the line joining Yangxi
(LI 5) and Quchi (LI 11), 3 cun above the crease of the wrist.
Indications: Redness of the eye, tinnitus, deafness, epistaxis, aching of the hand and arm, sore throat,
edema.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The cephalic vein.
Innervation: On the radial side, the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the
radial nerve; on the ulnar side, the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the posterior antebrachial
interosseous nerve.

LI 7 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Wenliu
English Name:
Location: With the elbow flexed and the radial side of arm upward, the point is on the line connecting
Yangxi (LI 5) and Quchi (LI 11), 5 cun above the crease of the wrist.
Indications: Headache, swelling of the face, sore throat, borborygmus, abdominal pain, aching of the

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shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branch of the radial artery, the cephalic vein.
Innervation: The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the deep ramus of the radial nerve.

LI 8
Chinese Name: Xialian
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yangxi (LI 5) and Quchi (LI 11), 4 cun below the cubital crease.
Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, pain in the elbow and arm, motor impairment of the upper
limbs.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Wenliu (LI 7)

LI 9
Chinese Name: Shanglian
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yangxi (LI 5) and Quchi (LI 11), 3 cun below the cubital crease.
Indications: Aching of the shoulder and arm, motor impairment of the upper limbs, numbness of the hand
and arm, borborygmus, abdominal pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Wenliu (LI 7).

LI 10
Chinese Name: Shousanli
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yangxi (LI 5) and Quchi (LI 11), 2 cun below the cubital crease.
Indications: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, toothache, swelling of the cheek, motor impairment of the upper
limbs, pain in the shoulder and back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the radial recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: See Wenliu (LI 7).

LI 11 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Quchi
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse
cubital crease, midway between Chize (LU 5) and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. (See Fig. 61)
Indications: Sore throat, toothache, redness and pain of the eye, scrofula, urticaria, motor impairment of
the upper extremities, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy

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 Vasculature: The branches of the radial recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the medial side, the radial nerve.

LI 12
Chinese Name: Zhouliao
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is on the lateral side of the upper arm, 1 cun above Quchi
(LI 11), on the border of humerus.
Indications: Pain, numbness and contracture of the elbow and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The radial collateral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the medial side, the radial nerve.

LI 13
Chinese Name: Shouwuli
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the upper arm, on the line connecting Quchi (LI 11) and Jianyu (LI 15), 3
cun above Quchi (LI 11).
Indications: Contracture and pain of the elbow and arm, scrofula.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Avoid injuring the artery.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The radial collateral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, the radial nerve.

LI 14
Chinese Name: Binao
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the upper arm, on the line joining Quchi (Ll 11) and Jianyu (LI 15), 7 cun
above Quchi (Ll 11), at the insertion of m. deltoideus.
Indications: Pain in the shoulder and arm, rigidity of the neck, scrofula. Method: Puncture perpendicularly
or obliquely upward 0.8-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein, the deep brachial artery and
vein.
Innervation: The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, the radial nerve.

LI 15
Chinese Name: Jianyu
English Name:
Location: Antero-inferior to the acromion, on the upper portion of m. deltoideus. When the arm is in full
abduction, the point is in the depression appearing at the anterior border of the acromioclavicular joint.
Indications: Pain in the shoulder and arm, motor impairment of the upper extremities, rubella, scrofula.

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 Method: Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.8-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior circumflex artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral supraclavicular nerve and axillary nerve.

LI 16
Chinese Name: Jugu
English Name:
Location: In the upper aspect of the shoulder, in the depression between the acromial extremity of the
clavicle and the scapular spine.
Indications: Pain and motor impairment of the upper extremities, pain in the shoulder and back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the lateral supraclavicular nerve, the branch of the accessory nerve; deeper, the
suprascapular nerve.

LI 17
Chinese Name: Tianding
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the neck, at the posterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle, beside the
laryngeal protuberance, at the midpoint of the line connecting Futu (LI 18) and Quepen (ST 12).
Indications: Sudden loss of voice, sore throat, scrofula, goiter.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The external jugular vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the supraclavicular nerve. It is on the posterior border of m. sternocleido-
mastoideus just where the cutaneous cervical nerve emerges. Deeper, the phrenic nerve.

LI 18
Chinese Name: Futu
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of Adam's apple, between the sternal head and
clavicular head of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Cough, asthma, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, scrofula, goiter.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, on the medial side, the ascending cervical artery and vein.
Innervation: The great auricular nerve, cutaneous cervical nerve, lesser occipital nerve and accessory
nerve.

LI 19
Chinese Name: Kouheliao
English Name:

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 Location: Right below the lateral margin of the nostril, level with Renzhong (Shuigou, GV 26).
Indications: Nasal obstruction, epistaxis, deviation of the mouth.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.2-0.3 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior labial branches of the facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the facial nerve and the infraorbital nerve.

LI 20
Chinese Name: Yingxiang
English Name:
Location: In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of ala nasi.
Indications: Nasal obstruction, hyposmia, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, deviation of the mouth, itching and
swelling of the face.
Method: Puncture obliquely or subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The facial artery and vein, the branches of the infraorbital artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the facial and infraorbital nerves.

3. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE STOMACH MERIDIAN OF

FOOT - YANGMING

ST 1
Chinese Name: Chengqi
English Name:
Location: With the eyes looking straight forward, the point is directly below the pupil, between the
eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
Indications: Redness, swelling and pain of the eye, lacrimation, night blindness, twitching of eyelids,
facial paralysis.
Method: Push the eyeball upward with the left thumb and puncture perpendicularly and slowly 0.5-1.0
inch along the infraorbital ridge. It is not advisable to manipulate the needle with large amplitude.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the infraorbital and ophthalmic arteries and veins.
Innervation: The branch of the infraorbital nerve, the inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve and the
muscular branch of the facial nerve.

ST 2
Chinese Name: Sibai
English Name:
Location: Directly below the pupil, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen.
Indications: Redness, pain and itching of the eye, facial paralysis, twitching of eye lids, pain in the face.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. It is not advisable to puncture deeply.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of facial artery and vein, the infraorbital artery and vein.

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 Innervation: The branches of the facial nerve. The point is right on the course of the infraorbital nerve.

ST 3
Chinese Name: Juliao
English Name:
Location: Directly below the pupil, at the level of the lower border of ala nasi, on the lateral side of the
nasolabial groove. (See Fig. 64)
Indications: Facial paralysis, twitching of eyelids, epistaxis, toothache, swelling of lips and cheek.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the facial and infraorbital arteries and veins.
Innervation: The branches of the facial and infraorbital nerves.

ST 4
Chinese Name: Dicang
English Name:
Location: Lateral to the corner of the mouth, directly below the pupil. (See Fig. 64)
Indications: Deviation of the mouth, salivation, twitching of eyelids.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 1.0-1.5 inches with the tip of the needle directed towards Jiache (ST 6).
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The facial artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the branches of the facial and infraorbital nerves; deeper, the terminal branch
of the buccal nerve.

ST 5
Chinese Name: Daying
English Name:
Location: Anterior to the angle of mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of m. masseter
where the pulsation of facial artery is palpable, in the groove-like depression appearing when the cheek is
bulged. (See Col. Fig. 3)
Indications: Facial paralysis, trismus, swelling of the cheek, pain in the face, toothache.
Method: Avoid puncturing the artery. Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The facial and buccal nerves.

ST 6
Chinese Name: Jiache
English Name:
Location: One finger-breadth (middle finger) anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible
where m. masseter is prominence when the teeth are clenched and depressive when it is pressed.
Indications: Facial paralysis, toothache, swelling of the cheek and face, mumps, trismus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch or subcutaneously with the tip of the needle directed

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towards Dicang (ST 4). Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The masseteric artery.
Innervation: The great auricular nerve, facial nerve and masseteric nerve.

ST 7
Chinese Name: Xiaguan
English Name:
Location: On the face, anterior to the ear, in the depression between the zygomatic arch and the
mandibular notch. This point is located with the mouth closed.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea, toothache, facial paralysis, pain of the face, motor impairment of
the jaw.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.1- 0.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superficially, the transverse facial artery and vein; in the deepest layer, the maxillary artery
and vein.
Innervation: The zygomatic branch of the facial nerve and the branches of the auriculotemporal nerve.

ST 8
Chinese Name: Touwei
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the head, 0.5 cun above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead,
and 4.5 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, ophthalmalgia, lacrimation.
Method: Puncture 0.5-1.0 inch subcutaneously.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the auriculotemporal nerve and the temporal branch of the facial nerve.

ST 9
Chinese Name: Renying
English Name:
Location: Level with the tip of Adam's apple where the pulsation of common carotid artery is palpable, on
the anterior border of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Sore throat, asthma, goiter, dizziness, flushing of the face.
Method: Avoid puncturing the common carotid artery, puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior thyroid artery on the bifurcation of the internal and the external carotid artery.
Innervation: Superficially, the cutaneous cervical nerve, the cervical branch of the facial nerve; deeper, the
sympathetic trunk; laterally, the descending branch of the hypoglossal nerve and the vagus nerve.

ST 10
Chinese Name: Shuitu
English Name:

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 Location: At the midpoint of the line joining Renying (ST 9) and Qishe (ST 11), on the anterior border of
m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Sore throat, asthma, coughs.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The common carotid artery.
Innervation: Superficially, the cutaneous cervical nerve; deeper, the superior cardiac nerve issued from the
sympathetic nerve and the sympathetic trunk.

ST 11
Chinese Name: Qishe
English Name:
Location: At the superior border of the sternal extremity of the clavicle, between the sternal head and
clavicular head of m. sternocleidomastoideus. (See Col. Fig. 3)
Indications: Sore throat, pain and rigidity of the neck, asthma, hiccup, goiter.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superficially, the anterior jugular vein; deeper, the common carotid artery.
Innervation: The medial supraclavicular nerve and the muscular branch of ansa hypoglossi.

ST 12
Chinese Name: Quepen
English Name:
Location: In the midpoint of the supraclavicular fossa, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, sore throat, pain in the supraclavicular fossa.
Method: Avoid puncturing the artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.
Deep puncture is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superiorly, the transverse cervical artery.
Innervation: Superficially, the intermediate supraclavicular nerve; deeper, the supraclavicular portion of
brachial plexus.

ST 13
Chinese Name: Qihu
English Name:
Location: At the lower border of the middle of the clavicle, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness in the chest, asthma, cough, hiccup, pain in the chest and hypochondrium.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the thoracoacromial artery and vein; superiorly, the subclavicular vein.
Innervation: The branches of the supraclavicular nerve and the anterior thoracic nerve. .

ST 14
Chinese Name: Kufang

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 English Name:
Location: In the 1st intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Sensation of fullness and pain in the chest, cough.
Method: Puncture· obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The thoracoacromial artery and vein and the branches of the lateral thoracic artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the anteri,or thoracic nerve.

ST 15
Chinese Name: Wuyi
English Name:
Location: In the 2nd intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and the costal region, cough, asthma, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Kufang (ST 14).
Innervation: On the course of the branch of m. pectoralis major derived from the anterior thoracic nerve.

ST 16
Chinese Name: Yingchuang
English Name:
Location: In the 3rd intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and hypochondrium, cough, asthma, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral thoracic artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the anterior thoracic nerve.

ST 17
Chinese Name: Ruzhong
English Name:
Location: In the 4th intercostal space, in the centre of the nipple, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Acupuncture and moxibustion on this point are contraindicated. This point serves only as a landmark for
locating points on the chest and abdomen.
Regional anatomy Innervation: The anterior and lateral cutaneous branches of the fourth intercostal nerve.

ST 18
Chinese Name: Rugen
English Name:
Location: On the chest, directly below the nipple, on the lower border of breast, in the 5th intercostal
space, 4 cun laterals to the anterior midline.
Indications: Pain in the chest, cough, asthma, mastitis, insufficient lactation.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy

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 Vasculature: The branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the fifth intercostal nerve.

ST 19
Chinese Name: Burong
English Name:
Location: 6 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Juque (CV 14).
Indications: Abdominal distension, vomiting, gastric pain, anorexia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the seventh intercostal artery and vein, the branches of the superior
epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the seventh intercostal nerve.

ST 20
Chinese Name: Chengman
English Name:
Location: 5 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Shangwan (CV 13).
Indications: Gastric pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, anorexia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Burong (ST 19)

ST 21
Chinese Name: Liangmen
English Name:
Location: 4 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Zhongwan (CV 12).
Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal distension, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the eighth intercostal and superior epigastric arteries and veins.
Innervation: The branch of the eighth intercostal nerve.

ST 22
Chinese Name: Guanmen
English Name:
Location: 3 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Jianli (CV 11).
Indications: Abdominal distension and pain, anorexia, borborygmus, diarrhea, edema.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Liangmen (ST 21)

ST 23
Chinese Name: Taiyi
English Name:
Location: 2 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Xiawan (CV 10).

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 Indications: Gastric pain, irritability, mania, indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the eighth and ninth intercostal and inferior epigastric arteries and veins.
Innervation: The branches of the eighth and ninth intercostal nerves.

ST 24
Chinese Name: Huaroumen
English Name:
Location: 1 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Shuifen (CV 9).
Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting, mama.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the ninth intercostal and inferior epigastric arteries and
veins.
Innervation: The branch of the ninth intercostal nerve.

ST 25 (Front-Mu Point of the Large Intestine,)

Chinese Name: Tianshu
English Name:
Location: 2 cun lateral to the centre of the umbilicus.
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, borborygmus, pain around the umbilicus, constipation,
diarrhea, dysentery, irregular menstruation, edema.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vascuklture: The branches of the tenth intercostal and inferior epigastric arteries and veins.
Innervation: The branch of the tenth intercostal nerve.

ST 26
Chinese Name: Wailing
English Name:
Location: 1 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Yinjiao (CV 7).
Indications: Abdominal pain, hernia, dysmenorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Tianshu (ST 25)

ST 27
Chinese Name: Daju
English Name:
Location: 2 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Shimen (CV 5).
Indications: Lower abdominal distension, dysuria, hernia, seminal emission, premature ejaculation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the eleventh intercostal artery and vein; laterally, the inferior epigastric
artery and vein.

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 Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.

ST 28
Chinese Name: Shuidao
English Name:
Location: 3 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Guanyuan (CV 4).
Indications: Lower abdominal distension, retention of urine, edema, hernia, dysmenorrhea, sterility.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the subcostal artery and vein; laterally, the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: A branch of the subcostal nerve.

ST 29
Chinese Name: Guilai
English Name:
Location: 4 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Zhongji (CV 3).
Indications: Abdominal pain, hernia, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, leucorrhea,
prolapse of the uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The iliohypogastric nerve.

