Acupoint Written Flashcards
✓ Jing-Well
✓ Ying-Spring
✓ Shu-Stream
✓ Jing-River
✓ He-Sea
✓ Jing-Well point is situated in the place where the channel qi starts to bubble
✓ Ying-Spring point is where the meridian qi starts to gush
✓ Shu-Stream point is where the meridian qi flourishes
✓ Jing-River point is where the meridian qi is pouring abundantly
✓ He-Sea point signifies the confluence of rivers into the sea, where the meridian qi meets in viscera.
Yuan-source points
Yuan” means origin.
* Yuan-source point is the site where the primary qi of the viscera flows by and retains.
* They are clinically used to diagnose & treat the disorder of related viscera.
Luo-connecting points
“Luo” means connecting.
* Refer to the points where the 15 collaterals stem from the 12 meridians, Du and Ren Meridians as well as the major collateral of the spleen.
- Used to treat the disorders of the regions that the meridians and collaterals run through as well as the disorders to the meridians in exterior-interior relation.
Back-shu points (Zang Fu qi is infused on the back)
- Diagnose & treat the disorder of related viscera, tissues and organs.
Front-mu point (Zang fu qi is infused & converged on the chest & obdomen)
- Locate on the chest & abdomen—where qi of the viscera infused & converged
- Diagnose & treat the disorder of related viscera, especially the disorders of six
Lower he-sea points
- Six points of the three yang meridians of hand and foot—Where the downward flowing qi of six fu- organs communicate with the three yang meridians of foot.
“Lower He-sea points can be used for diseases of six fu-organs”.
Xi-cleft points
- Xi-Cleft point is the site where the Qi of the meridian is deeply converged.
–Yin Meridian: disorders of Blood
–Yang Meridian: acute disorders and pain
Front-mu point (Zang fu qi is infused & converged on the chest & obdomen)
- Diagnose & treat the disorder of related viscera, especially the disorders of six fu-organs.
Back-shu points (Zang Fu qi is infused on the back)
- Diagnose & treat the disorder of related viscera, tissues and organs
Lower he-sea points
- Locate on the trunk & four limbs below the knees & elbows –the sites where the essence of qi, blood, tendons, vessels, bones, marrow, zang and fu-organs converges.
- Apart from treating diseases of the meridian, they are frequently used to treat diseases of corresponding tissues & organs
Eight confluent points
- Treat disorders of face, head & trunk related to 8 extra meridians and 12 regular meridians.
- Refer to the 8 points on the 12 regular meridians that are connected with 8 extra meridians.
The distance between the anterior and posterior hairlines is
12 cun
The distance between the glabella and the anterior hairline
3 cun.
The distance between the angles of the hairline is
9 cun
The distance between the mastoid processes is
9 cun.
The distance between the posterior hairline and the inferior border of the spinous process of C7 is
3 cun
The distance between the medial borders of the scapula is
6 cun
The distance between the tip of the acromion process and the midline of the body is
8 cun.
The distance between the nipples is
8 cun
The distance between the suprasternal fossa to the sternocostal angle
9 cun
The distance between the sternocostal angle and the umbilicus is 8 cun. The distance between the midpoint of the clavicles is
8 cun
The distance between the umbilicus and the pubic symphysis
5 cun.
The distance between the end of axillaryfold and the tip of the 11th rib
12 cun
The distance between the anterior axillary and cubital creases is
9 cun
The distance between the cubital crease and the wrist creases is
12 cun
The distance between the level of the upper border of symphysis to the medial epicondyle of femur is
18 cun
The distance between the lower border of the medial condyle of tibia and the tip of medial malleolus is
13 cun
The distance between the prominence of the great trochanter to the middle of patella is
19 cun
