Standard Points Commonly Used

Guanyuan (RN4) , Qihai (RN6) , Zhongwan (RN12) , Dazhui (DU14) , Changqiang (DU1) , Baihui (DU20) , Shuigou (DU26) , Taiyuan (LU9) , Shenmen (HT7) , Neiguan (PC6) , Hegu (LI4) , Quchi (LI11) , Jianyu (LI15) , Yingxiang (LI20) , Houxi (SI3) , Waiguan (SJ5) , Yifeng (SJ17) , Dicang (ST4) , Jiache (ST6) , Tianshu (ST25) , Zusanli (ST36) , Shenshu (BL23) , Weizhong (BL40) , Chengshan (BL57) , Zhiyin (BL67) , Tongziliao (GB1) , Fengchi (GB20),Huantiao (GB30) , Yanglingquan (GB34) , Gongsun (SP4) , Sanyinjiao (SP6) , Yinlingquan (SP9) , Yongqnan (KI1) , Taixi (KI3) , Taichong (LR3) , Yintang (EX-HN3) , Dingchuan (EX-B1)

Guanyuan (RN4)

• Location:On the midline of the abdomen, 3 cun below the umbilicus.
• Indications: Enuresis, nocturnal emission, frequency of urination, hernia, irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum hemorrhage, flaccid type of apoplexy, general weakness.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the linea alba. Blood vessels: the branches of superficial epigastric artery and vein and the branches of inferior epigastric artery and vein. Nerves: the medial branch of the anterior cutaeous branch of the twelfth intercostal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Shenshu(BL23), Sanyinjiao(SP6) and Zusanli(ST36) for enuresis, with Yinbai(SPl), Xuehai(SP10) and Zusanli(ST36) for dysfunctional uterine bleeding; with Baihui(DU29) for collapse syndrome, with Shenshu(BL23), Mingmen(DU4), Sanyinjiao(SP6) and Guilai(ST29) for impotence, nocturnal emission or prospermia.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-l.2 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (l) Front-Mu Point of the small intestine.(2) One of the important points for tonification.

• Location:On the midline of the abdomen, 1.5 cun below the umbilicus.
• Indications: abdominal pain, enuresis, nocturnal emission, hernia, diarrhea, dysentery, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, morbid leukorrhea, postpartum hemorrhage, flaccid type of apoplexy, sterility.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY See Shimen (RN5).
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Zusanli(ST36) and Shenshu (BL23) for general asthenia, with Baihui(DU20), Guanyuan (RN4) and Zusanli (ST36) for prolapse of the uterus, with Yinlingquan (SP9) and Qugu(RN2) for pelvic inflammation.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS This is one of the important points for tonification.

• Location:On the midline of the abdomen, 4 cun above the umbilicus.
• Indications: Stomachache, abdominal distention, borborygmus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, weakness of the spleen and stomach.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the linea alba. Blood vessels: thesuperior epigastric artery and vein. Nerves: the anterior cutaneousbranch of the 7th intercostal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Danshu(BL19) and Yanglingquan(GB34) for cholecystitis or cholelithiasis; with Neiguan(PC6) and liangqiu(ST34) for acute gastritis; with Neiguan(PC6) and Zusanli(ST36) forgastrospasm.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-1.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (1) Front-Mu Point of the stomach.(2)Influential Point of the fu organs.(3) Reference material: The experiment showed thatacupuncture on this point could increase gastric peristalsis in healthypersons, represented by an immediate opening of the pylorus and alittle rising of the lower border of the stomach. Another experimentrevealed that following acupuncture on this point, the jejunal mucosalfolds became deepened and dense and the jejunal peristalsis increased, especially on the upper portion of the jejunum.

• 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 hectic fever, cough, asthma.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: fascia lumbodorsalis supraspinal and interspinal ligaments. Blood vessels: the branch of the transverse cervical artery, the interspinal venous plexus. Nerves: the posterior ramus of the eighth cervical nervel and ihe medial branch of the posterior ramus of the first thoracic nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Quchi(LI11), Waiguan(SJ5) and Hegu(LI4) for common cold with fever, with Fengchi(GB20) , Houxi(SI3), Renzhong(DU26) and Shemnai(BL62) for infantile convulsion, with Fengfu (DU16) for progressive muscular atrophy, with Hegu(LI4) and Zusanli(ST36) for leukopenia caused by radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
• METHOD Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS The Crossing Point of the Three Yang Channels of the Hand, the Three Yang Channels of the Foot and the Du Channel.