ST 30
Chinese Name: Qichong
English Name:
Location: 5 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Qugu (CV 2).
Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, hernia, swelling and pain of the external genitalia, impotence,
dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superficial epigastric artery and vein; laterally, the inferior epigastric
artery and vein.
Innervation: The pathway of the ilioinguinal nerve.

ST 31
Chinese Name: Diguan
English Name:
Location: On the anterior side of the thigh and on the line connecting the anterosuperior iliac spine and
the superiolateral corner of the patella, on the level of the perineum when the thigh is fixed, in the depression
lateral to the sartorius muscle. (See Fig. 69)
Indications: Pain in the thigh, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, numbness and pain of the lower
extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy Vasculature: Deeper, the branches of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

Futu (ST 32)

Chinese Name:
English Name:
Location: On the line connecting the anterior superior iliac spine and lateral border of the patella, 6 cun
above the laterosuperior border of the patella. (See Col. Fig. 4)
Indications: Pain in the lumbar and iliac region, coldness of the knee, paralysis or motor impairment and
pain of the lower extremities, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves.

ST 33
Chinese Name: Yinshi
English Name:
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is 3 cun above the laterosuperior border of the patella, on the
line joining the laterosuperior border of the patella and the anterior superior iliac spine.
Indications: Numbness, soreness, motor impairment of the leg and knee, motor impairment of the lower
extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery.
Innervation: The anterior and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves.

ST 34 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Liangqiu
English Name:
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is 2 cun above the laterosuperior border of the patella.
Indications: Pain and numbness of the knee, gastric pain, mastitis, motor impairment of the lower
extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 05-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Yinshi (ST 33)

ST 35
Chinese Name: Dubi
English Name:
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is at the lower border of the patella, in the depression lateral
to the patellar ligament.
Indications: Pain, numbness and motor impairment of the knee, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy

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 Vasculature: The arterial and venous network around the knee joint.
Innervation: The lateral sural cutaneous nerve and the articular branch of the common peroneal nerve.

ST 36 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Zusanli
English Name:
Location: 3 cun below Dubi (ST 35), one finger-breadth (middle finger) from the anterior border of the
tibia.
Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting hiccup, abdominal distension, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysentery,
constipation, mastitis, enteritis, aching of the knee joint and leg, beriberi, edema, cough, asthma, emaciation
due to general deficiency, indigestion, apoplexy, hemiplegia, dizziness, insomnia, mania.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the lateral sural cutaneous nerve and the cutaneous branch of the saphenous
nerve; deeper, the deep peroneal nerve.

ST 37 (The Lower He-Sea Point of the Large Intestine)

Chinese Name: Shangjuxu
English Name:
Location: 6 cun below Dubi (ST 35), and one finger breadth (middle finger) from the anterior border of
the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, enteritis,
paralysis due to stroke, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Zusanli (ST 36)

ST 38
Chinese Name: Tiaokou
English Name:
Location: 8 cun below Dubi (ST 35) and on finger breadth (middle finger) from the anterior border of the
tibia.
Indications: Numbness, soreness and pain of the knee and leg, weakness and motor impairment of the foot,
pain and motor impairment of the shoulder, abdominal pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Zusanli (ST 36)

ST 39 (The Lower He-Sea Point of the Small Intestine)

Chinese Name: Xiajuxu
English Name:
Location: 9 cun below (Dubi (ST 35) and one finger breadth (middle finger) from the anterior border of
the tibia.
Indications: Lower abdominal pain, backache referring to the testis, mastitis, numbness and paralysis of
the lower extremities.

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Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of the superficial peroneal nerve and the deep peroneal nerve.

ST 40 (Luo-Connecting Point,)
Chinese Name: Fenglong
English Name:
Location: 8 cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to Tiaokou (ST 38) about two finger-
breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.
Indications: Headache, dizziness and vertigo, cough, asthma, excessive sputum, pain in the chest,
constipation, mania, epilepsy, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, pain, swelling or paralysis of the lower
extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The superficial peroneal nerve.

ST 41 (Jing-River Point,)
Chinese Name: Jiexi
English Name:
Location: On the dorsum of the foot, at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint, in the
depression between the tendons of m. extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus, approximately at the
level of the tip of the external malleolus.
Indications: Pain of the ankle joint, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, pain and paralysis of the lower
extremities, epilepsy, headache, dizziness and vertigo, abdominal distension, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The superficial and deep peroneal nerves.

ST 42 (Yuan-Primary Point,)
Chinese Name: Chongyang
English Name:
Location: On the dome of the instep of the foot, between the tendons of long extensor muscle of the great
toe and long extensor muscle of toes, where the pulsation of the dorsal artery of foot is palpable.
Indications: Pain of the upper teeth, redness and swelling of the dorsum of the foot, facial paralysis,
muscular atrophy and motor impairment of the foot.
Method: Avoid puncturing the artery.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal artery and vein of foot, the dorsal venous network of foot.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot derived from the superficial peroneal
nerve; deeper, the deep peroneal nerve.

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 ST 43 (Shu-Stream Point,)
Chinese Name: Xiangu
English Name:
Location: In the depression distal to the junction of the second and third metatarsal bones.
Indications: Facial or general edema, abdominal pain, borborygmus, swelling and pain of the dorsum of
the foot.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of foot.
Innervation: The medial dorsal cu· taneous nerve of foot.

ST 44 (Ying-Spring Point,)
Chinese Name: Neiting
English Name:
Location: Proximal to the web margin between the 2nd and 3rd toes, in the depression distal and lateral to
the 2nd metatarsodigital joint.
Indications: Toothache, pain in the face, deviation of the mouth, sore throat, epistaxis, gastric pain, acid
regurgitation, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, swelling and pain of the dorsum of the
foot, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of foot.
Innervation: Just where the lateral branch of the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve divides into dorsal digital
nerves.

ST 45 (Jing-Well Point,)
Chinese Name: Lidui
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the 2nd toe, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
Indications: Facial swelling, deviation of the mouth, epistaxis, toothache, sore throat and hoarse voice,
abdominal distension, coldness in the leg and foot, febrile diseases, dream-disturbed sleep, mama.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the dorsal digital artery and vein of foot.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve derived from the superficial peroneal nerve.

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 4. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE SPLEEN MERIDIAN OF
FOOT-TAIYIN

SP 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Yinbai
English Name:
Location: On the medial side of the great toe, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
Indications: Abdominal distension, bloody stools, menorrhagia, uterine bleeding, mental disorders, dream
disturbed sleep, convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery.
Innervation: On the anastomosis of the dorsal digital nerve derived from the superficial peroneal nerve
and the plantar digital proprial nerve.

SP 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Dadu
English Name:
Location: On the medial side of the great toe, distal and inferior to the first metatarsodigital joint, in the
depression of the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Abdominal distension, gastric pain, constipation, febrile diseases with anhidrosis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.1-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the medial plantar artery and vein.
Innervation: The plantar digital proprial nerve derived from the medial plantar nerve.

SP 3 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)

Chinese Name: Taibai
English Name:
Location: Proximal and inferior to the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint, in the depression of the junction of
the red and white skin.
Indications: Gastric pain, abdominal distension, constipation, dysentery, vomiting diarrhea, borborygmus,
sluggishness, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot, the medial plantar artery and the branches of the
medial tarsal artery.
Innervation: The branches of the saphenous nerve and superficial peroneal nerve.

SP 4 (Luo-Connecting Point, Confluent Point)

Chinese Name: Gongsun
English Name:
Location: In the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the

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red and white skin.
Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting, abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, borborygmus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial tarsal artery and the dorsal venous network of the foot.
Innervation: The saphenous nerve and the branch of the superficial peroneal nerve.

SP 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Shangqiu
English Name:
Location: In the depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus, midway between the tuberosity of
the navicular bone and the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Abdominal distension, constipation, diarrhea, borborygmus, pain and rigidity of the tongue,
pain in the foot and ankle, hemorrhoid.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial tarsal artery and the great saphenous vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve and the branch of the superficial peroneal nerve.

SP 6
Chinese Name: Sanyinjiao
English Name:
Location: 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular
menstruation, uterine bleeding, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of the uterus, sterility, delayed labour, nocturnal
emission, impotence, enuresis, dysuria, edema, hernia, pain in the external genitalia, muscular atrophy, motor
impairment, paralysis and pain of the lower extremities, headache, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable. Acupuncture on this point is
contraindicated in pregnant women.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The great saphenous vein, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, in the posterior aspect, the tibial
nerve.

SP 7
Chinese Name: Lougu
English Name:
Location: 6 cun from the tip of the medial malleolus, on the line connecting the tip of the medial
malleolus and Yinlingquan (SP 9), posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal distension, borborygmus, coldness, numbness and paralysis of the knee and leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Sanyinjiao (SP 6).

SP 8 (Xi-Cleft Point)

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 Chinese Name: Diji
English Name:
Location: 3 cun below Yinlingquan (SP 9), on the line connecting Yinlingquan (SP 9) and the medial
malleolus.
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, edema, dysuria, nocturnal emission, irregular
menstruation, dysmenorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the great saphenous vein and the branch of the genu suprema artery; deeper, the
posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: See Sanyinjiao (SP 6).

SP 9 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Yinlingqnan
English Name:
Location: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression posterior and inferior
to the midial condyle of the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, edema, jaundice, dysuria, enuresis,
incontinence of urine, pain in the external genitalia, dysmenorrhea, pain in the knee.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the great saphenous vein, the genu suprema artery; deeper, the posterior tibial
artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

SP 10
Chinese Name: Xuehai
English Name:
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is 2 cun above the mediosuperior border of the patella, on the
bulge of the medial portion of m. quadriceps femoris. Or when the patient's knee is flexed, cup your right
palm to his left knee, with the thumb on the medial side and with the other four fingers directed proximally,
and the thumb forming an angle of 45° with the index finger. The point is where the tip of your thumb rests.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, amenorrhea, urticaria, eczema,
erysipelas, pain in the medial aspect of the thigh.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior femoral cutaneous nerve and the muscular branch of the femoral nerve.

SP 11
Chinese Name: Jimen
English Name:
Location: 6 cun above Xuehai (SP 10), on the line drawn from Xuehai (SP 10) to Chongmen (SP 12).
Indications: Dysuria, enuresis, pain and swelling in the inguinal region, muscular atrophy, motor

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impairment, pain and paralysis of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superficially, the great saphenous vein; deeper on the lateral side, the femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior femoral cutaneous nerve; deeper, the saphenous nerve.

SP 12
Chinese Name: Chongmen
English Name:
Location: Superior to the lateral end of the inguinal groove, lateral to the pulsating external iliac artery, at
the level of the upper border of symphysis pubis, 3.5 cun lateral to Qugu (CV 2).
Indications: Abdominal pain, hernia, dysuria.
Method: Avoid puncturing the artery.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: On the medial side, the femoral artery.
Innervation: Just where the femoral nerve traverses.

SP 13
Chinese Name: Fushe
English Name:
Location: 4 cun below the centre of the umbilicus, 0.7 cun superior to Chongmen (SP 12), 4 cun lateral to
the anterior midline.
Indications: Lower abdominal pain, hernia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Innervation: The ilioinguinal nerve.

SP 14
Chinese Name: Fujie
English Name:
Location: 1.3 cun below Daheng (SP 15), 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline, on the lateral side of m.
rectus abdominis.
Indications: Pain around the umbilical region, abdominal distension, hernia, diarrhea, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The eleventh intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.

SP 15
Chinese Name: Daheng
English Name:
Location: 4 cun lateral to the center of the umbilicus, lateral to m. rectus abdominis..

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 Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The tenth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.

SP 16
Chinese Name: Fuai
English Name:
Location: 3 cun above the centre of the umbilicus, and 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation, dysentery.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The eighth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The eighth intercostal nerve.

SP 17
Chinese Name: Shidou
English Name:
Location: In the 5th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The thoracoepigastric vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve.

SP 18
Chinese Name: Tianxi
English Name:
Location: In the 4th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and hypochondrium, cough, hiccup, mastitis, insufficient
lactation.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the lateral thoracic artery and vein, the thoracoepigastric artery and vein, the
fourth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the fourth intercostal nerve.

SP 19
Chinese Name: Xiongxiang
English Name:
Location: In the 3rd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral thoracic artery and vein, the third intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the third intercostal nerve.

SP 20
Chinese Name: Zhourong
English Name:
Location: In the 2nd intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, cough, hiccup.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral thoracic artery and vein, the second intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The muscular branch of the anterior thoracic nerve, the lateral cutaneous branch of the
second intercostal nerve.

SP 21 (Major Luo-Connecting Point of the Spleen)

Chinese Name: Dabao
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the chest and on the middle axillary line, in the 6th intercostal space.
Indications: Pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, asthma, general aching and weakness.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The thoracodorsal artery and vein, the seventh intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The seventh intercostal nerve and the terminal branch of the long thoracic nerve.

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 5. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE HEART MERIDIAN OF
HAND-SHAOYIN

HT 1
Chinese Name: Jiquan
English Name:
Location: When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the centre of the axilla, on the medial side of the
axillary artery.
Indications: Pain in the costal and cardiac regions, scrofula, cold pain of the elbow and arm, dryness of
the throat.
Method: Avoid puncturing the axillary artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is
applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the axillary artery.
Innervation: The ulnar nerve, median nerve and medial brachial cutaneous nerve.

HT 2
Chinese Name: Qingling
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is 3 cun above the medial end of the transverse cubital
crease (Shaohai HT 3), in the groove medial to m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions, shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the superior ulnar collateral artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the medial brachial cutaneous nerve and the ulnar
nerve.

HT 3 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Shaohai
English Name:
Location: With the elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting the medial end of the cubital
crease and the medial epicondyle of humerus.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain and numbness of the hand and arm, tremor of the hand, scrofula,
pain in the axilla and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the inferior ulnar collateral artery, the ulnar recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve.

HT 4 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Lingdao
English Name:

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 Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi
ulnaris, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, sudden loss of voice.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ulnar artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; on the ulnar side, the ulnar nerve.

HT5 (Luo-Connecting Point)

Chinese Name: Tongli
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi
ulnaris, 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Palpitation, dizziness, blurring of vision, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, aphasia with
stiffness of the tongue, pain in the wrist and elbow.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)

HT 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yinxi
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi
ulnaris, 0.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, hysteria, night sweating, hemoptysis, epistaxis, sudden loss of voice.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4).

