Acupoints Search

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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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You can select any item from the list appearing below this panel.

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    You can select any item from the list appearing below the search box.

    • 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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Nonchannel Points

  • M-BW-16 痞根 〔痞根〕pǐ gēn, Glomus Root
    Modern location: On the lower back, 3.5 cùn lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.
    Modern indications: Glomus lump (specifically hepatosplenomegaly); diarrhea; hernia; lumbar pain; stomach pain.
  • M-BW-24 腰眼 〔腰眼〕yāo yǎn, Lumbar Eye
    Modern location: On the lower back, in the dimple below the iliac crest, about 3.5 cùn lateral to the fourth lumbar vertebra.
    Modern indications: Pulmonary tuberculosis; frequent urination; dispersion-thirst; menstrual irregularities; women's diseases; lumbar pain.
  • M-BW-34 环中 〔環中〕huán zhōng, In the Round
    Modern location: On the buttocks, one third of the distance from the sacrococcygeal joint to the greater trochanter, midway between GV-2 (yāo shù) and GB-30 (huán tiào).
    Modern indications: Lumbar pain; sciatica.
  • M-BW-35 夹脊 〔夾脊〕jiá jí, Paravertebrals
    Modern location: In a line on either side of the spine, 0.5 cùn lateral to the inferior border of the spinous processes of the first cervical to the fifth lumbar vertebrae. There are 24 points on each side.
    Modern indications: The cervical paravertebrals are indicated for disorders of the head, neck and upper limbs. The indications for the thoracic and lumbar paravertebrals are similar to those of the back transport points. The paravertebral points on the upper back are used for disorders of the lower abdomen, kidney, intestines, bladder and lower limbs.
  • M-CA-18 子宫 〔子宮〕zǐ gōng, Infant’s Palace
    Modern location: On the lower abdomen, 4 cùn inferior to the level of the umbilicus and 3 cùn lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Prolapse of the uterus; menstrual irregularities; menstrual pain; flooding and spotting; infertility; eclampsia; pain due to hernia; orchitis.
  • M-HN-3 印堂 〔印堂〕yìn táng, Hall of Impression
    Modern location: Between the eyebrows, on the anterior midline at the center of the glabella.
    Modern indications: Infantile fright wind; high blood pressure; frontal headache; heavy-headedness; nosebleed; deep-source nasal congestion; insomnia.
  • M-HN-6 鱼腰 〔魚腰〕yú yāo, Fish’s Lumbus
    Modern location: In the middle of the eyebrow. When the eye looks straight ahead the point is vertically in line with the pupil.
    Modern indications: Painful, red, swollen eyes; drooping eyelid; supraorbital neuralgia; cloudiness of the cornea.
  • M-HN-8 球后 〔球後〕qiú hòu, Back of the Ball
    Modern location: Between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge, halfway between the midpoint of the infraorbital ridge (ST-1) and the outer canthus.
    Modern indications: Inflammation or atrophy of the optic nerve; pigmentary degeneration of the retina; glaucoma; early stages of cataracts; nearsightedness in young people.
  • M-HN-9 太阳 〔太陽〕tài yáng, Tài Yáng
    Modern location: In the depression on the temple 1 cùn posterior to a point midway between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus.
    Modern indications: Headache; deviated eyes and mouth; trigeminal neuralgia; atrophy of the optic nerve; retinal bleeding; dry eyes; pain, redness and swelling of the eyes.