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.

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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 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.

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

  • KI-9 绛戝 銆旂瘔璩撱晍h煤 b墨n, Guest House
    Modern location: On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 5 c霉n superior to the medial malleolus, just inferior to the contour of the lower border of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle on the line connecting KI-3 (t脿i x墨) and KI-10 (y墨n g菙).
    Modern indications: Mania and withdrawal; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); vomiting and retching; lower leg pain.
  • SP-12 鍐查棬 銆旇闁銆昪h艒ng m茅n, Surging Gate
    Modern location: In the groin, level with the superior border of the pubic bone, 3.5 c霉n lateral to the midline (just lateral to the femoral pulse).
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge.
  • LR-14 鏈熼棬 銆旀湡闁銆晀墨 m茅n, Cycle Gate
    Modern location: On the chest, in the sixth intercostal space, on the midclavicular line.
    Modern indications: Distension and pain in the chest and rib-side; abdominal distension; vomiting and retching; mammary welling-abscess (r菙 y艒ng).
  • CV-23 寤夋硥 銆斿粔娉夈昹i谩n qu谩n, Ridge Spring
    Modern location: On the anterior aspect of the neck, immediately superior to the hyoid bone on the midline.
    Modern indications: Subglossal swelling and pain; slack tongue and drooling; stiff tongue preventing speech; fulminant loss of voice; difficulty in swallowing.