HT 7 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)

Chinese Name: Shenmen
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of
the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris.
Indications: Cardiac pain, irritability, palpitation, hysteria, amnesia, insomnia, mania, epilepsy, dementia,
pain in the hypochondriac region, feverish sensation in the palm, yellowish sclera.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)

HT8 (Ying-Spring Point)

Chinese Name: Shaofu
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones. When a
fist is made, the point is where the tip of the little finger rests.
Indications: Palpitation, pain in the chest, spasmodic pain of the little finger, feverish sensation in the
palm, enuresis, dysuria, pruritus of the external genitalia.

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 Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The common palmar digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The fourth common palmar digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.

HT9 (Jing-Well Point)

Chinese Name: Shaochong
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Palpitation, cardiac pain, pain in the chest and hypochondriac regions, mania, febrile diseases,
loss of consciousness.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.

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 6. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
MERIDIAN OF HAND-TAIYANG

SI 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shaoze
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail. (See Fig. 78)
Indications: Headache, febrile diseases, loss of consciousness, insufficient lactation, sore throat, redness
of the eye, cloudiness of the cornea.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein and
the dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve and the dorsal digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.

SI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Qiangu
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the crease in front of the metacarpo-
phalangeal joint of the little finger, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Numbness of the fingers, febrile diseases, tinnitus, headache, reddish urine.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein arising from the ulnar artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve and palmar digital propria 1 nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.

SI 3 (Shu-Stream Point, One of the Eight Confluent Points)

Chinese Name: Houxi
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease, proximal to
the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the end of the transverse crease and the junction of the red and white
skin. (See Fig. 78)
Indications: Pain and rigidity of the neck, tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, mania, malaria, acute lumbar
sprain, night sweating, febrile diseases, contracture and numbness of the fingers, pain in the shoulder and
elbow.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch derived from the ulnar nerve.

SI 4 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Wangu
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the palm, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone

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and the hamate bone. (See Fig. 78)
Indications: Febrile diseases with anhidrosis, headache, rigidity of the neck, contracture of the fingers,
pain in the wrist, jaundice.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery (the branch of the ulnar artery), the dorsal venous network of the
hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.

SI 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Yanggu
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, in the depression
between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone. (See Fig. 78)
Indications: Swelling of the neck and submandibular region, pain of the hand and wrist, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.

SI 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yanglao
English Name:
Location: Dorsal to the head of the ulna. When the palm face the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on
the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
Indications: Blurring of vision, pain in the shoulder, elbow and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein, the dorsal venous
network of the wrist.
Innervation: The anastomotic branches of the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the dorsal
branch of the ulnar nerve.

SI 7 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Zhizheng
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yanggu (SI 5) and Xiaohai (SI 8), 5 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the
wrist. (See Fig. 80)
Indications: Neck rigidity, headache, dizziness, spasmodic pain in the elbow and fingers, febrile diseases,
mania.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the radial

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SI 8 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Xiaohai
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is located in the depression between the olecranon of the
ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
Indications: Headache, swelling of the cheek, pain in the nape, shoulder, arm and elbow, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries and veins, the ulnar recurrent artery and
vein.
Innervation: The branches of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the ulnar nerve.

SI 9
Chinese Name: Jianzhen
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above
the posterior end of the axillary fold.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, motor impairment of the hand and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The circumflex scapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the axillary nerve; deeper in the superior aspect, the radial nerve.

SI 10
Chinese Name: Naoshu
English Name:
Location: When the arm is adducted, the point is directly above the posterior end of the axillary fold, in
the depression inferior to the scapular spine
Indications: Swelling of the shoulder, aching and weakness of the shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein; deeper, the suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm, the axillary nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.

SI 11
Chinese Name: Tianzong
English Name:
Location: On the scapula, in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa, and at the level of the
4th thoracic vertebra. (See Fig. 82)
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, pain in the lateroposterior aspect of the elbow and arm, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The muscular branches of the circumflex scapular artery and vein.

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 Innervation: The suprascapular nerve.

SI 12
Chinese Name: Bingfeng
English Name:
Location: In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly above Tianzong (SI ll). When the arm is lifted,
the point is at the site of the depression.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, numbness and aching of the upper extremities, motor impairment
of the shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral suprascapular nerve and accessory nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.

SI 13
Chinese Name: Quyuan
English Name:
Location: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, about midway between Naoshu (SI l0) and
the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain and stiffness of the scapular region.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: Superficially, the descending branches of the transverse cervical artery
and vein; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular artery and vem.
Innervation: Superficially, the lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the second thoracic nerve, the
accessory nerve; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular nerve.

SI 14
Chinese Name: Jianwaishu
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where
Taodao (GV 13) is located.
Indications: Aching of the shoulder and back, pain and rigidity of the neck.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the transverse cervical artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the first and second
thoracic nerves, the accessory nerve; deeper, the dorsal scapular nerve.

SI 15
Chinese Name: Jianzhongshu
English Name:
Location: 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (Dazhui,
GV 14).
Indications: Cough, asthma, pain in the shoulder and back, hemoptysis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.6 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy: See lianwaishu (SI 14).

SI 16
Chinese Name: Tianchuang
English Name:
Location: In the lateral aspect of the neck, posterior to m. sternocleidomastoideus and Futu (LI 18), on the
level of the laryngeal protuberance.
Indications: Sore throat, sudden loss of voice, deafness, tinnitus, stiffness and pain of the neck.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ascending cervical artery.
Innervation: The cutaneous cervical nerve, the emerging portion of the great auricular nerve.

SI 17
Chinese Name: Tianrong
English Name:
Location: Posterior to the angle of mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of m.
sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, swelling of the cheek, foreign body sensation in the throat,
goiter.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the external jugular vein; deeper, the internal carotid artery and internal jugular
vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the anterior branch of the great auricular nerve, the cervical branch of the facial
nerve; deeper, the superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.

SI 18
Chinese Name: Quanliao
English Name:
Location: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of zygoma.
Indications: Facial paralysis, twitching of eyelids, pain in the face, toothache, swelling of the cheek,
yellowish sclera.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the transverse facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The facial and infraorbital nerves.

SI 19
Chinese Name: Tinggong
English Name:
Location: Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible, in the depression
formed when the mouth is open.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea, motor impairment of the mandibular joint, toothache.

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Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch when the mouth is open. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The auricular branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein
Innervation: The branch of the facial nerve, the auriculotemporal nerve.

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FOOT-TAIYANG

BL 1
Chinese Name: Jingming
English Name:
Location: In the depression slightly above the inner canthus.
Indications: Redness, swelling and pain of the eye, itching of the canthus, lacrimation, night blindness,
colour blindness, blurring of vision, myopia.
Method: Ask the patient to close his eyes when pushing gently the eyeball to the lateral side. Puncture
slowly perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch along the orbital wall. It is not advisable to twist of lift and thrust the
needle vigorously. To avoid bleeding, press the puncturing site for a few seconds after withdrawal of the
needle. Moxibustion is forbidden.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The angular artery and vein, deeper, superiorly, the ophthalmic artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the supratrochlear and infratrochlear nerves; deeper, the branches of the
oculomotor nerve, the ophthalmic nerve.

BL 2
Chinese Name: Zanzhu
English Name:
Location: On the medial extremity of the eyebrow, or on the supraorbital notch.
Indications: Headache, blurring and failing of vision, pain in the supraorbital region, lacrimation, redness,
swelling and pain of the eye, twitching of eyelids, glaucoma.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick with three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial branch of the frontal nerve.

BL 3
Chinese Name: Meichong
English Name:
Location: Directly above Zanzhu, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, between Shenting (GV 24) and
Quchai (BL 4).
Indications: Headache, giddiness, epilepsy, nasal obstruction.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy: See Zanzhu (BL 2).

BL 4
Chinese Name: Qucha
English Name:
Location: 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline,
at the junction of the medial third and lateral two-thirds of the distance from Shenting (GV 24) to Touwei (ST

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8).
Indications: Headache, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, blurring and failing of vision.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the frontal nerve.

BL 5
Chinese Name: Wuchu
English Name:
Location: 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, epilepsy, convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Quchai (BL 4).

BL 6
Chinese Name: Chengguang
English Name:
Location: 2.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, nasal obstruction.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anastomotic network of the frontal artery and vein, the superficial temporal artery and
vein, the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the lateral branch of the frontal nerve and the great occipital nerve.

BL 7
Chinese Name: Tongtian
English Name:
Location: 4 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Indications: Headache, giddiness, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, rhinorrhea.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial temporal artery and vein and the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

BL 8
Chinese Name: Luoque
English Name:
Location: 5.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Indications: Dizziness, blurring of vision, tinnitus, mania.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the occipital artery and vein.

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BL 9
Chinese Name: Yuzhen
English Name:
Location: 2.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 1.3 cun lateral to the
midline, in the depression on the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.
Indications: Headache and neck pain, dizziness, ophthalmalgia, nasal obstruction.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

BL 10
Chinese Name: Tianzhu
English Name:
Location: 1.3 cun lateral to the midpoint of the posterior hairline and in the depression on the lateral
aspect of m. trapezius.
Indications: Headache, nasal obstruction, sore throat, neck rigidity, pain in the shoulder and back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The great occipital nerve.

BL 11 (Influential Point of Bone)

Chinese Name: Dazhu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Taodao (GV 13), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
first thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Headache, pain in the neck and back, pain and soreness in the scapular region, cough, fever,
neck rigidity.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the first and second thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral cutaneous branches.

BL 12
Chinese Name: Fengmen
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the GV Meridian, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
second thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Common cold, cough, fever and headache, neck rigidity, backache.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy Vasculature: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal
artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the second and third
thoracic nerves; deeper, their lateral cutaneous branches.

BL 13 (Back-Shu Point of the Lung)

Chinese Name: Feishu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Shenzhu (GV 12), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the third thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain, spitting of blood, afternoon fever, night sweating.
Method: Puncture obliquely 05-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the third and fourth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 14 (Back-Shu Point of the Pericardium)

Chinese Name: Jueyinshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the fourth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Cough, cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, vomiting.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the fourth or fifth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 15 (Back-Shu Point of the Heart)

Chinese Name: Xinshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Shendao (GV 11), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
fifth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Cardiac pain, panic, loss of memory, palpitation, cough, spitting of blood, nocturnal emission,
night sweating, mania, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the fifth and sixth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 16
Chinese Name: Dushu

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 English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Lingtai (GV 10), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
sixth thoracic vertebra.
Indications:
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein, the
descending branch of the transverse cervical artery.
Innervation: The dorsal scapular nerve, the medial cutaneous branches of the dorsal rami of the sixth and
seventh thoracic nerves; deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 17 (Influential Point of Blood)

Chinese Name: Geshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Zhiyang (GV 9), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
seventh thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Vomiting, hiccup, belching, difficulty in swallowing, asthma, cough, spitting of blood,
afternoon fever, night sweating, measles.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial branches of the posterior rami of the seventh and eighth thoracic nerves; deeper,
their lateral branches.

BL 18 (Back-Shu Point of the Liver)

Chinese Name: Ganshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Jinsuo (GV 8), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
9th thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Jaundice, pain in the hypochondriac region, redness of the eye, blurring of vision, night
blindness, mental disorders, epilepsy, backache, spitting of blood, epistaxis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the ninth and tenth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 19 (Back-Shu Point of the Gallbladder)

Chinese Name: Danshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Zhongshu (GV 7), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the tenth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Jaundice, bitter taste of the mouth, pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, pulmonary
tuberculosis, afternoon fever.

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Regional anatomy
Musculature: M. latissimus dorsi, the site between m. longissimus and m. ilio~ costalis.
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the tenth and eleventh thoracic
nerves; deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 20 (Back-Shu Point of the Spleen)

Chinese Name: Pishu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Jizhong (GV 6), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
eleventh thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Epigastric pain, abdominal distension, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, bloody stools,
profuse menstruation, edema, anorexia, backache.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the eleventh and twelfth thoracic
nerves; deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 21 (Back-Shu Point of the Stomach)

Chinese Name: Weishu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Govern or Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the twelfth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the chest and hypochondriac and epigastric regions, anorexia, abdominal distension,
borborygmus, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial branches of the posterior branches of the subcostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branch of the posterior ramus of the twelfth thoracic nerve; deeper, its
lateral branch.

BL 22 (Back-Shu Point of Triple Energizer)

Chinese Name: Sanjiaoshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Xuanshu (GV 5), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
first lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, edema, pain
and stiffness of the lower back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the first lumber artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the posterior ramus of the tenth thoracic nerve; deeper, the

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lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the first lumbar nerve.

BL 23 (Back-Shu Point of the Kidney)

Chinese Name: Shenshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Mingmen (GV 4), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
second lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Nocturnal emission, impotence, enuresis, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, low back pain,
weakness 1 of the knee, blurring of vision, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, edema, asthma, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the second lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the first lumbar nerve; deeper, its lateral branch.

BL 24
Chinese Name: Qihaishu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower " border of the spinous process
of the third lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Low back pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The posterior branch of the third lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the posterior ramus of the second lumbar nerve.

BL 25 (Back-Shu Point of the Large Intestine)

Chinese Name: Dachangshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Yaoyangguan (GV 3), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process
of the fourth lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Low back pain, borborygmus, abdominal distension, diarrhea, constipation, muscular atrophy,
pain, numbness and motor impairment of the lower extremities, sciatica.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the fourth lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior ramus of the third lumbar nerve.

BL 26
Chinese Name: Guanyuanshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the fifth lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Low back pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea, enuresis, sciatica, frequent urination.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
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 Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lowest lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior ramus of the fifth lumbar nerve.

BL 27 (Back-Shu Point of the Small Intestine)

Chinese Name: Xiaochangshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the first posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Lower abdominal pain and distension, dysentery, nocturnal emission, hematuria, enuresis,
morbid leukorrhea, lower back pain, sciatica.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the first sacral nerve.

BL 28 (Back-Shu Point of the Bladder)

Chinese Name: Pangguangshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the second posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Retention of urine, enuresis, frequent urination, diarrhea, constipation, stiffness and pain of
the lower back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branches of the posterior rami of the first and second sacral nerves.

BL 29
Chinese Name: Zhonglushu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the third posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Dysentery, hernia, stiffness and pain of the lower back. Method: Puncture perpendicularly
0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein, the branches of the inferior
gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branches of the posterior rami of the third and fourth sacral nerves.

BL 30
Chinese Name: Baihuanshu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the fourth posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Enuresis, pain due to hernia, morbid leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, cold sensation and
pain of the lower back, dysuria, constipation, tenesmus, prolapse of the rectum.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches.
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 Vasculature: The inferior gluteal artery and vein; deeper, the internal pudendal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branches of the posterior rami of the third and fourth sacral nerves, the inferior
gluteal nerve.

