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Local points are acupuncture points located at the site of the sign or bowel or viscus being treated. Any point can be employed as a local point. Local points are most effective for chronic local diseases, but are occasionally used to treat acute local diseases too. Local points also include adjacent points—those situated near the disease site. These can replace local points in the treatment of acute conditions and can strengthen the effects of local (and distant) points. Although any point can function as an adjacent point, those that have a salient location are usually chosen. Several commonly used local points are conventionally used for certain local diseases. See point selection.

Examples

Vertex

• GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì)
• Alert Spirit Quartet (四神聪 sì shén cōng)
• BL-7 (Celestial Connection, 通天 tōng tiān)

Forehead

• GB-14 (Yáng White, 阳白 yáng bái)
• Greater yáng (tài yáng) (太阳 tài yáng)
• GB-15 ((Head) Overlooking Tears, (头)临泣 tóu lín qì)
• BL-5 (Fifth Place, 五处 wǔ chù)

Eyes

• BL-1 (Bright Eyes, 睛明 jīng míng)
• GB-1 (Pupil Bone-Hole, 瞳子髎 tóng zǐ liáo)
• Back of the Ball (球后 qiú hòu)
• BL-2 (Bamboo Gathering, 攒竹 zǎn zhú)

Nose

• LI-20 (Welcome Fragrance, 迎香 yíng xiāng)
• ST-3 (Great Bone-Hole, 巨髎 jù liáo)
• GV-23 (Upper Star, 上星 shàng xīng)

Ear diseases

• TB-21 (Ear Gate, 耳门 ěr mén)
• TB-17 (Wind Screen, 翳风 yì fēng)
• GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí)
• GB-2 (Auditory Convergence, 听会 tīng huì)
• SI-19 (Auditory Palace, 听宫 tīng gōng)

Mouth and Teeth

• ST-5 (Great Reception, 大迎 dà yíng)
• CV-24 (Sauce Receptacle, 承浆 chéng jiāng)
• ST-6 (Cheek Carriage, 颊车 jiá chē)
• ST-7 (Below the Joint, 下关 xià guān)

Throat

• CV-23 (Ridge Spring, 廉泉 lián quán)
• CV-22 (Celestial Chimney, 天突 tiān tú)
• SI-17 (Celestial Countenance, 天容 tiān róng)

Shoulder

• LI-15 (Shoulder Bone, 肩髃 jiān yú)
• TB-14 (Shoulder Bone-Hole, 肩髎 jiān liáo)
• SI-10 (Upper Arm Transport, 臑俞 nào shù)
• SI-11 (Celestial Gathering, 天宗 tiān zōng)

Elbows

• LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí)
• LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé)
• TB-10 (Celestial Well, 天井 tiān jǐng)

Wrists

• TB-4 (Yáng Pool, 阳池 yáng chí)
• LI-5 (Yáng Ravine, 阳溪 yáng xī)
• SI-4 (Wrist Bone, 腕骨 wàn gǔ)

Stomach

• CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn)
• ST-21 (Beam Gate, 梁门 liáng mén)
• LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén)

Kidney

• BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù)
• BL-52 (Will Chamber, 志室 zhì shì)

Lumbus

• BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù)
• GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén)
• GV-25 (White Bone-Hole, 素髎 sù liáo)
• GV-3 (Lumbar Yáng Pass, 腰阳关 yāo yáng guān)

Knees

• ST-34 (Beam Hill, 梁丘 liáng qiū)
• GB-33 (Knee Yáng Joint, 膝阳关 xī yáng guān)
• GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán)
• Crane Top (鹤顶 hè dǐng)
• Eye of the Knee (膝眼 xī yǎn)

Ankles

• GB-40 (Hill Ruins, 丘墟 qiū xū)
• KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī)
• BL-60 (Kunlun Mountains, 昆仑 kūn lún)
• KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi)

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