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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.

Searches

  • 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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YAS, Yáng Springing (yáng qiāo) Vessel Points

  • ST-1 承泣 〔承泣〕chéng qì, Tear Container
    Modern location: Between the eyeball and the midpoint of the infraorbital ridge.
    Modern indications: Painful red swollen eyes; tearing; night blindness; deviated eyes and mouth; twitching of the eyelids.
  • BL-1 睛明 〔睛明〕jīng míng, Bright Eyes
    Modern location: On the face, 0.1 cùn directly above the inner canthus of the eye, in the space between the eyeball and the bones forming the medial orbit.
    Modern indications: Painful red swollen eyes; tearing; unclear vision; night blindness; color blindness.
  • ST-3 巨髎 〔巨髎〕jù liáo, Great Bone-Hole
    Modern location: On the cheek, straight below ST-2 (sì bái), level with the lower border of the ala nasi.
    Modern indications: Deviated eyes and mouth; twitching of the eyelids; nosebleed; toothache; swelling of the lips and cheek.
  • ST-4 地仓 〔地倉〕dì cāng, Earth Granary
    Modern location: On the face, on a vertical line with ST-1 (chéng qì), ST-2 (sì bái), and ST-3 (jù liáo), level with the corner of the mouth.
    Modern indications: Deviated mouth; drooling; twitching of the eyelids.
  • LI-15 肩髃 〔肩髃〕jiān yú, Shoulder Bone
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the shoulder, inferior to the acromioclavicular articulation, between the anterior and medial portions of the deltoid muscle, in the most anterior of the depressions that form when the arm is abducted.
    Modern indications: Hypertonicity, pain, or paralysis of the shoulder and arm; stiff neck and nape; dormant papules; scrofula.
  • LI-16 巨骨 〔巨骨〕jù gǔ, Great Bone
    Modern location: On the superior aspect of the shoulder, medial and slightly posterior to the bony prominence of the acromioclavicular articulation, in the depression at the lateral end of the supraspinous fossa.
    Modern indications: Hypertonicity, pain, or paralysis of the shoulder and upper arm; scrofula; goiter.
  • GB-20 风池 〔風池〕fēng chí, Wind Pool
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the neck, below the occipital bone, in the large depression between the trapezius and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; painful red swollen eyes; deep-source nasal congestion; snivelingand nosebleed; tinnitus; painful stiffness of the neck and nape; common cold; epilepsy; wind stroke; goiter; febrile disease; malarial disease; goiter.
  • GB-29 居髎 〔居髎〕jū liáo, Squatting Bone-Hole
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the hip, in the body of the tensor fascia lata muscle, midway between the anterior superior iliac spine (asis) and the prominence of the greater trochanter.
    Modern indications: Lumbar pain; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia).
  • BL-59 跗阳 〔跗陽〕fū yáng, Instep Yáng
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 3 cùn superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, midway between the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus) and the posterior edge of the fibula.
    Modern indications: Headache; lumbosacral pain; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; painful swelling of the external malleolus; paralysis.
  • BL-61 仆参 〔僕參〕pú cān, Subservient Visitor
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the heel, straight below BL-60, in a depression on the calcaneum at the border of the red and white flesh.
    Modern indications: Wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; heel pain; epilepsy.
  • BL-62 申脉 〔申脈〕shēn mài, Extending Vessel
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression immediately inferior to the lateral malleolus.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; epilepsy; mania and withdrawal; aching pain in the lumbus and legs; painful red eyes; pain in the lumbus and leg.