BL 31
Chinese Name: Shangliao
English Name:
Location: On the sacrum, at the midpoint between the posteriosuperior iliac spine and the posterior
midline, just at the first posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Low back pain, dysuria, constipation, irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of
the uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: At the site where the posterior ramus of the first sacral nerve passes.

BL 32
Chinese Name: Chiliao
English Name:
Location: On the sacrum, medial and inferior to the posteriosuperior iliac spine, just at the second
posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Low back pain, hernia, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, dysmenorrhea, nocturnal emission,
impotence, enuresis, dysuria, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness and motor impairment of the lower
extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior ramus of the second sacral nerve.

BL 33
Chinese Name: Zhongliao
English Name:
Location: On the sacrum, medial and inferior to Ciliao (BL 32), just at the third posterior sacral foramen.
Indications: Low back pain, constipation, diarrhea, dysuria, irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: On the course of the posterior ramus of the third sacral nerve.

BL 34
Chinese Name: Xialiao
English Name:
Location: On the sacrum, medial and inferior to Zhongliao (BL 33), just at the fourth posterior sacral
foramen.

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 Indications: Low back pain, lower abdominal pain, dysuria, constipation, morbid leukorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the inferior gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: On the course of the posterior ramus of the fourth sacral nerve.

BL 35
Chinese Name: Huiyang
English Name:
Location: On the sacrum, 0.5 cun lateral to the tip of the coccyx.
Indications: Dysentery, bloody stools, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, impotence, morbid leukorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the inferior gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: The coccygeal nerve.

BL 36
Chinese Name: Chengfu
English Name:
Location: On the posterior side of the thigh, at the midpoint of the inferior gluteal crease.
Indications: Pain in the lower back and gluteal region, constipation, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness
and motor impairment of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The artery and vein running alongside the sciatic nerve.
Innervation: The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve; deeper, the sciatic nerve.

BL 37
Chinese Name: Yinmen
English Name:
Location: 6 cun below Chengfu (BL 36) on the line joining Chengfu (BL 36) and Weizhong (BL 40).
Indications: Pain in the lower back and thigh, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness and motor impairment of
the lower extremities, hemiplegia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the third perforating branches of the deep femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve; deeper, the sciatic nerve.

BL 38
Chinese Name: Fuxi
English Name:
Location: 1 cun above Weiyang (BL 39) on the medial side of the tendon of m. biceps femoris. The point
is located with the knee slightly flexed.
Indications: Numbness of the gluteal and femoral regions, contracture of the tendons in the popliteal fossa.

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 Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superolateral genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve and the common peroneal nerve.

BL 39 (Lower He-Sea Point of Triple Energizer)

Chinese Name: Weiyang
English Name:
Location: Lateral to Weizhong (BL 40), on the medial border of the tendon of m. biceps femoris.
Indications: Stiffness and pain of the lower back, distension and fullness of the lower abdomen, edema,
dysuria, cramp of the leg and foot.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Fuxi (BL 38)

BL 40 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Weizhong
English Name:
Location: Midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of m. biceps
femoris and m. semitendinosus.
Indications: Low back pain, motor impairment of the hip joint, contracture of the tendons in the popliteal
fossa, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness and motor impairment of the lower extremities, hemiplegia,
abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, erysipelas.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch, or prick the popliteal vein with three-edged needle to
cause bleedmg.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superficially, the femoro-popliteal vein; deeper and medially, the popliteal vein; deepest, the
popliteal artery.
Innervation: The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, the tibial nerve.

BL 41
Chinese Name: Fufen
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the 2nd thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.
Indications: Stiffness and pain of the shoulder, back and neck, numbness of the elbow and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The descending branch of the transverse cervical artery, the posterior branches of the
intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branches of the posterior rami of the first and second thoracic nerves; deeper, the
dorsal scapular nerve.

BL 42
Chinese Name: Pohu

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 English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the 3rd thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.
Indications: Pulmonary tuberculosis, hemoptysis, cough, asthma, neck rigidity, pain in the shoulder and
back.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the intercostal artery, the descending branch of the transverse
cervical artery.
Innervation; The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the second and third thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches and the dorsoscapular nerve.

BL 43
Chinese Name: Gaohuang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the 4th thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.
Indications: Pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, asthma, spitting of blood, night sweating, poor memory,
nocturnal emisSIon.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the intercostal artery and the descending branch of the transverse
cervical artery.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the second and third thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches and the dorsoscapular nerve.

BL 44
Chinese Name: Shentang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Shendao (GV 11), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
5th thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.
Indications: Asthma, cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, cough, stiffness and pain of the back.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein, the descending branch of the
transverse cervical artery.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the fourth and fifth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches and the dorsoscapular nerve.

BL 45
Chinese Name: Yixi
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Lingtai (GV 10), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
6th thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.

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 Indications: Cough, asthma, pain of the shoulder and back.
Method: Puncture obliquely downward 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the fifth and sixth thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 46
Chinese Name: Geguan
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Zhiyang (GV 9), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
7th thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level of the inferior angle of the scapula.
Indications: Dysphagia, hiccup, vomiting, belching, pain and stiffness of the back.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the sixth and seventh thoracic nerves;
deeper, their lateral branches.

BL 47
Chinese Name: Hunmen
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Jinsuo (GV 8), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th
thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, back pain, vomiting, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein. Innervation: The lateral cutaneous
branches of the posterior rami of the seventh and eighth thoracic nerves.

BL 48
Chinese Name: Yanggang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Zhongshu (GV 7), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
tenth thoracic vertebra. (See CoI. Fig. 9)
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea, pain in the hypochondriac region, jaundice.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein. Innervation: The lateral cutaneous
branches of the posterior rami of the eighth and ninth thoracic nerves.

BL 49
Chinese Name: Yishe
English Name:

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 Location: 3 cun lateral to Jizhong (GV 6), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
eleventh thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Abdominal distension, borborygmus, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty in swallowing.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branches of the posterior rami of the tenth and eleventh thoracic nerves.

BL 50
Chinese Name: Weicang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of
the twelfth thoracic vertebra. (See Col. Fig. 9)
Indications: Abdominal distension, pain in the epigastric region and back, infantile indigestion.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the subcostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branches of the posterior ramus of the eleventh thoracic nerve.

BL 51
Chinese Name: Huangmen
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Xuanshu (GV 5), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
1st lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Abdominal pain, constipation, abdominal mass.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the first lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the twelfth thoracic nerve.

BL 52
Chinese Name: Zhishi
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Mingmen (GV 4), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the
2nd lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Nocturnal emission, impotence, enuresis, frequency of urination, dysuria, irregular
menstruation, pain in the back and knee, edema.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branches of the second lumbar artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the twelfth thoracic nerve and the lateral branch
of the first lumbar nerve.

BL 53

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 Chinese Name: Baohuang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the median sacral crest, at the level of the 2nd sacral posterior foramen.
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal distension, pain in the lower back, anuria.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: The superior cluneal nerves; deeper, the superior gluteal nerve.

BL 54
Chinese Name: Zhibian
English Name:
Location: On the level of the 4th posterior sacral foramen, 3 cun lateral to the median sacral crest.
Indications: Pain in the lumbosacral region, muscular atrophy, motor impairment of the lower extremities,
dysuria, swelling around external genitalia, hemorrhoids, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.5-2.0 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: The inferior gluteal nerve, the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve and the sciatic nerve.

BL 55
Chinese Name: Heyang
English Name:
Location: 2 cun directly below Weizhong (BL 40), between the medial and lateral heads of m.
gastrocnemius, on the line joining Weizhong (BL 40) and Chengshan (BL 57).
Indications: Low back pain, pain and paralysis of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7- 1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The small saphenous vein; deeper, the popliteal artery and vem.
Innervation: The medial sural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

BL 56
Chinese Name: Chengjin
English Name:
Location: On the line connecting Weizhong (BL 40) and Chengshan (BL 57) in the centre of the belly of
m. gastrocnemius, 5 cun below Weizhong (BL 40).
Indications: Spasm of the gastrocnemius, hemorrhoids, acute lower back pam.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The small saphenous vein; deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

BL 57
Chinese Name: Chengshan

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 English Name:
Location: On the posterior midline of the leg, between Weizhong (BL 40) and Kunlun (BL 60), in a
pointed depression formed below the gastrocnemius muscle belly when the leg is stretched or the heel is lifted.
Indications: Low back pain, spasm of the gastrocnemius, hemorrhoids, constipation, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Chengjin (BL 56).

BL 58 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Feiyang
English Name:
Location: 7 cun directly above Kunlun (BL 60), on the posterior border of fibula, about 1 cun lateral and
inferior to Chengshan (BL 57).
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, back pain, hemorrhoids, weakness
of the leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Inervation: The lateral sural cutaneous nerve.

BL 59 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yang Heel Vessel)

Chinese Name: Fuyang
English Name:
Location: 3 cun directly above Kunlun (BL 60).
Indications: Heavy sensation of the head, headache, low back pain, redness and swelling of the external
malleolus, paralysis of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The small saphenous vein; deeper, the terminal branch of the peroneal artery.
Innervation: The sural nerve.

BL 60 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Kunlun
English Name:
Location: In the depression between the tip of the external malleolus and Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, neck rigidity, epistaxis, pain in the shoulder, back and arm,
swelling and pain of the heel, difficult labour, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The small saphenous vein, the posteroexternal malleolar artery and vein.
Innervation: The sural nerve.

BL 61
Chinese Name: Pucan
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the external malleolus, directly below Kunlun (BL 60), lateral to

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Indications: Muscular atrophy and weakness of the lower extremities, pain in the heel.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The external calcaneal branches of the peroneal artery and vein.
Innervation: The external calcaneal branch of the sural nerve.

BL 62 (Confluent Point)
Chinese Name: Shenmai
English Name:
Location: In the depression directly below the external malleolus. (See Fig. 88)
Indications: Epilepsy, mania, headache, dizziness, insomnia, backache, aching of the leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The external malleolar arterial network.
Innervation: The sural nerve.

BL 63 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Jinmen
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the foot, directly below the anterior border of the external malleolus, on
the lower border of the cuboid bone.
Indications: Mania, epilepsy, infantile convulsion, backache, pain the external malleolus, motor
impairment and pain of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral plantar artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot; deeper, the lateral plantar nerve.

BL 64 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Jinggu
English Name:
Location: Below the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, pain in the lower back and thigh, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Jinmen (BL 63).

BL 65 (Shu-Stream Point)
Chinese Name: Shugu
English Name:
Location: Posterior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Mania, headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, backache, pain in the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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 Vasculature: The fourth common plantar digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The fourth common plantar digital nerve and the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot.

BL 66 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Zutonggu
English Name:
Location: Anterior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, epistaxis, mania.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The plantar digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The plantar digital proprial nerve and the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot.

BL 67 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Zhiyin
English Name:
Location: On the lateral side of the small toe, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail. (See Fig. 88)
Indications: Headache, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, ophthalmalgia, malposition of fetus, difficult labour,
detention of after birth, feverish sensation in the sole.
Method: Puncture superficially 0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The network formed by the dorsal digital artery and plantar digital proprial artery.
Innervation: The plantar digital proprial nerve and the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot.

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 8. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE KIDNEY MERIDIAN OF
FOOT-SHAOYIN

KI 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Yongquan
English Name:
Location: On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the junction
of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the line connecting the base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and
the heel.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, dizziness, sore throat, dryness of the tongue, loss of voice,
dysuria, infantile, convulsions, feverish sensation in the sole, loss of consciousness.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the plantar arterial arch.
Innervation: The second common plantar digital nerve.

KI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Rangu
English Name:
Location: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression on the lower border of the
tuberosity of the navicular bone.
Indications: Pruritus vulvae, prolapse of uterus, irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, hemoptysis,
thirst, diarrhea, swelling and pain of the dorsum of foot, acute infantile omphalitis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the medial plantar and medial tarsal arteries.
Innervation: The terminal branch of the medial crural cutaneous nerve, the medial plantar nerve.

KI 3 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)

Chinese Name: Taixi
English Name:
Location: In the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Sore throat, toothache, deafness, tinnitus, dizziness, spitting of blood, asthma, thirst, irregular
menstruation, insomnia, nocturnal emission, impotence, frequency of micturition, pain in the lower back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Ihnervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the tibial nerve.

KI 4 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Dazhong
English Name:

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 Location: Posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of
the attachment of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Spitting of blood, asthma, stiffness and pain of the lower back, dysuria, constipation, pain in
the heel, dementia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial calcaneal branch of the posterior tibial artery.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the medial calcaneal ramus derived from
the tibial nerve.

KI 5 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Shuiquan
English Name
Location: 1 cun directly below Taixi (KI 3) in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the
calcaneum.
Indications: Amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, prolapse of uterus, dysuria, blurring of
vision.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Dazhong (KI 4).

KI 6 (The Eight Confluent Point)

Chinese Name: Zhaohai
English Name
Location: In the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of uterus, pruritus vulvae, frequency of
micturition, retention of urine, constipation, epilepsy, insomnia, sore throat, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Posteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

KI 7 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Fuliu
English Name
Location: 2 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3), on the anterior border of Achilles' tendon.
Indications: Edema, abdominal distension, diarrhea, borborygmus, muscular atrophy of the leg, night
sweating, spontaneous sweating, febrile diseases without sweating.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves; deeper, the tibial nerve.

KI 8 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Heel Vessel)

Chinese Name: Jiaoxin

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Location: 0.5 cun anterior to Fuliu (KI 7), 2 cun above Taixi (KI 3) posterior to the medial border of tibia.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, prolapse of uterus, diarrhea,
constipation, pain and swelling of testis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

KI 9 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yin Link Vessel)

Chinese Name: Zhubin
English Name
Location: 5 cun directly above Taixi (KI 3) at the lower end of the belly of m. gastrocnemius, on the line
drawn from Taixi (KI 3) to Yingu (KI 10).
Indications: Mental disorders, pain in the foot and lower leg, hernia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves, deeper, the tibial nerve.

KI 10 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Yingu
English Name
Location: When the knee is flexed, the point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the
tendons of m. semitendinosus and semimembranosus, at the level with Weizhong (BL 40).
Indications: Impotence, hernia, uterine bleeding, dysuria, pain in the knee and popliteal fossa, mental
disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The medial superior genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial femoral cutaneous nerve.

KI 11
Chinese Name: Henggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun below the umbilicus, on the superior border of symphysis pubis, 0.5 cun lateral to Qugu
(CV 2).
Indications: Fullness and pain of the lower abdomen, dysuria enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence,
pain of genitalia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior epigastric artery and external pudendal artery.
Innervation: The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.

