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This is the Acupoints section of CMD, which presents 400 or so channel and nonchannel points with location, classical location, local anatomy, indications, traditional indications, needling depth, stimulus, and point groups they belong to, and the meanings of their Chinese names. Links to the Dictionary table are provided.

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    • Click Channel to access information in the Dictionary about the channel of interest.
    • Click on Acupoints to see a preview list of all the points on the channel. Just click on the one that interests you.

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  • First, select Headword only or Headword and Text depending on whether you wish to search in the heading of an entry/article or through the heading and the text below it.
  • Then, in the search box, enter alphanumeric codes (e.g., LU-1), unaccented Pīnyīn, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, or English (literal translation of the point name).
    Note that joined-up Pīnyīn can be used to search for headwords, but not the whole text.
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    • Starting with to give you headwords that start with your search string or
    • Containing to give headwords that contain (or the text of which contains) your search string.
  • A filter box below Results allows you to insert another search string to narrow your search. So, for example, if your search string is blood vacuity, you can add headache in the filter box. To find all acupoints in which blood vacuity and headache both appear, either in the headword or headword and text, depending on which selection you have made.

Links

  • The texts include copious links to the Dictionary table.
  • For those studying Chinese, each character of the Chinese headword is linked to the Terms table, where examples of its use can be found, together with links to stroke order animations.

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GV, Governing (dū) Vessel Points

  • GV-2 腰俞 〔腰俞〕yāo shù, Lumbar Transport
    Modern location: On the posterior midline, at the sacrococcygeal joint.
    Modern indications: Menstrual irregularities; hemorrhoids; lumbar pain and stiffness; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; epilepsy.
  • GV-4 命门 〔命門〕mìng mén, Life Gate
    Modern location: On the lower back, inferior to the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra.
    Modern indications: Impotence; seminal emission; vaginal discharge; menstrual irregularities; diarrhea; stiffness in the lumbar spine.
  • GV-6 脊中 〔脊中〕jǐ zhōng, Spinal Center
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Diarrhea; jaundice; hemorrhoids; epilepsy; infant gān accumulation; prolapse of the rectum.
  • GV-7 中枢 〔中樞〕zhōng shū, Central Pivot
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Jaundice; vomiting and retching; abdominal fullness; stiffness and stiffness of the spinal column.
  • GV-9 至阳 〔至陽〕zhì yáng, Extremity of Yáng
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Jaundice; distension and fullness in the chest and rib-side; cough; panting; back pain; stiffness of the spinal column.
  • GV-10 灵台 〔靈台〕líng tái, Spirit Tower
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; clove sores (dīng chuāng); pain and stiffness in the spine.
  • GV-11 神道 〔神道〕shén dào, Spirit Path
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Heart palpitation; forgetfulness; cough; heart pain; painful stiffness in the back and spinal column.
  • GV-13 陶道 〔陶道〕táo dào, Kiln Path
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.
    Modern indications: Headache; malarial disease; febrile disease; stiffness of the spinal column.
  • GV-14 大椎 〔大椎〕dà zhuī, Great Hammer
    Modern location: On the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.
    Modern indications: Febrile disease; malarial disease; cough; panting; steaming bone tidal heat effusion; epilepsy; headache and stiff nape; wind papules.
  • GV-15 哑门 〔啞門〕yǎ mén, Mute’s Gate
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the neck, 0.5 cùn above the posterior hairline and 0.5 cùn below GV-16, on the midline.
    Modern indications: Fulminant loss of voice; stiff tongue preventing speech (wind stroke); mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; headache and stiff nape.
  • GV-16 风府 〔風府〕fēng fǔ, Wind House
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the neck, immediately inferior to the occipital bone on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; dizzy vision; painful swollen throat; loss of voice; mania and withdrawal; wind stroke.
  • GV-17 脑户 〔腦戶〕nǎo hù, Brain’s Door
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the head, immediately superior to the external occipital protuberance (eop), 1.5 cùn above the occipital ridge, on the midline.
    Modern indications: Dizzy head; stiff nape; loss of voice; epilepsy.
  • GV-18 强间 〔強間〕qiáng jiān, Unyielding Space
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the head, 1.5 cùn above the superior border of the external occipital protuberance (eop) on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; stiff nape; mania and withdrawal.
  • GV-19 后顶 〔後頂〕hòu dǐng, Behind the Vertex
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the head, 3 cùn above the superior border of the external occipital protuberance (eop) on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy.
  • GV-20 百会 〔百會〕bǎi huì, Hundred Convergences
    Modern location: On the superior aspect of the head, 7 cùn above the posterior hairline and 5 cùn behind the anterior hairline on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; loss of speech wind stroke; tinnitus; mania and withdrawal; prolapse of the rectum; yīn protrusion (prolapse of the uterus).
  • GV-23 上星 〔上星〕shàng xīng, Upper Star
    Modern location: On the superior aspect of the head, 1 cùn within the anterior hairline on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; eye pain; deep-source nasal congestion; nosebleed; mania and withdrawal; malarial disease; febrile disease.
  • GV-24 神庭 〔神庭〕shén tíng, Spirit Court
    Modern location: On the superior aspect of the head, 0.5 cùn within the anterior hairline on the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; insomnia; deep-source nasal congestion; epilepsy.
  • GV-26 水沟 〔水溝〕shuǐ gōu, Water Trough
    Modern location: Superior to the upper lip, in the philtrum, one third of the distance from the base of the nasal septum to the red skin of the upper lip on the midline.
    Modern indications: Mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; child fright wind; clouded spirit; deviated eyes and mouth; painful stiffness of the lumbar spine.