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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.
  • After entering your search word(s), you will see the Search Results appear. You can select
    • 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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CV, Controlling (rèn) Vessel Points

  • CV-1 会阴 〔會陰〕huì yīn, Meeting of Yīn
    Modern location: At the center of the perineum, between the anus and the scrotum on males, and between the anus and the posterior labial commissura on females.
    Modern indications: Inhibited urination; hemorrhoids; seminal emission; menstrual irregularities; mania and withdrawal; clouded spirit.
  • CV-2 曲骨 〔曲骨〕qū gǔ, Curved Bone
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, at the superior border of the pubic symphysis, 5 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Inhibited urination; enuresis; seminal emission; impotence; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge.
  • CV-3 中极 〔中極〕zhōng jí, Central Pole
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 4 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Enuresis; inhibited urination; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); seminal emission; impotence; menstrual irregularities; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge; yīn protrusion (prolapse of the uterus); infertility.
  • CV-4 关元 〔關元〕guān yuán, Pass Head
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 3 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Enuresis; frequent urination; urinary stoppage; diarrhea; abdominal pain; seminal emission; impotence; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); flooding and spotting; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; infertility; vacuity taxation with marked emaciation.
  • CV-5 石门 〔石門〕shí mén, Stone Gate
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 2 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; water swelling; diarrhea; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); inhibited urination; diarrhea; amenorrhea; vaginal discharge; flooding and spotting.
  • CV-6 气海 〔氣海〕qì hǎi, Sea of Qì
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 1.5 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; diarrhea; constipation; enuresis; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); seminal emission; menstrual irregularities; amenorrhea; vacuity desertion.
  • CV-7 阴交 〔陰交〕yīn jiāo, Yīn Intersection
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 1 cùn inferior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; water swelling; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge.
  • CV-9 水分 〔水分〕shuǐ fēn, Water Divide
    Modern location: On the upper abdomen, 1 cùn superior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; diarrhea; prolapse of the rectum; water swelling; vacuity desertion.
  • CV-10 下脘 〔下脘〕xià wǎn, Lower Stomach Duct
    Modern location: On the upper abdomen, 2 cùn superior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; abdominal distension; diarrhea; vomiting and retching; nontransformation of grain and water; glomus lump.
  • CV-14 巨阙 〔巨闕〕jù què, Great Tower Gate
    Modern location: On the upper abdomen, 6 cùn superior to the umbilicus on the midline.
    Modern indications: Chest pain; heart palpitation; vomiting and retching; acid swallowing; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy.
  • CV-16 中庭 〔中庭〕zhōng tíng, Center Palace
    Modern location: On the chest, at the substernal angle, level with the fifth intercostal space on the midline.
    Modern indications: Distension and fullness in the chest; heart pain; vomiting and retching; vomiting of milk in infants.
  • CV-17 膻中 〔膻中〕dàn zhōng, Chest Center
    Modern location: On the chest, level with the fourth intercostal space on the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; chest pain; heart palpitation; scant breast milk; vomiting and retching; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé).
  • CV-22 天突 〔天突〕tiān tú, Celestial Chimney
    Modern location: On the chest, immediately superior to the suprasternal notch on the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; chest pain; painful swollen throat; fulminant loss of voice; goiter; plum-pit qì; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé).
  • CV-23 廉泉 〔廉泉〕lián quán, Ridge Spring
    Modern location: On the anterior aspect of the neck, immediately superior to the hyoid bone on the midline.
    Modern indications: Subglossal swelling and pain; slack tongue and drooling; stiff tongue preventing speech; fulminant loss of voice; difficulty in swallowing.