Acupuncture Extra Points

Extra Points

Si Shen Cong

mental disorders, wind strike, enhance movement of limbs, insomnia

Location: 4 points all at vertex of scalp, grouped around Du 20 and located 1 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to it

Yu Yao

eye problems, frontal headache

Location: in center of eyebrow, in depression directly above the pupil when eyes are looking straight ahead

Yin Tang

calms spirit, nasal problems, convulsions, insomnia, HBP, frontal headache

Location: at glabella, midpoint between medial extremities of eyebrows

Tai Yang

clear Wind & Heat & head, brighten eyes, wryness of face, trigeminal neuralgia

Location: at temple, in tender depression approx. 1 cun posterior to midpoint between lateral extremity of eyebrow and outer canthus of eye

Jin Jin / Yu Ye

bleed for post stroke mouth problems, clear Heat in the oral cavity

Location: paired points located on veins either side of frenulum of tongue, jinjin to left and yuye to right

Er Jian

eye problems (conjunctivitis, stye, screens, red swollen painful), high fever

Location: when ear is folded forwards, point lies on apex of ear

An Mian

basically Gall bladder 12, insomnia, headache, HBP, mental disorders, hysteria

Location: behind ear, midway between Gall bladder 20 and SJ 17

Ding Chuan

asthma, pain in the shoulder & back

Location: 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to depression below Du 14

Hua Tou Jia Ji

correspond to their Shu points indications

Location: 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to depression below T1 to L5

Yao Yan

backache

Location: in depression approx. 3.5 cun lateral to lower border of L 4

Shi Qi Zhui Xue

lumbar pain

Location: on midline of lower back, in depression below L5

Qi Pang

hernia

Location: on lower abdomen, make an equilateral triangle with sides of the same length as the width of the patient’s mouth. Place the top vertex of the triangle at the navel. The point will be found at the lower two corners of the triangle.

Zi Gong

infertility, irregular menses, eclampsia, orchitis

Location: on lower abdomen, 3 cun lateral to midline, level with Ren 3

Shi Xuan

homogolous to the Jingwell indications

Location: on tips of fingers, approx. 1 cun from the fingernail

Si Feng

infantile Gan (malnutrition, parasites, Spleen Qi ),

Location: on palmar surface of hand, at midpoints of transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal joints of index, middle, ring and little fingers

Er Bai

hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum

Location: on flexor aspect of forearm, 4 cun proximal to P7, either side of tendon of flexor carpi radialis (tendon closer to ulna)

Ba Xie

local hand problems

Location: when hand is made into fist, 6 of these points lie in depressions between metacarpal heads, proximal to web margins. Remaining 2 points lie equidistant between thumb and index metacarpals, proximal to web margins

Luo Zhen

pain & stiffness in neck, shoulder

Location: on dorsum of hand, in depression just proximal to 2nd and 3rd metacarpophalangeal joints

Yao Tong Dian

lumbar pain/sprain

Location: On the dorsum of the hand, 1 cun distal to the wrist crease, one point each between the 2nd & 3rd, & 4th & 5th metacarpals.

Jian Qian

shoulder pain

Location: on anterior aspect of shoulder joint, midway between anterior axillary crease and Large Intestine 15

Nei Xi Yan

numbness/pain/swelling of knee

Location: on knee, in hollows formed when knee is flexed, immediately below patella and both medial and lateral to the patellar ligament

Lan Wei

appendicitis (if tender can also be used for diagnosis), indigestion

Location: approx. 2 cun distal to Stomach 36 on right leg

Dan Nang

GB cysts, stones, worms, lateral costal pain

Location: between 1 to 2 cun distal to Gall bladder 34 on right leg

Ba Feng

foot Qi (athletes foot), local foot problems

Location: on dorsum of foot, between toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of web

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