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 KI 12
Chinese Name: Dahe
English Name
Location: 4 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongji (CV 3).
Indications: Nocturnal emission, impotence, morbid leukorrhea, pain in the external genitalia, prolapse of
uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of subcostal nerve and the iliohypogastric nerve.

KI 13
Chinese Name: Qixue
English Name
Location: 3 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Guanyuan (CV 4).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The subcostal nerve.

KI 14
Chinese Name: Siman
English Name
Location: 2 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shimen (CV 5).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation,
dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.

KI 15
Chinese Name: Zhongzhu
English Name
Location: 1 cun below the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Yinjiao (CV 7).
Indications: Irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: see Oahe (KI 12).
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.

KI 16
Chinese Name: Huangshu

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Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the umbilicus, level with Shenque (CV 8).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature; See Dahe (KI 12)
Innervation: The tenth intercostal nerve.

KI 17
Chinese Name: Shangqu
English Name
Location: 2 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Xiawan (CV 10).
Indications: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries and vems.
Innervation: The ninth intercostal nerve.

KI 18
Chinese Name: Shiguan
English Name
Location: 3 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Jianli (CV 11).
Indications : Vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, postpartum abdominal pain, sterility.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the superior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The eighth intercostal nerve.

KI 19
Chinese Name: Yindu
English Name
Location: 4 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongwan (CV 12).
Indications: Borborygmus, abdominal pain, epigastric pain, constipation, vomiting.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shiguan (KI 18).

KI 20
Chinese Name: Futonggu
English Name
Location: 5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shangwan (CV 13).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, vomiting, indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shlguan (KI 18).

KI 21

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 Chinese Name: Youmen
English Name
Location: 6 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Juque (CV 14).
Indications: Abdominal pain and distension, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, morning sickness..
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. To avoid injuring the liver, deep insertion is not advisable.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: See Shiguan (KI 18).
Innervation: The seventh intercostal nerve.

KI 22
Chinese Name: Bulang
English Name
Location: In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the Conception Vessel.
Indications: Cough, asthma, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region vomiting,
anorexia.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. To avoid injuring the heart, deep insertion is not advisable.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fifth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fifth intercostal nerve.

KI 23
Chinese Name: Shengfeng
English Name
Location: .In the fourth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The fourth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fourth intercostal nerve; deeper, the fourth intercostal
nerve.

KI 24
Chinese Name: Lingxu
English Name
Location: In the third intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The third intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the third intercostal nerve; deeper, the third intercostal
nerve.

KI 25

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 Chinese Name: Shencang
English Name
Location: In the second intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The second intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the second intercostal nerve; deeper, the second intercostal
nerve.

KI 26
Chinese Name: Yuzhong
English Name
Location: In the first intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, accumulation of phlegm, fullness in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The first intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve, the medial supraclavicular nerve;
the first intercostal nerve.

KI 27
Chinese Name: Shufu
English Name
Location: In the depression on the lower border of the clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior perforating branches of the internal mammary artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial supraclavicular nerve.

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OF HAND-JUEYIN

PC 1
Chinese Name: Tianchi 天池
English Name
Location: In the fourth intercostal space, 1 cun lateral to the nipple and 5 cun lateral to the anterior
midline.
Indications: Suffocating sensation in the chest, pain in the hypochondriac region, swelling and pain of the
axillary regIon.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.2-0.4 inch. Deep puncture is not advisable.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The thoracoepigastric vein, the branches of the lateral thoracic artery and vein.
Innervation: The muscular branch of the anterior thoracic nerve, the fourth intercostal nerve
PC 2
Chinese Name: Tianquan 天泉
English Name
Location: 2 cun below the level of the anterior axillary fold, between the two heads of m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Cardiac pain, distension of the hypochondriac region, cough, pain in the chest, back and the
medial aspect of the arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the brachial artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial brachial cutaneous nerve and the musculocutaneous nerve.

PC 3 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Quze
English Name
Location: On the transverse cubital crease, at the ulnar side of the tendon of m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, febrile diseases, irritability, stomachache, vomiting, pain in the
elbow and arm, tremor of the hand and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch, or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: On the pathway of the brachial artery and vein.
Innervation: The median nerve.

PC 4 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Ximen
English Name
Location: 5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting Quze (PC 3) and Daling
(PC 7), between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor carpi radialis.

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 Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, epistaxis, hematemesis, haemoptysis chest pain, furuncle, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The median artery and vein; deeper, the anterior interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, the median nerve; deepest, the anterior
interosseous nerve.

PC 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Jianshi
English Name
Location: 3 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and
m. flexor carpi radialis. (See Fig. 93)
Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, stomachache, vomiting, febrile diseases, irritability, malaria, mental
disorders, epilepsy, swelling of the axilla, contracture of the elbow and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The median artery and vein; deeper, the anterior interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial and lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerves, the palmar cutaneous branch of the
median nerve; deeper, the anterior interosseous nerve.

PC 6 (Luo-Connecting Point, the Eight Confluent Point)

Chinese Name: Neiguan
English Name
Location: 2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and
m. flexor radialis.
Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, pain in the hypochondriac region, stomachache, nausea,
vomiting, hiccup, mental disorders epilepsy, insomnia, febrile diseases, irritability, malaria, contracture and
pain of the elbow and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Jianshi (PC 5).

PC 7 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)

Chinese Name: Dating
English Name
Location: In the middle of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus
and m. flexor carpi radialis.
Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, stomachache, vomiting, mental disorders, epilepsy, stuffy chest,
pain in the hypochondriac region, convulsion, insomnia, irritability, foul breath.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The palmar arterial and venous network of the wrist.
Innervation: Deeper, the median nerve.

PC 8 (Ying-Spring Point)

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English Name
Location: At the center of the palm, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, but close to the latter, and
in the part touching the tip of the middle finger when a fist is made.
Indications: Cardiac pain, mental disorder, epilepsy, gastritis, foul breath, fungus infection of the hand and
foot, vomiting, nausea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The Common palmar digital artery.
Innervation: The second common palmar digital nerve of the median nerve.

PC 9 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Zhongchong
English Name
Location: In the centre of the tip of the middle finger. (See Fig. 94)
Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitation, loss of consciousness, aphasia with stiffness and swelling of the
tongue, febrile diseases, heat stroke, convulsion, feverish sensation in the palm.
Method: Puncture superficially 0.1 inch or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve of the median nerve.

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OF HAND-SHAOYANG

TE 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Guanchong
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the ring finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail. (See Fig. 95)
Indications: Headache, redness of the eyes, sore throat, stiffness of the tongue, febrile diseases, irritability.
Method: Puncture superficially 0.1 inch, or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.

TE 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Yemen
English Name
Location: When the fist is clenched, the point is located in the depression proximal to the margin of the
web between the ring and small fingers, at the junction of the red and white skin. (See Fig. 95)
Indications: Headache, redness of the eyes, sudden deafness, sore throat, malaria, pain in the arm.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch towards the interspace of the metacarpal bones. Moxibustion is
applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery of the ulnar artery.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.

TE 3 (Shu-Stream Point)
Chinese Name: Zhongzhu
English Name
Location: When the fist is clenched, the point is on dorsum of the hand between the fourth and fifth
metacarpal bones, in the depression proximal to the fourth metacarpophalangeal joint. (See Fig. 95)
Indications: Headache, redness of the eyes, deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, febrile diseases, pain in the
elbow and arm, motor impairment of fingers.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of hand and the fourth dorsal metacarpal artery.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.

TE 4 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Yangchi
English Name
Location: On the transverse crease of the dorsum of wrist, in the depression lateral to the tendon of m.
extensor digitorum communis.

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 Indications: Pain in the arm, shoulder and wrist, malaria, deafness, thirst.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the wrist and the posterior carpal artery.
Innervation: The terminal branch of the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the dorsal branch of
the ulnar nerve.

TE 5 (Luo-Connecting Point, the Eight Confluent Point)

Chinese Name: Waiguan
English Name
Location: 2 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist, on the line connecting Yangchi (TE 4) and the
tip of olecranon, between the radius and ulna.
Indications: Febrile diseases, headache, pain in the cheek, strained neck, deafness, tinnitus, pain in the
hypochondriac region, motor impairment of the elbow and arm, pain of the fingers, hand tremor.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior and anterior antebrachial interosseous arteries and veins.
Innervation: The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, the posterior interosseous nerve and the
anterior interosseous nerve.

TE 6 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Zhigou
English Name
Location: 3 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist, on the line connecting Yangchi (TE 4) and the
tip of olecranon, between the radius and ulna, on the radial side of m. extensor digitorum. (See Fig. 96)
Indications: Tinnitus, deafness, pain in the hypochondriac region, vomiting, constipation, febrile diseases,
aching and heavy sensation of the shoulder and back, sudden hoarseness of voice.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Waiguan (TE 5).

TE 7 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Huizong
English Name
Location: At the level with Zhigou (TE 6), on the ulnar side of Zhigou (TE 6), on the radial border of the
ulna.
Indications: Deafness, pain in the ear, :, epilepsy, pain of the arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

Regional anatomy .
Vasculature: The posterior antebrachial interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior and medial antebrachial cutaneous nerves; deeper, the posterior and anterior
interosseous nerves.

TE 8

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 Chinese Name: Sanyangluo
English Name
Location: 4 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist, between the radius and ulna. (See Col. Fig. 14)
Indications: Deafness, sudden hoarseness of voice, pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, pain in the
hand and arm, toothache.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Huizong (TE 7).

TE 9
Chinese Name: Sidu
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the forearm, 5 cun below the olecranon, between the radius and ulna. (See
Col. Fig. 14)
Indications: Deafness, toothache, migraine, sudden hoarseness of voice, pain in the forearm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Huizong (TE 7).

TE 10 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Tianjing
English Name
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression about 1 cun superior to the olecranon.
Indications: Migraine, pain in the neck, shoulder and arm, epilepsy, scrofula, goiter.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network of the elbow.
Innervation: The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve and the muscular branch of the radial nerve.

TE 11
Chinese Name: Qinglengyuan
English Name
Location: 1 cun above Tianjing (TE 10) when the elbow is flexed. (See Col. Fig.)
Indications: Motor impairment and pain of the shoulder and arm, migraine.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the median collateral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve and the muscular branch of the radial nerve.

TE 12
Chinese Name: Xiaoluo
English Name
Location: On the line joining the olecranon and Jianliao (TE 14), midway between Qinglengyuan (TE 11)
and Naohui (TE 13).
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, motor impairment and pain of the arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The median collateral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve and the muscular branch of the radial nerve.

TE 13
Chinese Name: Naohui
English Name
Location: On the line joining Jianliao (TE 14) and the olecranon, on the posterior border of m. deltoideus.
Indications: Goiter, pain in the shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The median collateral artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve, the muscular branch of the radial nerve; deeper, the
radial nerve.

TE 14
English Name: Jianliao
Location: On the shoulder, posterior to Jianyu (LI 15), in the depression inferior and posterior to the
acromion when the arm is abducted.
Indications: Pain and motor impairment of the shoulder and upper arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branch of the posterior circumflex humeral artery.
Innervation: The muscular branch of the axillary nerve.

TE 15
Chinese Name: Tianliao
English Name
Location: Midway between Jianjing (GB 21) and Quyuan (S I 13), on the superior angle of the scapula.
Indications: Pain in the shoulder and elbow, stiffness of the neck.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The descending branch of the transverse cervical artery; deeper, the muscular branch of the
suprascapular artery.
Innervation: The accessory nerve and the branch of the suprascapular nerve.

TE 16
Chinese Name: Tianyou
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the neck, directly below the posterior border of mastoid process, on the
level of the mandibular angle, and on the posterior border of sternocleido mastoid muscle.
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, facial swelling, blurring of vision, sudden deafness.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy

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Innervation: The lesser occipital nerve.

TE 17
Chinese Name: Yifeng
English Name
Location: Posterior to the lobule of the ear, in the depression between the mandible and mastoid process.
Indications: Tinnitus, deafness, otorrhea, facial paralysis, toothache, swelling of the cheek, scrofula,
trismus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior auricular artery and vein, the external jugular vein.
Innervation: The great auricular nerve; deeper, the site where the facial nerve perforates out of the
stylomastoid foramen.

TE 18
Chinese Name: Qimai
English Name
Location: In the centre of the mastoid process, at the junction of the middle and lower third of the curve
formed by Yifeng (TE 17) and Jiaosun (TE 20) posterior to the helix.
Indications: Headache, tinnitus, deafness, infantile convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior auricular artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior auricular branch of the great auricular nerve.

TE 19
Chinese Name: Luxi
English Name
Location: Posterior to the ear, at the junction of the upper and middle third of the curve formed by Yifeng
(TE 17) and Jiaosun (TE 20) behind the helix.
Indications: Headache, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the ear, infantile convulsion.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior auricular artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the great auricular nerve and the lesser occipital nerve.

TE 20
Chinese Name: Jiaosun
English Name
Location: Directly above the ear apex, within the hair line.
Indications: Tinnitus, redness, pain and swelling of the eye, swelling of gum, toothache, parotitis.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein. Innervation: The branches of the
auriculotemporal nerve.

TE 21
Chinese Name: Ermen
English Name
Location: In the depression anterior to the supratragic notch and behind the posterior border of the
condyloid process of the mandible. The point is located with the mouth open. (See Co!. Fig. 14)
Indications: Tinnitus, deafness, otorrhea, toothache, stiffness of the lip.
Method; Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of the auriculotemporal nerve and facial nerve.

TE 22
Chinese Name: Erheliao
English Name
Location: Anterior and superior to Ermen (TE 21), at the level with the root of the auricle, on the posterior
border of the hairline of the temple where the superficial temporal artery passes.
Indications: Migraine, tinnitus, lockjaw.
Method: Avoid puncturing the artery, puncture obliquely 0.1-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the auriculotemporal nerve, on the course of the temporal branch of the facial
nerve.

TE 23
Chinese Name: Sizhukong
English Name
Location: In the depression at the lateral end of the eyebrow (See Fig. 98)
Indications: Headache, redness and pain of the eye, blurring of vision, twitching of the eyelid, toothache,
facial paralysis.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The zygomatic branch of the facial nerve and the branch of the auriculotemporal nerve.

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MERIDIAN OF FOOT-SHAOYANG

GB 1
Chinese Name: Tongziliao
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus, in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit. (See Fig. 99)
Indications: Headache, redness and pain of the eyes, failing of vision, lacrimation, deviation of the eye and
mouth.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The zygomaticoorbital artery and vein.
Innervation: The zygomaticofacial and zygomaticotemporal nerve, the temporal branch of the facial nerve.

