Acupoints

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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.

Menu

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

    Menu

    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 P墨ny墨n, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, or English (literal translation of the point name).
    Note that joined-up P墨ny墨n 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.

Images

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LU, Hand Greater Y墨n (t脿i y墨n) Lung Channel Points

LI, Hand Y谩ng Brightness (y谩ng m铆ng) Large Intestine Channel Points

ST, Foot Y谩ng Brightness (y谩ng m铆ng) Stomach Channel Points

SP, Foot Greater Y墨n (t脿i y墨n) Spleen Channel Points

HT, Hand Lesser Y墨n (sh脿o y墨n) Heart Channel Points

SI, Hand Greater Y谩ng (sh脿o y谩ng) Small Intestine Channel Points

BL, Foot Greater Y谩ng Bladder (t脿i y谩ng) Channel Points

KL, Foot Lesser Y墨n (sh脿o y墨n) Kidney Channel Points

PC, Hand Reverting Y墨n (ju茅 y墨n) Pericardium Channel Points

TB, Hand Lesser Y谩ng (sh脿o y谩ng) Triple Burner Channel Points

GB, Foot Lesser Y谩ng (sh脿o y谩ng) Gallbladder Channel Points

LR, Foot Reverting Y墨n (ju茅 y墨n) Liver Channel Points

GV, Governing (d奴) Vessel Points

CV, Controlling (r猫n) Vessel Points

TV, Thoroughfare (ch艒ng) Vessel Points

GIV, Girdling (d脿i) Vessel Points

YIS, Y墨n Springing (y墨n qi膩o) Vessel Points

YAS, Y谩ng Springing (y谩ng qi膩o) Vessel Points

YIL, Y墨n Linking (y墨n w茅i) Vessel Points

YAL, Y谩ng Linking (y谩ng w茅i) Vessel Points

Nonchannel Points