Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Connections with other channels/Organs

● Kidney, Bladder, Gall Bladder, Stomach, Large Intestine and

Small Intestine primary channels

● Brain

Clinical importance (➞1.7.2, 1.7.3)

● Together with the yin qiao mai controls the musculature of

the lower extremities

● Together with the yang qiao mairegulates the opening and

closing of the eyes

● Regulates the functioning of the Brain, eliminates internal

and external Wind from the head

● Removes obstructions and stagnation from the spine, espe-

cially after traumatic injuries

BL-1

BL-1(jingming): In a depression 0.1 cun superior and medial to

the inner canthus of the eye

BL-10

Occipital

bone

Axis

G.B.-20

G.B.-20 Lower

border of

the occiput

Sternocleido-

mastoid

G.B.-20(fengchi): On the lower border of the occipital bone, in

the depression between the origins of the sternocleidomastoid

and trapezius

Atlas

Du-16

G.B.-20

Occipital G.B.-20

bone

Lower

border of

the occiput

External

occipital

protuberance

Du-16(fengfu): On the posterior midline, directly below the

external occipital protuberance, in the depression between the

origins of the trapezius

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