• 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.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in the anococcygeal diaphragm. Blood veesels: the branches of the anal artery and vein,extention portion of the interspinal venous plexus. Nerves:the posterior ramus of the occygeal nerve, the anal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Baihui(DU20) and Chengshan(BL57)for prolapse of the rectum or hemorrhoids, with Shenshu(BL23) for impotence or nocturnal emission.
• METHOD Puncture l-l.5 cun obliquely upward in fnont of the coccyx. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Luo-(Connecting) Point of the Du Channel.

• Location: On the midline of the head, 7 cun directly above the posterior hairline, approximately at the midpoint of the line connecting the apex of the two auricluae.
• Indications: Headache, vertigo, tinnitus, nasal obstruction, aphasia due to apoplexy, coma, mental disorders, prolapse of the rectum and the uterus.
• SIMPLE LOCATION METHOD Directly above the apex auriculae, on the midline of the head. REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in galea aponeurotica. Blood vessels: the anastomotic network formed by the superficial temporal arteries and veins and the occipital arteries and veins on both sides. Nerves: the branches of the great occipital nerve and frontal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Changqiang(DU1) for prolapse of the rectum, with Tinghui(GB2) for tinnitus, with Quchi(LI11) and Renying(ST9) for hypertension.
• METHOD Puncture horizontally 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS The Crossing Point of the Du Channel and the Bladder Channel of Foot-Taiyang.

• Location: A little bit above the midpoint of the philtrum, near nostrils.
• Indications: Mental disorders, epilepsy, infantile convulsion, coma due to apoplexy, trismus, deviation of the mouth and eyes, facial edema, pain and stiffness of the lower back.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles:in m.orbicularis oris. Blood vessels: the superior labial artery and vein. Nerves:the buccal branch of the facial nerve, and the branch of the infraorbital nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Hegu(LI4) and Shixuan(EX-UE11) for coma or faint, with Weizhong(BL40) for pain due to lumbar sprain, with Shixuan (EX-UE11) and Weizhong(BL40)pricked to cause bleeding for heatstroke.
• METHOD Puncture obliquely upward 0.3-0.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS The Crossing Point of the Du Channel, the Large Intestine Channel of Hand-Yangming and the Stomach Channel of Foot Yangming. The point is also known as Renzhong.

• 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, pain in the chest, wrist and arm.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the lateral side of the tendon of m.flexor carpi radialis, medial side of the tendon of m.abductor pollicis longus. Blood vessels: the radial artery and vein. Nerves: the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.
• INSTANGES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Lieque(LU7) for cough caused by exopathogens; with Neiguan(PC6) and Shenmen(HT7) for angina pectoris; with Neiguan(PC6), Chize(LU5), Fuliu(KI7),Quchi(LI11), Tongli(HT5) and Hegu(LI4) for acrotism.
• METHOD Just away from the radial artery,puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicablc.
• REMARKS Shu-(Stream) and Yuan-(Primary) Point of the Lung Chiannel of Hand-Taiyin. Influential Point of vcssels.

• 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, dementia, pain in the hypochondriac region, feverish sensation in the palm, yellowish sclera.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY See Lingdao(HT4).
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Yintang(EX-HN3) for insomnia, with Yongquan(KI1) for mental diseases, with Neiguan(PC6) and Xinshu(BL15) for arrhyihmia.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (1) Shu-(Stream) Point and Yuan (Primary) Point of the Heart Channel of Hand-Shaoyin. (2) Reference material : Giving pitressin injection to a dog can cause pituitary hypertension, which may be greatly reduced by acupuncture on Shenmen(HT7). It has been reported that acupuncture on Shenmen(HT7), Yinxi(HT6), Tongli(HT5), Baihui(DU20), Daling(PC7) and others may likely regulate the clectrocncephalogram of the patients with grand mal epilepsy, or lower the eleciric potential of their pathologic brain waves.