GB 2
Chinese Name: Tinghui
English Name
Location: Anterior to the intertragic notch, at the posterior border of the condyloid process of the
mandible. The point is located with the mouth open.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, toothache, motor impairment of the temporomandibular joint, mumps,
deviation of the eye and mouth.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial temporal artery.
Innervation: The great auricular nerve and facial nerve.

GB 3
Chinese Name: Shangguan
English Name
Location: In the front of the ear, on the upper border of the zygomatic arch, in the depression directly
above Xiaguan (ST 7). (See Col. Fig. 15)
Indications: Headache, deafness, tinnitus, diplacusis, deviation of the eye and mouth, toothache.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Deep puncture is not advisable. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The zygomaticoorbital artery and vein.
Innervation: The zygomatic branch of the facial nerve and the zygomaticofacial nerve.

GB 4
Chinese Name: Hanyan
English Name
Location: Within the hairline of the temporal region, at the junction of the upper 1/4 and lower 3/4 of the
distance between Touwei (ST 8) and Qubin (GB 7).
Indications: Migraine, vertigo, tinnitus, pain in the outer canthus, toothache, convulsion, epilepsy.

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 Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The parietal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The temporal branch of the auriculotemporal nerve.

GB 5
Chinese Name: Xuanlu
English Name
Location: Within the hairline of the temporal region, midway of the border line connecting Touwei (ST 8)
and Qubin (GB 7).
Indications: Migraine, pain in the outer canthus, facial swelling.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Hanyan (GB 4).

GB 6
Chinese Name: Xuanli
English Name
Location: Within the hairline, at the junction of the lower 1/4 and upper 3/4 of the distance between
Touwei (ST 8) and Qubin (GB 7).
Indications: Migraine, pain in the outer canthus, tinnitus, frequent sneezing.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Hanyan (GB 4).

GB 7
Chinese Name: Qubin
English Name
Location: On the head, at a crossing point of the vertical posterior border of the temple and horizontal line
through the ear apex.
Indications: Headache, swelling of the cheek, trismus, pain in the temporal region, infantile convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Hanyan (GB 4).

GB 8
Chinese Name: Shuaigu
English Name
Location: Superior to the apex of the auricle, 1.5 cun within the hairline.
Indications: Migraine, vertigo, vomiting, infantile convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The parietal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the auriculotemporal nerve and great occipital nerve.

GB 9
Chinese Name: Tianchong

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 English Name
Location: Directly above the posterior border of the auricle, 2 cun within the hairline, about 0.5 cun
posterior to Shuaigu (GB 8). (See Col. Fig. 15)
Indications: Headache, epilepsy, swelling and pain of the gums, convulsion.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior auricular artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

GB 10
Chinese Name: Fubai
English Name
Location: Posterior and superior to the mastoid process, at the junction of the middle third and upper third
of the curve line connecting Tianchong (GB 9) and Wangu (GB 12).
Indications: Headache, tinnitus, deafness.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Tianchong (GB 9)

GB 11
Chinese Name: Touqiaoyin
English Name
Location: Posterior and superior to the mastoid process, at the junction of middle third and lower third of
the curved line connecting Tianchong (GB 9) and Wangu (GB 12).
Indications: Pain of the head and neck, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the ears.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the posterior auricular artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the great and lesser occipital nerves.

GB 12
Chinese Name: Wangu
English Name
Location: In the depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.
Indications: Headache, insomnia, swelling of the cheek, retroauricular pain, deviation of the eye and
mouth, toothache.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior auricular artery and vein.
Innervation: The lesser occipital nerve.

GB 13
Chinese Name: Benshen
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun within the hairline of the forehead, 3 cun lateral to Shenting (GV 24).

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Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein, and the lateral branches of
the frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the frontal nerve.

GB 14
Chinese Name: Yangbai
English Name
Location: On the forehead, directly above the pupil, 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the eyebrow.
Indications: Headache in the frontal region, pain of the orbital ridge, eye pain, vertigo, twitching of the
eyelids, ptosis of the eyelids, lacrimation.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral branches of the frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral branch of the frontal nerve.

GB 15
Chinese Name: Toulinqi
English Name
Location: On the head, directly above the pupil and 0.5 cun above the anterior hairline, at the midpoint of
the line connecting Shenting (GV 24) and Touwei (ST 8).
Indications: Headache, vertigo, lacrimation, pain in the outer canthus, rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the medial and lateral branches of the frontal nerve.

GB 16
Chinese Name: Muchuang
English Name
Location: On the head, 1.5 cun above the anterior hairline and 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, red and painful eyes, nasal obstruction.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The frontal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the medial and lateral branches of the frontal nerve.

GB 17
Chinese Name: Zhengying
English Name
Location: On the head, 2.5 cun above the anterior hairline and 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
Indications: Migraine, vertigo.

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 Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0·.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anastomotic plexus formed by the parietal branches of the superficial temporal artery
and vein and the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The anastomotic branch of the frontal and great occipital nerves.

GB 18
Chinese Name: Chengling
English Name
Location: On the head, 4 cun above the anterior hairline and 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
(See Col.Fig. 15)
Indications: Headache, vertigo, epistaxis, rhinorrhea.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

GB 19
Chinese Name: Naokong
English Name
Location: On the head and on the level of the upper border of external occipital protuberance or Naohu
(GV 17), 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
Indications: Headache, stiffness of the neck, vertigo, painful eyes, tinnitus, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Chengling (GB 18).

GB 20
Chinese Name: Fengchi
English Name
Location: In the depression between the upper portion of m. sternocleidomastoideus and m. trapezius, on
the same level with Fengfu (GV 16).
Indications: Headache, vertigo, insomnia, pain and stiffness of the neck, blurred vision, glaucoma, red and
painful eyes, tinnitus, convulsion, epilepsy, infantile convulsion, febrile diseases, common cold, nasal
obstruction, rhinorrhea.
Method: Puncture 0.5-0.8 inch towards the tip of the nose. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the lesser occipital nerve.

GB 21
Chinese Name: Jianjing
English Name
Location: On the shoulder, directly above the nipple, at the midpoint of the line connecting Dazhui (GV
14) and the acromion, at the highest point of the shoulder.

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 Indications: pain and rigidity of the neck, pain in the shoulder and back, motor impairment of the arm,
insufficient lactation, mastitis, scrofula, apoplexy, difficult labour.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The transverse cervical artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior branch of the supraclavicular nerve, the accessory nerve.

GB 22
Chinese Name: Yuanye
English Name
Location: On the mid-axillary line when the arm is raised, 3 cun below the axilla, in the 4th intercostal
space.
Indications: Fullness of the chest, swelling of the axillary region, pain in the hypochondriac region, pain
and motor impairment of the arm.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The thoracoepigastric vein, the lateral thoracic artery and vein, the fifth intercostal artery and
vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve, the branch of the long thoracic
nerve.

GB 23
Chinese Name: Zhejin
English Name
Location: 1 cun anterior to Yuanye (GB 22), at the level of the nipple, in the 4th intercostal space.
Indications: Fullness of the chest, pain in the hypochondriac region, asthma.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral thoracic artery and vein, the fifth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve.

GB 24 (Front-Mu Point of the Gallbladder)

Chinese Name: Riyue
English Name
Location: Directly below the nipple, in the 7th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Pain in the hypochondriac region, vomiting, acid regurgitation, hiccup, jaundice, mastitis.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The seventh intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The seventh intercostal nerve.

GB 25 (Front-Mu Point of the Kidney)

Chinese Name: Jingmen
English Name

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 Location: On the lateral side of the abdomen, on the lower border of the free end of the 12th rib.
Indications: Abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, pain in the lumbar and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The eleventh intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The eleventh intercostal nerve.

GB 26
Chinese Name: Daimai
English Name
Location: Directly below Zhangmen (LR 13), at the crossing point of a vert icalline through the free end
of the 11th rib and a horizontal line through the umbilicus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, leukorrhea, abdominal pain, hernia, pain in the lumbar
and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The subcostal artery and vem.
Innervation: The subcostal nerve.

GB 27
Chinese Name: Wushu
English Name
Location: In the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior to the superior iliac spine, 3 cun below the level of
the umbilicus.
Indications: Leukorrhea, lower abdominal pain, lumbar pain, hernia, constipation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial and deep circumflex iliac arteries and veins.
Innervation: The iliohypogastric nerve.

GB 28
Chinese Name: Weidao
English Name
Location: Anterior and inferior to the anterior superior iliac spine, 0.5 cun anterior and inferior to Wushu
(GB 27).
Indications: Leukorrhea, lower abdominal pain, hernia, prolapse of uterus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial and deep circumflex iliac arteries and veins.
Innervation: The ilioinguinal nerve.

GB 29
Chinese Name: Juliao
English Name
Location: In the depression of the midpoint between the anterosuperior iliac spine and the prominence of

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Indications: Pain and numbness in the thigh and lumbar region, paralysis, muscular atrophy of the lower
limbs.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superficial circumflex iliac artery and vein, the ascending branches of
the lateral circumflex femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

GB 30
Chinese Name: Huantiao
English Name
Location: At the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of the distance between the prominence of the
great trochanter and the hiatus of the sacrum (Yaoshu, GV 2). When locating the point, put the patient in
lateral recumbent position with the thigh flexed.
Indications: Pain of the lumbar region and thigh, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs, hemiplegia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.5-2.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Medially, the inferior gluteal artery and vein.
Innervation: The inferior gluteal cutaneous nerve, the inferior gluteal nerve; deeper, the sciatic nerve.

GB 31
Chinese Name: Fengshi
English Name
Location: On the midline of the lateral aspect of the thigh, 7 cun above the transverse popliteal crease.
When the patient is standing erect with the hands close to the sides, the point is where the tip of the middle
finger touches.
Indications: Pain and soreness in the thigh and lumbar region, paralysis of the lower limbs, beriberi,
general pruritus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The muscular branches of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, the muscular branch of the femoral nerve.

GB 32
Chinese Name: Zhongdu
English Name
Location: On the lateral aspect of the thigh, 2 cun below Fengshi (GB 31), or 5 cun above the transverse
popliteal crease, between m. vastus lateralis and m. biceps femoris.
Indications: Pain and soreness of the thigh and knee, numbness and weakness of the lower limbs,
hemiplegia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Fengshi (GB 31).

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 GB 33
Chinese Name: Xiyangguan
English Name
Location: 3 cun above Yangliangquan (GB 34), lateral to the knee joint, in the depression above the
external epicondyle of femur.
Indications: Swelling and pain of the knee, contracture of the tendons in popliteal fossa, numbness of the
leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior lateral genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: The terminal branch of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

GB 34 (He-Sea Point, Influential Point of Tendon)

Chinese Name: Yanglingquan
English Name
Location: In the depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
Indications: Hemiplegia, weakness, numbness and pain of the lower extremities, swelling and pain of the
knee, beriberi, hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, jaundice, infantile convulsion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior lateral genicular artery and vein.
Innervation: Just where the common peroneal nerve bifurcates into the superficial and deep peroneal
nerves.

GB 35 (Xi-Cleft Point of the Yang Link Vessel)

Chinese Name: Yangjiao
English Name
Location: 7 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, on the posterior border of the fibula. (See Fig. 107)
Indications: Fullness of the chest and hypochondriac region, muscular atrophy and paralysis of the leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the peroneal artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral sural cutaneous nerve.

GB 36 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Waiqiu
English Name
Location: 7 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula. (See Fig. 107)
Indications: Pain in the neck, chest, thigh and hypochondriac region, rabies.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The superficial peroneal nerve.

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 GB 37 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Guangming
English Name
Location: 5 cun directly above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula. (See
Fig. 107)
Indications: Pain in the knee, muscular atrophy, motor impairment and pain of the lower extremities,
blurring of vision, ophthalmalgia, night blindness, distending pain of the breast.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.7-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the anterior tibial artery and vein.
Innervation: The superficial peroneal nerve.

GB 38 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Yangfu
English Name
Location: 4 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, slightly anterior to the anterior border of the fibula,
between m. extensor digitorum longus and m. peronaeus brevis.
Indications: Migraine, pain of the outer canthus, pain in the axillary region, scrofula, lumbar pain, pain in
the chest, hypochondriac region and lateral aspect of the lower extremities, malaria.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Guangming (GB 37).

GB 39 (Influential Point of the Marrow)

Chinese Name: Xuanzhong
English Name
Location: 3 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of fibula. (See Fig. 107)
Indications: Apoplexy, hemiplegia, pain of the neck, abdominal distension, pain in the hypochondriac
region, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs, spastic pain of the leg, beriberi.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Guangming (GB 37).

GB 40 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Qiuxu
English Name
Location: Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus, in the depression on the lateral side of the
tendon of m. extensor digitorum longus.
Indications: Pain in the neck, swelling in the axillary region, pain in the hypochondriac region, vomiting,
acid regurgitation, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs, pain and swelling of the external malleolus, malaria.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branch of the anterolateral malleolar artery.
Innervation: The branches of the intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve and superficial peroneal nerve.

GB 41 (Shu-Stream Point, the Eight Confluent Point)

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 Chinese Name: Zulinqi
English Name
Location: Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint, in the depression lateral to the tendon of m.
extensor digiti minimi of the foot.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, pain of the outer canthus, scrofula, pain in the hypochondriac region,
distending pain of the breast, irregular menstruation, pain and swelling of the dorsum of foot, spastic pain of
the foot and toe.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal arterial and venous network of foot, the fourth dorsal metatarsal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot.

GB 42
Chinese Name: Diwuhui
English Name
Location: Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint, between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on
the medial side of the tendon of m. extensor digiti minimi of foot.
Indications: Pain of the canthus, tinnitus, distending pain of the breast, swelling and pain of the dorsum of
foot.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy: See Foot-Linqi (GB 41).

GB 43 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Xiaxi
English Name
Location: On the dorsum of foot, between the 4th and fifth toe, proximal to the margin of the web, at the
junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Headache, dizziness and vertigo, pain of the outer canthus, tinnitus, deafness, swelling of the
cheek, pain in the hypochondriac region, distending pain of the breast, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly OJ-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve.

GB 44 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Zuqiaoyin
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the 4th toe, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Migraine, deafness, tinnitus, ophthalmalgia, dream-disturbed sleep, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture superficially about 0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the dorsal digital artery and vein and plantar
digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve.

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FOOT-JUEYIN

LR 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Dadun
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the terminal phalanx of the great toe, 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Hernia, enuresis, uterine bleeding, prolapse of the uterus, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1-0.2 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve derived from the deep peroneal nerve.

