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
GB12, insomnia, headache, HBP, mental disorders, hysteria
- Location:
behind ear, midway between GB20 and TH17
Ding Chuan
- asthma,
pain in the shoulder & back
- Location:
0.5 to 1 cun lateral to depression below DU14
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
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 Jing-well indications
- Location:
on tips of fingers, approx. 1 cun from the fingernail
Si Feng
- infantile
Gan (malnutrition, parasites, SP 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
metacarpo-phalangeal 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 LI 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 ST 36 on right leg
Dan Nang
- GB cysts,
stones, worms, lateral costal pain
- Location:
between 1 to 2 cun distal to GB 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