• 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, stomachache, vomiting, mental disorders, epilepsy, febrile diseases, contracture and pain of the elbow and arm.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY See Ximen(PC4).contracture and pain of the upper extremities, hemiplegia, insomnia, dizziness, oppressed feeling in the chest.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun.Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS(1) Luo(Connecting) Point of the Pericardium Channel of Hand-fueyin. (2) One of the Eight Confluent Points joining the yinwei Channel. (3) It has been reported that acupuncture on this point may regulate the coronary circulation and prolong the ejection Period of the left ventricle, hence incrcasing the myocardial contraction force and cardiac output of patients with angina pectoris, decreasing the preload, improving the compliance of the left ventricle and lowering its enddiastolic pressure. Also, acupuncture on this point may improve the S-T segment and T wave of ECG of patients with coronary heart disease, lower the elevated B-lipoprotein, increase the coronary blood flow and blood oxygen supply, accelerate the establishment of the collateral circulation, lower the myocardial oxygen consumption, slow the myocardial metabolic process, regulate the cellular ionic balance and improve the myocardial electric function and the heart rate. It has also been reported that acupuncture on Neiguan (PC 6) may control gastric secretion, adjust the activity of salivary amylase and relieve gastrointestinal spasm. Moreover, puncturing this point may raise the blood eosinophylecell count, especially marked change of the total white cell count, blood sugar and nonprotein nitrogen. In addition, acupunture on this Point produces anticancer and cancer-prevention effects, prevents the reaction caused by artifical abortion and inhibits the cerebral cortex.

• Locationj:On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately at the levelof midpoint of the 2nd metacarpal bone,a little bit to the radial side. Or, put in coincident position the transverse crease of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb togather 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, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, toothache, deafness, swelling of the face, sore throat, parotitis, facial paralysis, febrile diseases with anhidrosis.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in the lst m.interosseous dorsalis; deeper, the trausverse Part of m.adductorpollicis. Blood vessels: the venous network of the dorsum of the hand, proximal to the point where the radial artery passes through the dorsum to palm. Nerves: the dorsal nerve of handn dervied from the superficial ramus of the radial nerve, deeper the palmar proprial nerve coming from the median nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Lieque(LU7), Waiguan(SJ5), Fengchi(GB20) and Dazhui(DU14) for cold and headache; with Xiaguan(ST7) and Jiache(ST6) for toothache; with Taichong(LR3) for hypertension or facial spasm; with Jianyu(LI15), Quchi(LI11), Shousanli(LI10) and Waiguan(SI5) for brachial palsy and pain; with Sanyinjiao(SP6) for dystocia.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Acupuncture and moxibustion are contrainedicated in pregnant women.
• REMARKS (l) Yuan-(Primary) Point of the Large Intestine Channel of Hand-Yangming. (2) The experlments have showed that acupuncture on Hegu(LI4) is remarkably effective to pain, most effcctive to the pain in the neck, and second in the chest, abdomen and four extremities; the point can be used to obtain acupuncture anesthesia for many purposes. (3) The research of acupuncture reveals that puncturing Hegu(LI4) can regulate the central nervous system, produce inhibiLion on the cerebral cortical motor area with strong stimulation, and excitation with slight stimulation; its regulation of the autonomic nerve can be achieved mainly by regulation of vasomotor activity, changes of rheoencephalogram, heart rate and blood pressure.

• Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease.
• Indications: Sore and swollen throat, toothache, redness and pain of the eye, scrofula, urticaria, motor impairment of the upper limbs, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, febrile diseases, depressive psychosis, mania.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the origin of m.extensor carpi radialis longus, on the radial side of m. brachioradialis. Blood vessels: the branches of the radial recurrent artery and vein. Nerves: the posterior antebrachiai cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the medial side, the radial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Dazhui(DU14) and Shixuan(EX-UE11)for high fever; with Zusanli(ST36) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) for hypertension; with Hegu(LI4) and Waiguan(SJ5) for common cold, with Xuehai(SP10) for urticaria or cutancous pruritus.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.8-l.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS He-(Sea) Point of the Large Intestine Channel of Hand-Yangming.

• Location: Anteroinferior to the acromion, on the upper portion of m.deltpideus. 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, toothache, rubella, scrofula.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Blood vessels: the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein. Nerves: the supraclavicular nerve and axillary nerve.
• INSTANCES oF ADJUNCT POINTS With Jianliao(SJ14) for pain in the shoulder joint; with Quchi(LI11), Hegu(LI4) and Waiguan(SJ5) for numbness of the upper extremities.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.