LR 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Xingjian
English Name
Location: On the dorsum of the foot between the first and second toe, proximal to the margin of the web
at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Pain in the hypochondrium, abdominal distension, headache, dizziness and vertigo,
congestion, swelling and pain of the eye, deviation of the mouth, hernia, painful urination, retention of urine,
irregular menstruation, epilepsy, insomnia, convulsion.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot and the first dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The site where the dorsal digital nerves split from the lateral dorsal metatarsal nerve of the
deep peroneal nerve.

LR 3 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)

Chinese Name: Taichong
English Name
Location: On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second
metatarsal bones.
Indications: Headache, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia, congestion, swelling and pain of the eye,
depression, infantile convulsion, deviation of the mouth, pain in the hypochondriac region, uterine bleeding,
hernia, enuresis, retention of urine, epilepsy, pain in the anterior aspect of the medial malleolus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot, the first dorsal metatarsal artery.
Innervation: The branch of the deep peroneal nerve.

LR 4 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Zhongfeng
English Name

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 Location: Anterior to the medial malleolus, midway between Shangqiu (SP 5) and Jiexi (ST 41), in the
depression on the medial side of the tendon of m. tibialis anterior.
Indications: Hernia, pain in the external genitalia, nocturnal emission, retention of urine, distending pain
in the hy pochondrium.
Method: Puncture perpendicularl 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal venous ne work of the foot and the anterior medial malleolar artery.
Innervation: The branch of the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot and the saphenous nerve.

LR 5 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Ligou
English Name
Location: 5 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia.
Indications: Retention of urine, enuresis, hernia, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, pruritus valvae,
weakness and atrophy of the leg.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Posteriorly, the great saphenous vein.
Innervation: The branch of the saphenous nerve.

LR 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Zhongdu
English Name
Location: 7 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia.
Indications: Abdominal pain, hypochondriac pain, diarrhea, hernia, uterine bleeding, prolonged lochia.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The great saphenous vem.
Innervation: The branch of the saphenous nerve.

LR 7
Chinese Name: Xiguan
English Name
Location: Posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia, in the upper portion of the medial head
of m. gastrocnemius, 1 cun posterior to Yinlingquan (SP 9).
Indication: Pain of the knee.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery.
Innervation: The branch of the medial sural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

LR 8 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Ququan
English Name

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 Location: When knee is flexed, the point is at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease, posterior
to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of m.
semimembranosus and m. semitendinosus.
Indications: Prolapse of uterus, lower abdominal pain, retention of urine, nocturnal emission, pain in the
external genitalia, pruritus vulvae, pain in the medial aspect of the knee and thigh.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the great saphenous vein, on the pathway of the genu su prema artery.
Innervation: The saphenous.

LR 9
Chinese Name: Yinbao
English Name
Location: 4 cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between m. vastus medialis and m. sartorius.
Indications: Pain in the lumbosacral region, lower abdominal pain, enuresis, retention of urine, irregular
menstruation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, on the lateral side, the femoral artery and vein, the superficial branch of the medial
circumflex femoral artery.
Innervation: The anterior femoral cutaneous nerve, on the pathway of the anterior branch of the obturator
nerve.

LR 10
Chinese Name: Zuwuli
English Name
Location: 3 cun directly below Qichong (ST 30), at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic
tubercle and on the lateral border of m. abductor longus.
Indications: Lower abdominal distention and fullness, retention of urine.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superficial branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery and vein.
Innervation: The genitofemoral nerve, the anterior femoral cutaneous nerve; deeper, the anterior branch of
the obturator nerve.

LR 11
Chinese Name: Yinlian
English Name
Location: 2 cun directly below Qichong (ST 30), at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic
tubercle and on the lateral border of m. abductor longus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, lower abdominal pain, pain in the thigh and leg.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery and vein.

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anterior branch of the obturator nerve.

LR 12
Chinese Name: Jimai
English Name
Location: Lateral to the pubic tubercle, lateral and inferior to Qichong (ST 30), in the inguinal groove
where the pulsation of femoral artery is palpable, 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Lower abdominal pain, hernia, pain in the external genitalia.
Method: Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the external pudendal artery and vein, the pubic branches of the inferior
epigastric artery and vein; laterally, the femoral veIn.
Innervation: The ilioinguinal nerve; deeper, in the inferior aspect, the anterior branch of the obturator
nerve.

LR 13 (Front-Mu Point of the Spleen, Influential Point of Zang Organs)

Chinese Name: Zhangmen
English Name
Location: On the lateral side of the abdomen, below the free end of the eleventh rib.
Indications: Abdominal distention, borborygmus, pain in the hypochondriac region, vomiting, diarrhea,
indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branch of the tenth intercostal artery.
Innervation: Slightly inferiorly, the tenth intercostal nerve.

LR 14 (Front-Mu Point of the Liver)

Chinese Name: Qimen
English Name
Location: Directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Indications: Hypochondriac pain, abdominal distention, hiccup, acid regurgitation, mastitis, depression,
febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The sixth intercostal artery and vein.
Innervation: The sixth intercostal nerve.

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Du 1 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Changqiang
English Name
Location: Midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus, locating the point in prone position.
Indications: Diarrhea, bloody stools, hemorrhoids, prolapse of the rectum, constipation, pain in the lower
back, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the inferior hemorrhoid artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior ramus of the coccygeal nerve, the hemorrhoid nerve.

Du 2
Chinese Name: Yaoshu
English Name
Location: In the hiatus of the sacrum. (See Co!. Fig. 19)
Indications: Irregular menstruation, pain and stiffness of the lower back, hemorrhoids, muscular atrophy
of the lower extremities, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the median sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the coccygeal nerve.

Du 3
Chinese Name: Yaoyangguan
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra, at the level with the crista iliaca.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, impotence, pain in the lumbosacral region,
muscular atrophy, motor impairment, numbness and pain of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the lumbar artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the lumbar nerve.

Du 4 Mingmen
Chinese Name:
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Stiffness of the back, lumbago, impotence, nocturnal emission, irregular menstruation,
diarrhea, indigestion, leukorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Yaoyangguan (GY 3).

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 Du 5
Chinese Name: Xuanshu
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Pain and stiffness of the lower back, diarrhea, indigestion.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Yaoyangguan (GY 3).

Du 6
Chinese Name: Jizhong
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the epigastric region, diarrhea, jaundice, epilepsy, stiffness and pain of the back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the eleventh intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the eleventh thoracic nerve.

Du 7
Chinese Name: Zhongshu
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the epigastric region, low back pain, stiffness of the back.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the tenth intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the tenth thoracic nerve.

Du 8
Chinese Name: Jinsuo
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra. (See Figs. 113 and 114)
Indications: Epilepsy, stiffness of the back, gastric pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the ninth intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the ninth thoracic nerve.

Du 9
Chinese Name: Zhiyang
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level with the
inferior angle of the scapula.

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Indications: Jaundice, cough, asthma, stiffness of the back, pain in the chest and back.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the seventh intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the seventh thoracic nerve.

Du 10
Chinese Name: Lingtai
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Cough, asthma, furundes, back pain, neck rigidity.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the sixth intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the thoracic nerve.

Du 11
Chinese Name: Shendao
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Poor memory, anxiety, palpitation, pain and stiffness of the back, cough, cardiac pain.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the' fifth intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the fifth thoracic nerve.

Du 12
Chinese Name: Shenzhu
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Cough, asthma, epilepsy, pain and stiffness of the back, furuncles.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the third intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the third thoracic nerve.

Du 13
Chinese Name: Taodao
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra. (See Figs. 113 and 114)
Indications: Stiffness of the back, headache, malaria, febrile diseases.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the first intercostal artery.

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Du 14
Chinese Name: Dazhui
English Name
Location: Below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, approximately at the level of the
shoulders.
Indications: Neck pain and rigidity, malaria, febrile diseases, epilepsy, afternoon fever, cough, asthma,
common cold, back stiffness.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branch of the transverse cervical artery.
Innervation: The posterior ramus of the eighth cervical nerve and the medial branch of the posterior ramus
of the first thoracic nerve.

Du 15
Chinese Name: Yamen
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression below the
spinous process of the first cervical vertebra.
Indications: Mental disorders, epilepsy, deafness and mute, sudden hoarseness of voice, apoplexy,
stiffness of the tongue and aphasia, occipital headache, neck rigidity.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Neither upward obliquely nor deep puncture is advisable.
It is near the medullary bulb in the deep layer, and the depth and angle of the puncture should be paid strict
attention to.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the occipital artery and vein.
Innervation: The third occipital nerve.

Du 16
Chinese Name: Fengfu
English Name
Location: 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital
protuberance, in the depression between m. trapezius of both sides.
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, epistaxis, sore throat, post-apoplexy aphasia,
hemiplegia, mental disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Deep puncture is not advisable. Medullary bulb is in the
deep layer, special attention should be paid in acupuncture.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branch of the occipital artery.
Innervation: The branches of the third cervical nerve and the great occipital nerve.

Du 17
Chinese Name: Naohu
English Name

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(GV 16), in the depression on the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.
Indications: Epilepsy, dizziness, pain and stiffness of the neck.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the occipital arteries and veins of the both sides.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

Du 18
Chinese Name: Qiangjian
English Name
Location: 4 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 1.5 cun above Naohu (GV 17).
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, mania.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Naohu (GV 17).

Du 19
Chinese Name: Houding
English Name
Location: 5.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, 1.5 cun directly above Qiangjian
(GV 18).
Indications: Headache, vertigo, mania, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable. .
Regional anatomy: See Naohu (GV 17).

Du 20
Chinese Name: Baihui
English Name
Location: On the midline of the head, 5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline,
approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, tinnitus, nasal obstruction, aphasia by apoplexy, coma, mental disorders,
prolapse of the rectum and the uterus.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anastomotic network formed by the superficial temporal arteries and veins and the
occipital arteries and veins on both sides.
Innervation: The branch of the great occipital nerve.

Du 21
Chinese Name: Qianding
English Name
Location: 3.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun anterior to Baihui (GV
20).
Indications: Epilepsy, dizziness, blurring of vision, vertical headache, rhinorrhea.

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Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anastomotic network formed by the right and left superficial temporal arteries and veins.
Innervation: On the communicating site of the branch of the frontal nerve with the branch of the great
occipital nerve.

Du 22
Chinese Name: Xinhui
English Name
Location: 2 cun posterior to the midpoint of the anterior hairline, 3 cun anterior to Baihui (GV 20).
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, rhinorrhea, infantile convulsIon.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. This point is prohibited in infants with metopism.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anastomotic network formed by the right and left superficial tempor-al artery and vein
and the frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the frontal nerve.

Du 23
Chinese Name: Shangxing
English Name
Location: I cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
Indications: Headache, ophthalmalgia, epistaxis. rhinorrhea, mental disorders.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch or prick to cause bleeding. This point is prohibited in
infants with metopism. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the frontal artery and vein, and the branches of the superficial temporal
artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the frontal nerve.

Du 24
Chinese Name: Shenting
English Name
Location: 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
Indications: Epilepsy, anxiety, palpitation, insomnia, headache, vertigo, rhinorrhea.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branch of the frontal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the frontal nerve.

Du 25
Chinese Name: Suliao
English Name

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Indications: Loss of consciousness, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, rosacea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch, or prick to cause bleeding.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The lateral nasal branches of the facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The external nasal branch of the anterior ethmoidal nerve.

Du 26
Chinese Name: Shuigou (also known as Renzhong)
English Name
Location: At the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum.
Indications: Mental disorders, epilepsy, hysteria, infantile convulsion, coma, apoplexy-faint, trismus,
deviation of the mouth and eyes, puffiness of the face, pain and stiffness of the lower back.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward OJ-0.5 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior labial artery and vein.
Innervation: The buccal branch of the facial nerve, and the branch of the intraorbital nerve.

Du 27
Chinese Name: Duiduan
English Name
Location: On the labial tubercle of the upper lip, on the vermilion border between the philtrum and upper
lip.
Indications: Mental disorders, lip twitching, lip stiffness, pain and swelling of the gums.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.2-0.3 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior labial artery and vein.
Innervation: The buccal branch of the facial nerve, and the branch of the infraorbital nerve.

Du 28
Chinese Name: Yinjiao
English Name
Location: At the junction of the gum and the frenulum of the upper lip.
Indications: Mental disorders, pain and swelling of the gums, rhinorrhea.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.1 -0.2 inch, or prick to cause bleeding.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior labial artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the superior alveolar nerve.

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RN 1
Chinese Name: Huiyin
English Name
Location: Between the anus and the root of the scrotum in males and between the anus and the posterior
labial commissure in females.
Indications: Vaginitis, retention of urine hemorrhoids, nocturnal emission, enuresis, irregular menstruation,
mental disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the perineal artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the perineal nerve.

RN 2
Chinese Name: Qugu
English Name
Location: On the midpoint of the upper border of the symphysis pubis.
Indications: Retention and dribbling of urine, enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, morbid leukorrhea,
irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, hernia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Great care should be taken to puncture the points from
Qugu (CV 2) to Shangwan (CV 13) of this meridian in pregnant women. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the inferior epigastric artery and the obturator artery.
Innervation: The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.

RN 3 (Front-Mu Point of the Bladder)

Chinese Name: Zhongji
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 4 cun below the umbilicus.
Indications: Enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, hernia, uterine bleeding, irregular menstruation,
dysmenorrhea, morbid leukorrhea, frequency of urination, retention of urine, pain in the lower abdomen,
prolapse of the uterus, vaginitis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of superficial epigastric artery and vein, and the branches of inferior epigastric
artery and vem.
Innervation: The branch of the iliohypogastric nerve.

RN 4 (Front-Mu Point of the Small Intestine)

Chinese Name: Guanyuan
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 3 cun below the umbilicus.
Indications: Enuresis, nocturnal emission, frequency of urination, retention of urine, hernia, irregular

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pain, indigestion, diarrhea, prolapse of the rectum, flaccid type of apoplexy.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. This is one of the important points for tonification.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongji (CV 3).
Innervation: The medial branch of the anterior cutaneous branch of the twelfth intercostal nerve.

RN 5 (Front-Mu Point of Triple Energizer)

Chinese Name: Shimen
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 2 cun below the umbilicus.
Indications: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, edema, hernia, anuria, enuresis, amenorrhea, morbid leukorrhea,
uterine bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongji (CV 3).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the eleventh intercostal nerve.

