Extra Points - Head

Question 1

Si Shen Cong

Answer 1

Four points for Mental Clarity

Four points at the vertex of the head - 1 cun anterior, posterior, left and right of DU-20.

Question 2

Yin Tang

Answer 2

Seal Hall

At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.

Question 3

Yu Yao

Answer 3

Fish’s Waist

The midpoint of each eyebrow, directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight forwards, over the supraorbital foramen.

Question 4

Qiu Hou

Answer 4

Behind the (eye)ball

Between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge, midway between the outer canthus and ST-1

Question 5

Tai Yang

Answer 5

Greater Yang

At the temple, in a depression approximately 1 cun posterior to the midpoint of a line connecting TB-23 and GB-1.

Question 6

Er Jian

Answer 6

Ear Apex

When the ear is folded forward, this point is located at the apex of the ear.

Question 7

Bi Tong

Answer 7

Unlock the Nose
(Shang Ying Xiang - Upper LI-20)

At the highest point of the naso-labial groove, on the face.

Question 8

Jia Cheng Jiang

Answer 8

Pinch Container of Fluids (REN-24)

On the chin, over the mental foramen, approximately 1 cun to either side of REN-24.

Question 9

Jin Jin/Yu Ye

Answer 9

Gold Liquid/Jade Fluid

2 points under the tongue, at the midpoint of the left and right sublingual veins. Jin Jin - Left, Yu Ye - Right.

Question 10

Hai Quan

Answer 10

Sea Spring, Sea of Saliva

On the inferior surface of the tongue, in the center of the frenulum, between Jin Jin and Yu Ye.

Question 11

Qian Zheng

Answer 11

Pull Correct

On the side of the face, 0.5 to 1 cun anterior to the attachment of the earlobe in the masseter muscle midway between ST-6 and ST-7.

Question 12

Shang Liang Quan

Answer 12

Upper Ridge Spring (Upper REN-23)

Above the laryngeal prominence, midway between the mandible and the hyoid bone of the midline.