• Location: In the nasolabial groove, at 0.5 cun lateral to the midpoint of the lateral border of ala nasi.
• Indications: Nasal obstruction, epistaxis, deviation of the mouth, itching of the face.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in m.quadratus labii superioris, deeper the border of the apertura piriformis. Blood vessels: the facial artery and vein, the branches of the infraorbital artery and vein. Nerves: the anastomotic branch of the facial and infraorbital nerves.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Hegu(LI4), shangxing(DU13) and Yintang (EX-HN3) for rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis; with Sibai(ST2) for biliary ascariasis.
• METHOD Puncture obliquely or subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 cun, scar-producing moxibustion is not advisable.

• Location:When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar side, proximal to the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the end of the transverse crease and the junction of the red and white skin.
• Indications: Pain and rigidity of the neck, cloudiness of cornea, deafness, sore throat, epistaxis, toothache, blurred vision, mania, malaria, pain in the shoulder and elbow.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the ulnar side of the little finger, posterior to the small end of the 5th metacarpal bone, lateral border of the origin of m. abductor digiti minimi manus. Blood vessels: the dorsal digital artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the hand. Nerves: the dorsal metacarpal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Dazhui(DU14) for epilepsy, with Tianzong(SI11) for mastitis, with Fengchi(GB20) for cervical spondylopathy.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-2 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Shu-(Stream) Point of the Small Intestine Channel of Hand-Taiyang, one of the Eight Confluent Points, intersecting with the Du Channel.

• Location: 2 cun above Yangchi (SJ4), between the radius and ulna.
• Indications: Febrile diseases, headache, deafness, tinnitus, motor impairment of the elbow and arm, pain of the fingers, redness, pain and swelling of the eye.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between m. extensor digitorum communis and m.extensor pollicis longus, when the elbow is flexed with the palm facing the ground, the point is on the radial aspect of m.extensor digitorum communis. Blood vessels: deeper, the posterior antebrachial interosseous artery, the palmar antebrachial interosseous artery and vein. Nerves: the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and posterior interosseous nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Tinggong(SI19) for deafness or tinnitus , with Fengchi(GB20) for stiffneck, with Dazhui(DU14), Quchi(LI11) and Hegu(LI4) for common cold and fever.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (1) Luo-(Connecting) Point of the Sanjiao Channel of Hand-Shaoyang. (2) One of the Eight Confluent Points, connecting with the Yangwei Channel.

• 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.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Blood vessels: the posterior auricular artery and vein, the superficial external jugular vein. Nerves: tlie great auricular nerve; deeper, the site where the facial nerve perforates out of the stylomastoid foramen.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Zhongzhu(SJ3) for tinnitus or deafness; with Xiaguan(ST7) for mandibular neuritis , with Dicang(ST4), Jiache(ST6), Xiaguan(ST7), Sibai(ST2) and Hegu(LI4) for facial paralysis.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS The Crossing point of the Hand- and Foot-Shaoyang Channels.

• Location: Lateral to the corner of the mouth, directly below Juliao(ST3).
• Indications: Deviation of the mouth, salivation, twitching of eyelids.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in m.orbicularis oris, deeper, m.buccinator. Blood vessels: the facial artery and vein. Nerves: superficially, the branches of the facial and infraorbital nerves, deeper, the terminal branch of the buccal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POIMS with Chengjiang(RN24) for salivation, with Jiache(ST6) and Hegu(LI4) for facial paralysis or wry mouth.
• METHOD Puncture subcutaneously 1-2 cun with the tip of the needle directed towards Jiache(ST6). Moxibustion is applicable.

• Location: One finger-breadth anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible where m. masseter attaches at the prominence of the muscle when the teeth are clenched.
• Indications:Facial paralysis, toothache, swelling of the cheek, lockjaw.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: anterior to the lower angle of the mandible, there is m. masseter. Blood vessels: the masseteric artery and vein. Nerves: the great auricular nerve, facial nerve and masseteric nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Xiaguan(ST7) and Hegu(LI4) for inferior dental pain, with Yifeng(SJ17) and Hegu(LI4) for acute mumps; with Hegu(LI4) for masseteric spasm.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 cun, or subcutaneously 0.5-1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.

• 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.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on m. rectus abdominis and its sheath. Blood vessels: the branchcs of the gth intercostal and inferior epigastric artcries and veins. Nerves: the branch of the 10 th intercostal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Sanyinjiao(SP6) for irrcgular menstruation) with Zusanli(ST36) for enteritis, dysentery or ascariasis.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARMS Front-Mu Point of the large intestine.