RN 6
Chinese Name: Qihai
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 1.5 cun below the umbilicus.
Indications: Abdominal pain, enuresis, nocturnal emission, impotence, hernia, edema, diarrhea, dysentery,
uterine bleeding, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, morbid leukorrhea, postpartum
hemorrhage, constipation, flaccid type of apoplexy, asthma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. This is one of the important points for tonification.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Shimen (CV 5).

RN 7
Chinese Name: Yinjiao
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 1 cun below the umbilicus.
Indications: Abdominal distention, edema, hernia, irregular menstruation,
uterine bleeding, morbid leukorrhea, pruritus vulvae, postpartum hemorrhage, abdominal pain around the
umbilicus.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: See Zhongji (CV 3).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the tenth intercostal nerve.

RN 8
Chinese Name: Shenque
English Name

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Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, flaccid type of apoplexy, prolapse of the rectum, unchecked
diarrhea.
Method: Puncture is prohibited. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The inferior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the tenth intercostal nerve.

RN 9
Chinese Name: Shuifen
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 1 cun above the umbilicus.
Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, edema, retention of the urine, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: See Shenque (CV 8).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the eighth and ninth intercostal nerves.

RN 10
Chinese Name: Xiawan
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 2 cun above the umbilicus.
Indications: Epigastric pain, abdominal pain, borborygmus, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Shenque (CV 8).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the eighth intercostal nerve.

RN 11
Chinese Name: Jianli
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 3 cun above the umbilicus.
Indications: Stomachache, vomiting, abdominal distention, borborygmus, edema, anorexia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the eighth intercostal nerve.

RN 12 (Front-Mu Point of the Stomach, Influential Point of the Fu Organs)

Chinese Name: Zhongwan
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 4 cun above the umbilicus.)
Indications: Stomachache, abdominal distention, borborygmus, nausea, vomiting, acid regurgitation,
diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, indigestion, insomnia.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior epigastric artery and vein.
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the seventh intercostal nerve.

RN 13
Chinese Name: Shangwan
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 5 cun above the umbilicus.
Indications: Stomachache, abdominal distention, nausea, vomiting, epilepsy, insomma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Zhongwan (CV 12).

RN 14 (Front-Mu Point of the Heart)

Chinese Name: Juque
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline of the abdomen, 6 cun above the umbilicus.
Indications: Pain in the cardiac region and the chest, nausea, acid regurgitation, difficulty in swallowing,
vomiting, mental disorders, epilepsy, palpitation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Zhongwan (CV 12).

RN 15 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Jiuwei
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, 1 cun below the xiphosternal synchondrosis. Locate the point in supine
position with the arms uplifted.
Indications: Pain in the cardiac region and the chest, nausea, mental disorders, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture obliquely downward 0.4-0.6 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Zhongwan (CV 12).

RN 16
Chinese Name: Zhongting
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, at the level with the 5th intercostal space, on the xiphosternal
synchondrosis.
Indications: Distension and fullness in the chest and intercostal region, hiccup, nausea, anorexia.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior perforating branches of the internal mammary artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial branch of the anterior cutaneous branch of the sixth intercostal nerve.

RN 17 (Front-Mu Point of the Pericardium, Influential Point of Qi)

Chinese Name: Tanzhong
English Name

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 Location: On the anterior midline, at the level with the 4th intercostal space, midway between the nipples.
Indications: Asthma, pain in the chest, fullness in the chest, palpitation, insufficient lactation, hiccup,
difficulty in swallowing.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongting (CV 16).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the fourth intercostal nerve.

RN 18
Chinese Name: Yutang
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, at the level with the 3rd intercostal space.
Indications: pain in the chest, cough, asthma, vomiting.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongting (CV 16).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the third intercostal nerve.

RN 19
Chinese Name: Zigong
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, at the level with the 2nd intercostal space.
Indications: Pain in the chest, asthma, cough.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongting (CV 16).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the second intercostal nerve.

RN 20
Chinese Name: Huagai
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, at the midpoint of the sternal angle, at the level with the 1st intercostal
space.
Indications: Pain and fullness in the chest and intercostal region, asthma, cough.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongting (CV 16).
Innervation: The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve.

RN 21
Chinese Name: Xuanji
English Name
Location: On the anterior midline, in the centre of the sternal manubrium, 1 cun below Tiantu (CV 22).
Indications: Pain in the chest, cough, asthma.

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 Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: See Zhongting (CV 16).
Innervation: The anterior branch of the supraclavicular nerve and the anterior cutaneous branch of the first
intercostal nerve.

RN 22
Chinese Name: Tiantu
English Name
Location: In the centre of the suprasternal fossa.
Indications: Asthma, cough, sore throat, dry throat, hiccup, sudden hoarseness of the voice, difficulty in
swallowing, goiter.
Method: First puncture perpendicularly 0.2 inch and then insert the needle tip downward along the
posterior aspect of the sternum 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Superficially, the jugular arch and the branch of the inferior thyroid artery; deeper, the
trachea; inferiorly, at the posterior aspect of the sternum, the inominate vein at aortic arch.
Innervation: The anterior branch of the supraclavicular nerve.

RN 23
Chinese Name: Lianquan
English Name
Location: Above the Adam's apple, in the depression of the upper border of the hyoid bone.
Indications: Swel1ing and pain of the subglossal region, salivation with glossoplegia, aphasia with
stiffness of tongue by apoplexy, sudden hoarseness of the voice, difficulty in swal1owing.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch toward the tongue root. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The anterior jugular vein.
Innervation: The branch of the cutaneous cervical nerve, the hypoglossal nerve, and the branch of the
glossopharyngeal nerve.

RN 24
Chinese Name: Chengjiang
English Name
Location: In the depression in the centre of the mentolabial groove.
Indications: Facial puffiness, swel1ing of the gums, toothache, salivation, mental disorders, deviation of
the eyes and mouth.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.2-0.3 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the inferior labial artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the facial nerve.

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 15. THE EXTRA POINTS

1. Taiyang
English Name:
Location: In the depression about one finger breadth posterior to the midpoint between the lateral end of
the eyebrow and the outer canthus.
Indications: Headache, eye diseases, deviation of the eyes and mouth.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick to cause bleeding.

2. Yintang
English Name:
Location: Midway between the medial ends of the two eyebrows.
Indications: Headache, head heaviness, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, infantile convulsion, frontal headache,
insomnia.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

3. Shanglianquan
English Name:
Location: I cun below the midpoint of the lower jaw, in the depression between the hyoid bone and the
lower border of the jaw.
Indications: Alalia, salivation with stiff tongue, sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, loss of voice.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.8-1.2 inches toward the tongue root.

4. Erjian
English Name:
Location: Fold the auricle, the point is at the apex of the auricle.
Indications: Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, febrile disease, nebula.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.1-0.2 inch or prick to cause bleeding.
Moxibustion is applicable.

5. Yuyao
English Name:
Location: At the midpoint of the eyebrow, directly above the pupil.
Indications: Pain in the supraorbital region, twitching of the eyelids, ptosis, cloudiness of the cornea,
redness, swelling and pain of the eyes.
Method: 'Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch.

6. Sishencong
English Name:
Location: A group of 4 points, at the vertex, 1 cun respectively posterior, anterior and lateral to Baihui (GV
20). (See Fig. 119)
Indications: Headache, vertigo, insomnia, poor memory, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

7. Qiuhou
English Name:
Location: At tht? junction of the lateral 1/4 and the medial 3/4 of the infraorbital margin.
Indications: Eye diseases.
Method: Push the eyeball upward gently, then puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.2 inches along the orbital
margin slowly without movements of lifting, thrusting, twisting and rotating.

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 8. Jiachengjiang
English Name:
Location: 1 cun lateral to Chengjiang (CV 24).
Indications: Pain in the face, deviation of the eyes and mouth, spasm of facial muscle.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch..

9. Jinjing, Yuye
English Name:
Location: On the veins on both sides of the frenulum of the tongue, Jinjin is on the left, Yuye, on the right.
Indications: Swelling of the tongue, vomiting, aphasia with stiffness of tongue.
Method: Prick to cause bleeding.

10. Bitong
English Name:
Location: At the highest point of the nasolabial groove.
Indications: Rhinitis, nasa] obstruction, nasa] boils.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously upward 0.3-0.5 inch.

11. Qianzheng
English Name:
Location: 0.5-1.0 cun anterior to the auricular lobe.
Indications: Deviation of the eyes and mouth, ulceration on tongue and mouth.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5- 1.0 inch.

12. Yiming
English Name:
Location: 1 cun posterior to Yifeng (TE 17).
Indications: Eye diseases, tinnitus, insomma.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.

13. Anmian
English Name:
Location: Midpoint between Yifeng (TE 17) and Fengchi (GB 20).
Indications: Insomnia, vertigo, headache, palpitation, mental disorders.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.

14. Dingchuan
English Name:
Location: 0.5 cun lateral to Dazhui (GV 14).
Indications: Asthma, cough, neck rigidity, pain in the shoulder and back, rubella.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

15. Huatuojiaji
English Name:
Location: A group of 34 points on both sides of the spinal column, 0.5 cun lateral to the lower border of
each spinous process from the first thoracic vertebra to the fifth lumbar vertebra.
Indications: See the following table 8.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch in the cervical and chest region, puncture perpendicularly
1.0-1.5 inches in the lumbar region. Moxibustion is applicable.

16. Bailao
English Name:

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 Location: 2 cun above Dazhui (GV 14), 1 cun lateral to the midline.
Indications: Scrofula, cough, asthma, whooping cough, neck rigidity.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

17. Weiwanxiashu
English Name:
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the eighth thoracic vertebra. (See
Fig. 123)
Indications: Diabetes, vomiting, abdominal pain, pain in the chest and hypochondriac region.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

18. Shiqizhui
English Name:
Location: Below the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Lumbar Pain, thigh pain, paralysis of the lower extremities, irregular menstruation,
dysmenorrhea.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

19. Yaoqi
English Name:
Location: 2 cun directly above the tip of the coccyx.
Indications: Epilepsy, headache, inomnia, constipation.
Method: Puncture subcutaneously upward 1.0-2.0 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

20. Pigen
English Name:
Location: 3.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Hepatosplenomegaly, lumbar pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

21. Yaoyan
English Name:
Location: About 3.5-4 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra.
The point is in the depression appearing in prone position.
Indications: Lumbar pain, frequency of urine, irregular menstruation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

22. Zigongxue
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to Zhongji (CV 3).
Indications: Prolapse of the uterus, irregular menstruation.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

23. Jianqian (also known as Jianneiling)

English Name:
Location: Midway between the end of the anterior axillary fold and Jianyu (L I 15).
Indications: Pain in the shoulder and arm, paralysis of the upper extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

24. Shixuan
English Name:
Location: On the tips of the ten fingers, about 0.1 cun distal to the nails.
Indications: Apoplexy, coma, epilepsy, high fever, acute tonsillitis, infantile convulsion, numbness of the

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Method: Puncture 0.1-0.2 inch superficially, or prick to cause bleeding.

25. Sifeng
English Name:
Location: On the palmar surface, in the midpoint of the transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal
joints of the index, middle, ring and little fingers.
Indications: Malnutrition and indigestion syndrome in children, whooping cough.
Method: Prick to cause bleeding, or squeeze out a small amount of yellowish viscous fluid locally.

26. Zhongkui
English Name:
Location: On the midpoint of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the middle finger at dorsum aspect.
Indications: Nausea, vomiting, hiccup.

Method: Moxibustion is applied with three moxa cones.

English Name:
27. Baxie

Location: On the dorsum of the hand, at the junction of the white and red skin of the hand webs, eight in
all, making a loose fist to locate the points.
Indications: Excessive heat, finger numbness, spasm and contracture of the fingers, redness and swelling
of the dorsum of the hand.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.

28. Luozhen
English Name:
Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the second and third metacarpal bones, about 0.5 cun
posterior to metacarpophalangeal joint.
Indications: Sore neck, pain in the shoulder and arm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.

29. Yaotongxue
English Name:
Location: On the dorsum of the hand, midway between the transverse wrist crease and
metacarpophalangeal joint, between the second and third metacarpal bones, and between the fourth and fifth
metacarpal bones, four points in all on both hands.
Indication: Acute lumbar sprain.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch toward the centre of metacarpus from both sides.

30. Zhongquan
English Name:
Location: On the dorsal crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of common
extensor muscle of fingers between Yangxi (Ll 5) and Yangchi (TE 4).
Indications: Stuffy chest, gastric pain, spitting of blood.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

31. Erbai
English Name:
Location: On the metacarpal aspect of the forearm, 4 cun above the transverse wrist crease, on the both
sides of the tendon of m. flexor carpi radialis, two points on one hand.
Indications: Hemorrhoids, prolapse of the rectum.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5- 1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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 32. Bizhong
English Name:
Location: On the lateral aspect of the forearm, midway between the transverse wrist crease and elbow
crease, between the radius and the ulna.
Indications: Paralysis, spasm and contracture of the upper extremities, pain of the forearm.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

33. Zhoujian
English Name:
Location: On the tip of the ulnar olecranon when the elbow is flexed.
Indication: Scrofula Method: Moxibustion is applied with seven to fourteen moxa cones.

34. Huanzhong
English Name:
Location: Midway between Huantiao (GB 30) and Yaoshu (GV 2).
Indications: Lumbar pain, thigh pain.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.5-2.0 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

35. Baichongwo
English Name:
Location: 1 cun above Xuehai (SP 10).
Indications: Rubella, eczema, gastrointestinal parasitic diseases.
Method: Pu ncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.2 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

36. Xiyan
English Name:
Location: A pair of points in the two depressions, medial and lateral to the patellar ligament, locating the
point with the knee flexed. These two points are also termed medial and lateral Xiyan respectively. Lateral
Xiyan overlaps with Dubi (ST 35).
Indications: Knee pain, weakness of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5- 1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

37. Lanweixue
English Name:
Location: The tender spot about 2 cun below Zusanli (ST 36).
Indications: Acute and chronic appendicitis, indigestion, paralysis of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.2 inches.

38. Heding
English Name:
Location: In the depression of the midpoint of the superior patellar border.
Indications: Knee pain, weakness of the foot and leg, paralysis.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly OJ-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

39. Dannangxue
English Name:
Location: The tender spot 1-2 cun directly below Yanglingquan (GB 34).
Indications: Acute and chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, biliary ascariasis, muscular atrophy and
numbness of the lower extremities.
Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.2 inches.

40. Bafeng

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Location: On the dorsum of foot, in the depressions on the webs between toes, proximal to the margins of
the webs, at the junction of the red and white skin, eight points in all.
Indications: Beriberi, toe pain, redness and swelling of the dorsum of the foot.
Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

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