i Shen Cong – mental disorders, wind strike, enhance movement of limbs, insomnia
Location: 4 points all at vertex of scalp, grouped around Du 20 and located 1 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to it
Yu Yao – eye problems, frontal headache
Location: in center of eyebrow, in depression directly above the pupil when eyes are looking straight ahead
Yin Tang – calms spirit, nasal problems, convulsions, insomnia, HBP, frontal headache
Location: at glabella, midpoints between medial extremities of eyebrows
Tai Yang – clear Wind & Heat & head, brighten eyes, wryness of face, trigeminal neuralgia
Location: at temple, in tender depression approx. 1 cun posterior to midpoints between lateral extremity of eyebrow and outer canthus of eye
Jin Jin / Yu Ye – bleed for post stroke mouth problems, clear Heat in the oral cavity
Location: paired points located on veins either side of frenulum of tongue, jinjin to left and yuye to right
Er Jian – eye problems (conjunctivitis, stye, screens, red swollen painful), high fever
Location: when ear is folded forwards, points lies on apex of ear
An Mian – basically GB 12, insomnia, headache, HBP, mental disorders, hysteria
Location: behind ear, midway between GB 20 and SJ 17
Ding Chuan – asthma, pain in the shoulder & back
Location: 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to depression below Du 14
Hua Tou Jia Ji – correspond to their Shu points indications
Location: 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to depression below T1 to L5
Yao Yan – backache
Location: in depression approx. 3.5 cun lateral to lower border of L 4
Shi Qi Zhui Xue – lumbar pain
Location: on midline of lower back, in depression below L5
Qi Pang – hernia
Location: on lower abdomen, make an equilateral triangle with sides of the same length as the width of the patient’s mouth.
Place the top vertex of the triangle at the navel. The points will be found at the lower two corners of the triangle.
Zi Gong – infertility, irregular menses, eclampsia, orchitis
Location: on lower abdomen, 3 cun lateral to midline, level with Ren 3
Shi Xuan – homogolous to the Jing-well indications
Location: on tips of fingers, approx. 1 cun from the fingernail
Si Feng – infantile Gan (malnutrition, parasites, SP Qi ↓),
Location: on palmar surface of hand, at midpoints of transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal joints of index, middle, ring and little fingers
Er Bai – hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum
Location: on flexor aspect of forearm, 4 cun proximal to P7, either side of tendon of flexor carpi radialis (tendon closer to ulna)
Ba Xie – local hand problems
Location: when hand is made into fist, 6 of these points lie in depressions between metacarpal heads, proximal to web margins.
Remaining 2 points lie equidistant between thumb and index metacarpals, proximal to web margins
Luo Zhen – pain & stiffness in neck, shoulder
Location: on dorsum of hand, in depression just proximal to 2nd and 3rd metacarpo-phalangeal joints
Yao Tong Dian – lumbar pain/sprain
Location: On the dorsum of the hand, 1 cun distal to the wrist crease, one points each between the 2nd & 3rd, & 4th & 5th metacarpals.
Jian Qian – shoulder pain
Location: on anterior aspect of shoulder joint, midway between anterior axillary crease and LI 15
Nei Xi Yan – numbness/pain/swelling of knee
Location: on knee, in hollows formed when knee is flexed, immediately below patella and both medial and lateral to the patellar ligament
Lan Wei – appendicitis (if tender can also be used for diagnosis), indigestion
Location: approx. 2 cun distal to ST 36 on right leg
Dan Nang – GB cysts, stones, worms, lateral costal pain
Location: between 1 to 2 cun distal to GB 34 on right leg
Ba Feng – foot Qi (athletes foot), local foot problems
Location: on dorsum of foot, between toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of web
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