Acupuncture points are the points on specific locations on the body that are stimulated to produce beneficial effects on body
Nomenclature : English Name/Meaning: Eight Winds Chinese Name: 八风 Chinese Pinyin: Ba-feng Location : On the dorsum of foot, proximal to the margins of the webs between all five toes, at the junction of the red and white skin. One foot has four points, both feet have a total of eight points. Functions and Indications…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Appendix Point Chinese Name: 阑尾穴 Chinese Pinyin: Lan-wei-xue Location: On the superior anterior aspect of the lower leg, 5 cun below ST 35(Dubi), one finger-breadth from the anterior crest of the tibia. Functions and Indications of lanweixue: Moves qi and blood flow in the large intestine clears heat and heat toxins from the large…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Gallbladder Point Chinese Name: 胆囊穴 Chinese Pinyin: Dan-nang-xue Location: On the superior lateral aspect of the lower leg, 2 cun directly below the depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula, GB34(Yanglingquan). Functions and Indications of Dannangxue: Clears heat and drains dampness from gallbladder so is beneficial for acute and…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Cranes Summit Chinese Name: 鹤顶 Chinese Pinyin: Heding Location: Above the knee, in the depression of the midpoint of the superior patellar border. Functions and indications of Heding: Heding moves qi and blood and strengthens knee joint so is beneficial for aching of the knee joint, weakness of the leg and foot,…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Ten Diffusions Chinese Name: 十宣 Chinese Pinyin: Shixuan Location: On the tips of the ten fingers, 0.1cun (finger inch) distal to the nails. Both hands altogether have ten points. Function and Indications of shixuan: Shixuan revives consciousness, dispel wind, clear heat so is beneficial for coma, epilepsy, wind stroke, high fever, sore…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Four Seams Chinese Name: 四缝 Chinese Pinyin: Si-feng 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. One hand has four points, both hands have a total of eight points. Function and Indications of Sifeng :…
Nomenclature : English Name/Meaning: Eight Pathogens Chinese Name: 八邪 Location: When a loose fist is made, the points are on the dorsum of the hand, proximal to the margins of the webs between all five fingers, at the junction of the red and white skin. Both hand altogether have a total of eight points. Functions…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Outer Palace of Tail Chinese Name: 外劳宫 Chinese Pinyin: Wailaogong. Also called as LUOZHEN / XIANQIANG Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the second and third metacarpal bones, 0.5 cun(finger inch) posterior to the metacarpophalangeal joint. Indications and functions : Wailaogong strengthens the Qi and Blood of the neck and…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Lumbar Pain Point Chinese Name: 腰痛穴 Chinese Pinyin: Yaotongxue Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the second and third metacarpal bones, and between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, at the midpiont between the transverse crease of the wrist and the metacarpophalangeal joint. One hand has two points, a total…
Nomenclature: Sizhu: slender bamboo Kong: space Sizhukong is at the lateral end of the eyebrow, which looks like a slender bamboo. The locus of the point is a shallow depression. Location: In the depression of the lateral end of the eyebrow Functions: Expels wind and heat (twitching of eyelids, pain and…
Nomenclature: English Name/Meaning: Two whites Chinese Name: 二白 Chinese Pinyin: Erbai Location: On the palmar aspect of the forearm, 4cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on both sides of the tendon of m.flexor carpi radialis. Each side has one point, each arm has two points, both arms have a total of four points….
Nomenclature: Er: ear He: harmony Liao: foramen Erheliao is in the depression in front of the tragicus and improves hearing. Point: TE22 Chinese Name: 耳和髎 Name: Erheliao English Name/Meaning: Ear Harmony Crevice Pinyin: ěr hé liáo Han Geul 한글: hwa ryo 화료 Romaji: ji wa ryō? Vietnamese: (Nhĩ) Hòa liêu Location: Approximately 0.5 cun anterior…