Extraordinary Points

Question 1

Head and neck:

Shangming

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 1

1. Directly above pupil immediately inferior to the supra orbital margin.
2. Eye disorders.
3. Perpendicular 0.5–1.5 cun

Question 2

Head and neck:

Yiming

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 2

1. 1cun posterior to TE 17
2. Eye disorders
3. Oblique 0.3 - 0.5 cun

Question 3

Head and neck:

Jiachengjiang

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 3

1. 1 cun lateral to CV 24
2. Deviation of mouth, toothache
3. Perpendicular - oblique 0.3-0.5 cun

Question 4

Head and neck:

Jingbi

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 4

1. 1/3 of the distance between the medial end of the clavicle, to the lateral end, up 1 cun, at the posterior margin of the SCM.
2. Numbness and paralysis of the arm
3. Perpendicular 0.5-0.8 cun

caution avoid pointing the needle downward, may cause pneumothorax.

Question 5

Head and neck:

Qianzheng

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 5

1. 0.5-1 cun anterior to the auricular lobe
2. Facial paralysis, deviation of eye or mouth, jaw tension
3. Oblique 0.5 - 1cun

Question 6

Back and waist:

Jiehexue

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 6

1. 3.5 cun lateral to C7 / GV14
2. Pulmonary TB
3. Perpendicular 0.5 - 0.8 cun

Question 7

Back and waist:

Huanmen

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 7

1. 1.5cun lateral to the prominence of the spinous process of T5
2. Nourishes yin, clears heat, Tonifies Qi
3. Oblique towards the spine 0.5 - 1cun

Transverse- oblique 1- 1.5 cun

Question 8

Back and waist:

Weiguanxiasgu

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 8

1. 1.5 cun lateral to lower boarder of T8
2. Clears heat, generates fluids, diabetes point
3. Oblique towards the spine 0.5-1 cun Transverse oblique 1 - 1.5cun

Question 9

Back and Waist

Pigen

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 9

1. 3.5 cun lateral to the lower boarder of T1
2. Spleen disorder, lumbar pain
3. Perpendicular 0.8-1.2 cun

Question 10

Back and waist:

Shiqizhuixia

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 10

1. On midline of low back, in depression below L5
2. Tonify KD, promote urination
3. Perpendicular 0.5-1cun

Question 11

Upper Extremity:

Zhongkui

Location? Indication? Needling?

Answer 11

1. Dorsum of hand, at mid point of the proximal interphalangeal joint of middle finger
2. Vomiting, anorexia, hiccups
3. Moxibustion

Question 12

Zhoujian

what does it do?

Where is it located?

Answer 12

• transforms phlegm, dissipates swelling
• located on the tip of the Olecranon process

Question 13

HuaTuoJiaji

T1 - T4

Answer 13

T1 - T4 (LUNG and Upper Limb)

Question 14

HuaTuoJiaji

T4 - T7

Answer 14

Heart

Question 15

HuaTuoJiaji

T7 - T10

Answer 15

T7 - T10
Liver and Gallbladder

Question 16

HuaTuoJiaji

T10 - T12

Answer 16

SP / ST

Question 17

HuaTuoJiaji

L1 - L2

Answer 17

Kidney

Question 18

HuaTuoJiaji

L3 - L5

Answer 18

BL
LI
SI
Uterus
Lower Limbs

Question 19

HuaTuoJiaji

What two things do they all treat?

Answer 19

Pain/ Stiffness of local area
Zosters (Herpes) Virus