• Location:3 cun below Dubi( ST35), one finger-breadth from the anterior crest of the tibia, in m. tibialis anterior.
• Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting, hiccup, abdominal distension, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, mastitis, enteritis, aching of the knee joint and leg, edema, emaciation due to general deficiency, apoplexy, mania.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between m.anterior tibialis and m.extensor digitorum longus. Blood vessels: the anterior tibial artery and vein. Nerves: superficially, the lateral sural cutaneus nerve and the cutaneous branch of the saphenous nerve, deeper, the deep peroneal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Quchi(LI11) for hypertension, with Shaochong(HT9) for insufficient lactation, with Zhongwan(RN12) and Neiguan(PC6) for gastro-intestinal diseases, with Dubi(ST35)for gonitis.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 1-1.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (1) He-(Sea) Point of the Stomach Channel of Foot-Yangming. (2) This point, an important health-giving one, has tonification effect. (3) Reference materials: (a) It was observed that puncturing Zusanli and Shousanli(LI10) of both healthy Persons and patients with gastric disease can make the stomach contraction faster when the stomach is in relaxation, slower when in tension, and can release pylorospasm. (b) Acupuncture on Zusauli, Hegu(LI4) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) of the children with simple indigestion or toxic indigestion enables low-level free acid and total gastric acidity, and activities of pepsin and gastric lipase to increase rapidly. (c) It has been found that puncturing Zusanli of man and rabbits cnhances the amount of properdin, 17.85 units more in man and 62.1 units more in rabbits, remarkably in 12 hours after the therapy in both man and rabbits. (d) It was reported that puncturing " Zusanli" and "Dazhui(DU14)" in rabbits, could increase the opsonin greatly, promoting the phagocytic index to rise and hence enhancing immunity in the rabbits.

• Location: 1.5 cun lateral to Mingmen( DU4), 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 due to kidney deficieny, blurring of vision, tinnitus, deafness, edema.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: fascia lumbodorsalis, m.longissimus and m.iliocostalis. Blood vessels. the medial branches of the posterior branches of the second lumbar artery and vein. Nerves: the lateral cutaneous branch of the posterior ramus of the first lumbar nerve,deeper,its lateral branch.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Guanyuan(RN4) for impotence or nocturnal emission; with Pishu(BL20) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) for diabetes, with Weizhong(BL40) for lower back pain, with Quchi(LIll) and Renying (ST9) for hypertension.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Back-Shu Point of the kidney.

• 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, atrophy and pain of the lower limbs, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, erysipelas.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in the popliteal fossa, there is the popliteal fascia. Blood, vessels: superficially, femoropopliteal vein, deeper and medially, the popliteal vein, deeest, the popliteal artery. Nerves:the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, the tibial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Tianzong(SI11) and Jianjing(GB21) for mastitis, with Shenshu(BL23) for lumbar muscle strain, with Dazhui(DU14), Quchi(LI11) and Geshu(BL17) for erysipelas.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 1-l.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS He-(Sea) Point of the Bladder Channel of Foot- Taiyang.

• Location: Directly below the belly of m. gastrocnemius, on the line joining Weizhong (BL40) and tendo calcaneus, about 8 cun below Weizhong(BL40).
• Indications:Lower back pain, spasm of the m.gastrocnemius, hemorrhoids, constipation, beriberi.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: at the lower bordder of the junction of the two bellies of m.gastrocnemius. Blood vesseis: the small saphenous vein, deeper, the posterior tibial artery and vein. Nerves: the medial sural cutaneous nerve, deeper the tibial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Baihui(DU20) and Changqiang(DU1) for proctoptosis or hemorrhoids, with Huantiao(GB30), Yinmen(BL37) and Weizhong(BL40) for sciatica.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 1-2 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.

• Location: On the lateral side of the small toe, about 0. 1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
• Indications:Headache, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, ophthalmalgia, malposition of fetus, difficult labour, retention of placenta afterbirth.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Blood vessels: the networkformed by the dorsal digital artery and plantar digital proprial artery. Nerves: the plantar digital proprial nerve and the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Taiyang(EX-HN5) for migraine; with Shenshu(BL23), Guanyuan(RN4) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) for nocturnal emission.
• METHOD Puncture superficially 0.1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS fing-(Well) Point of the Bladder Channel of Foot-Taiyang.

• Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus, in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit.
• Indications:Headache, redness and pain of the eyes, nebula, lacrimation.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: m.orbicularis oculi, deeper, m.temporalis. Blood vessels: the zygomaticoorbital artery and vein. Nerves: the zygomaticofacial and zygo maticotemporal nerves, the temporal branch of the facial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Ganshu(BL18) and Fengchi(GB20) for retinal hemorrhage, with Jingming(BL1) and Hegu(LI4) for conjunctivitis.
• METHOD Puncture obliquely outwards 0.5-0.8 cun.

• Location: In the depression between the upper portion of m. sternocleidomastoideus and m. trapezius, at the same level as Fengfu (DU16).
• Indications: Red and painful eyes, tinnitus, epilepsy, rhinorrhea, pain and stiffness of the neck.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Musclcs: in the depression between m.trapezius and the upper portion of m.sternocleidomastoideus, deeper, m.splenitus capitis. Blood vessels: the branches of the occipital artery and vein. Nerves: the branch of the lesser occipital nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Dazhui(DU14) and 1 Hegu(LI4) for cold, with Waiguan(SJ5) for stiffneck, with Lianquan(RN23) and Tongli(HT5) for aphasia.
• METHOD Puncture obliquely 0.8-1 .2 cun towards the nose with the tip of the needle slightly downwards, or subcutaneously through Fengfu(DU16). Moxibustion is applicable.

• Location:At the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of the distance between the great trochanter and the hiatus of the sacrum(Yaoshu, DU2) . When locating the point, put the patient in lateral recumbent position with the thigh flexed.
• Indications: Pain of the lumbar region, knee and thigh, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs, hemiplegia, Bi-syndrome.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the inferior borders of m.gluteus maximus and m.piriformis. Blood vessels: medially, the inferior gluteal artery and vein, Nerves: the inferior gluteal cutaneous nerve, the inferior gluteal nerve, deeper, the sciatic nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Weizhong(BL40), Yanglingquan(GB34) and Kunlun(BL60) for sciatica, with Yanglingquan(GB34) and Juegu(GB39) for paralysis of the lower extremities.
• METHOD Puncture perendicularly, or obliquely slightly towards the spinal column 2-3.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS The Crossing Point of the Foot-Shaoyang and Foot- TaiYang Channels.

• Location: In the depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
• Indications: Hemiplegia, weakness, numbness and pain of the lower extremities, beriberi, hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: anterior and inferior to the small head of the fibula, in m.peroneus longus and brevis. Blood vessels: the inferior lateral genicular artery and vein. Nerves: just where the common peroncal nerve bifurcates into the superficial and deep peroneal nerves.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Zhigou(SJ6) for intercostal neuralgia, with Riyue(GB24) for cholecystitis, with Quchi(LI11) and Huantiao(GB30) for hemiparalysis.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly l-l.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (l) He-(Sea) Point of the Gallbladder Channel of Foot-Shaoyang. (2) The influential Point of tendon. (3)It has been reported that under the X-ray examination of the effects of acupuncture on the cholecystic kinesics by cholecystographic contrast medium, the researchers have found that acupuncture on this point of the healthy adults without cholecystic diseases can make the most of their cholecystic images (75 .7 % ) shrink greatly, which indicates that acupuncture on this point can increase the cholecystic mobility and evacuation.

• Location: In the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
• Indications: Gastric pain,vomiting,abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscle: in m. abductor hallucis. Blood vessels: the branch of the medial tarsal artery, the dorsal venous network of the foot. Nerves: the saphenous nerve and the branch of the superficial peroneal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Xuanzhong(GB39) for inflammation of the ankle jiont, with Neiguan(PC6) for neuralgia of the stomach, with Zusanli (ST36) for gastritis or gastric ulcer.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Luo-(Connecting) Point of the Spleen Channel of Foot- Taiyin, one of the Eight Confluent Points, linking to the Chong Channel.

• Location :3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the medial aspect of the tibia.
• Indications: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, prolapse of the uterus, sterility, delayed labour, nocturnal emission, impotence, enuresis, hernia, paralysis and pain of the lower limbs, insomnia.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between the posterior border of the tibia and m.soleus, deeper, m.flexer digitorum longus. Blood vessels: the great saphenous vein, the posterior tibial artery and vein. Nerves: superficially, the medial sural cutaneous nerve , deeper, in the posterior aspect, the tibial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT PO1NTS With Quchi(LI11) for hypertension; with Guanyuan(RN4) for dysfunctional uterine bleeding, with Shuifen(RN9) (moxibustion) for abdominal distension: with Yinlingquan(GB9) for angiitis of the lower extremities, with Shenmen(HT7) for insomnia.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 1-l.5 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS (1) The ancient medical books presented that acupuncture on this point is contraindicated in pregnant women. (2) The Crossing Point of the Channels of Foot-Taiyin, -Shaoyin and -Jueyjing.

