Atlas of Acupuncture

5 The Eight Extraordinary Vessels (qi jing ba mai) with Points

Location

On the anterior midline, below the lower lip, in the mentolabial

groove.

How to find

On the chin, locate the mentolabial groove (➞3.1.3), which

forms a horizontal depression at the transition from the chin to

the lower lip. Locate Ren-24in this groove, on the midline.

Needling

0.2–0.3 cun obliquely in a superior direction.

Actions/Indications

● Eliminates (external) Wind, opens the luo-connecting ves-

sels, alleviates pain and swellings, regulates the ren mai

● As Sun Si Miao Ghost point for epilepsy and mania

Special features

Meeting point with the du mai, ST and L.I. channels, Sun Si

Miao Ghost point. Important local point.

Ren-24 Container of Fluids CHENGJIANG

Ren-24

Ex-HN

ST-4

L.I.-20

L.I.-19

G.B.-2 ST-7

ST-5

Ren-24

Du-26

S.I.-18

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