Nonchannel Points

• M-BW-1 定喘 〔定喘〕dìng chuǎn, Panting Stabilizer
  An acupoint located on the upper back, 1 cùn lateral to the inferior border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (GV-14).

• M-BW-12 胃管下俞 〔胃管下俞〕wèi guǎn xià shū, Below the Stomach Duct
  An acupoint located in the middle of the back, 1.5 cùn lateral to the inferior border of the spinous of the eighth thoracic vertebra.

• M-BW-16 痞根 〔痞根〕pǐ gēn, Glomus Root
  An acupoint located on the lower back, 3.5 cùn lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.

• M-BW-24 腰眼 〔腰眼〕yāo yǎn, Lumbar Eye
  An acupoint located on the lower back, in the dimple below the iliac crest, about 3.5 cùn lateral to the fourth lumbar vertebra.

• M-BW-25 十七椎穴 〔十七椎穴〕shí qī zhuī xuè, Seventeenth Vertebra Point
  An acupoint located on the lower back, inferior to the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra (i.e., at the lumbosacral joint).

• M-BW-29 腰奇 〔腰奇〕yāo qí, Lumbar Extra
  An acupoint located on the sacrum, 2 cùn above the tip of the coccyx on the midline.

• M-BW-34 环中 〔環中〕huán zhōng, In the Round
  An acupoint located on the buttocks, one third of the distance from the sacrococcygeal joint to the greater trochanter, midway between GV-2 (yāo shù) and GB-30 (huán tiào).

• M-BW-35 夹脊 〔夾脊〕jiá jí, Paravertebrals
  An acupoint located in a line on either side of the spine, 0.5 cùn lateral to the inferior border of the spinous processes of the first cervical to the fifth lumbar vertebrae. There are 24 points on each side.

• M-CA-18 子宫 〔子宮〕zǐ gōng, Infant’s Palace
  An acupoint located on the lower abdomen, 4 cùn inferior to the level of the umbilicus and 3 cùn lateral to the midline.

• M-CA-23 三角灸 〔三角灸〕sān jiǎo jiǔ, Moxibustion Triangle
  An acupoint located on the lower abdomen, at the lower angles of an equilateral triangle with the apex at the navel and each of its sides as long as the width of the patient's mouth.

• M-HN-1 四神聪 〔四神聰〕sì shén cōng, Alert Spirit Quartet
  A group of acupoints located on the superior aspect of the head, 1 cùn in front of, behind and on either side of GV-20 (bǎi huì).

• M-HN-3 印堂 〔印堂〕yìn táng, Hall of Impression
  An acupoint located between the eyebrows, on the anterior midline at the center of the glabella.

• M-HN-6 鱼腰 〔魚腰〕yú yāo, Fish’s Lumbus
  An acupoint located in the middle of the eyebrow. When the eye looks straight ahead the point is vertically in line with the pupil.

• M-HN-8 球后 〔球後〕qiú hòu, Back of the Ball
  An acupoint located between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge, halfway between the midpoint of the infraorbital ridge (ST-1) and the outer canthus.

• M-HN-9 太阳 〔太陽〕tài yáng, Tài Yáng
  An acupoint located in the depression on the temple 1 cùn posterior to a point midway between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus.

• M-HN-10 耳尖 〔耳尖〕ěr jiān, Tip of the Ear
  An acupoint located at the apex of the ear.