• Location: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression on the medial border of the tibia.
• Indications: Abdominal distension, edema, jaundice, dysuria, incontinence of urine, pain in the knee.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between the posterior border of the tibia and m.gastrocnemius, superior to the initial point of m.soleus. Blood vessels: anteriorly, the great saphenous vein, the genu suprema artery, deeper,thc posterior tibial artery and vein. Nerves: superficially, the trunk of the medial sural cutaneous nerve, deeper, the tibial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With yanglingquan(GB34) for gonitis, with Guanyuan(RN4) for nocturnal emission or retention of urine, with Zhongji (RN3) for pelvic inflammation or vulvovaginitis.
• METHOD Puncture Perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS He-(Sea) Point of the Spleen Channel of Foot- Taiyin.

• Location: On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in the plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior third and posterior two thirds of the sole.
• Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, dizziness, sore throat, loss of voice, dysuria, infantile convulsions, feverish sensation in the sole, constipation.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between the second and third plantar nietatarsal bones, in the plantar aponeurosis, medially, the tendons of m.flexor digitorum brevis and longus, the second m.lumbricales; deeper m.interossei.BIood vessels: deeper, the plantar arterial arch derived from the anterior tibial artery. Nerves: the second common plantar digital nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Jiuwei(RN15) for epilepsy; with Renzhong(DU26) and Guanyuan(RN4) for shock, with Rangu(KI2) for tonsillitis, with Quchi(LI11) for hypertension.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS fing-(Well) Point of the Kidney Channel of Foot-Shaoyin.

• Location: In the depression between the medial malleolus and tendo calcaneus, at the level with the tip of the medial malleolus.
• Indications: Sore throat, toothache, deafness, tinnitus, dizziness, haemoptysis, asthma, irregular mensruation, insomnia, nocturnal emission, impotence, frequency of micturition, pain in the lower back.
• REOIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: between the medial malleolus and tendo calcaneus. Blood vessels: anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein. Nerves: the medial crural cutaneous nerve, on the course of the tibial nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Kunlun(BL60), Shenmai(BL62) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) for sprain of the ankle, with Taichong(LR3) and Quchi(LI11) for hypertension, with Ermen(SJ21),Tinggong(SI19), Yifeng(SJ17) and Zhongzhu(SJ3)for deafness or tinnitus.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Shu-(Stream) Point and Yuan-(Primary) Point of the Kidney Channel of Foot-Shaoyin.

• 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, infantile convulsion, deviation of the mouth, pain in the hypochondriac region, epilepsy.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: in the space between the first and second metatarsal bones, on the lateral border of the tendon of m.extensor pollicis longus. Blood vessels: the dorsal venous network of the foot, the first dorsal metatarsal artery. Nerves: the branch of the deep peroneal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Fengchi(GB20) for glaucoma; with Quchi(LI11)for hypertension; with Hegu(LI4) and Dazhui(DU14) for epilepsy or schizophrenia.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly o.5-l cun. Moxibustion is applicable.
• REMARKS Shu-(Stream) and Yuan-(Primary) Point of the Liver Channel of Foot-fueyin.

• Location: Midway between the medial end of the two eyebrows.
• Indications: Headache, head heaviness, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, infantile convulsion, frontal headache, insomnia.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: m.frontalis and m.corrugator supercilii. Blood vessels: on both sides, the branches of medial frontal artery and vein. Nerves: the supratrochlear nerve coming from the trigeminal nerve.
• INSTANCES OF ADJUNCT POINTS With Shangxing(DU23) and Hegu(LI4) for rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis, with Quchi(LI11) for hypertension, with Shenmen(HT7) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) for insomnia.
• METHOD Puncture subcutaneously downward 0.3-0.5 cun, or prick to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.

• Location: 0.5 cun lateral to Dazhui (DU14).
• Indications:Asthma, cough, neck rigidity, pain in the shoulder and back, urticaria.
• REGIONAL ANATOMY Muscles: on the origin of m.trapezius. Blood vessels: the interspinal subcutaneous venous plexus. Nerves: the posterior branches of the 7th and 8th cervical nerves.
• METHOD Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 cun. Moxibustion is applicable.