Besides the 361 classic acupuncture points located on the chan-

nels there are a number of Extra Points (Ex), located with a few

exceptions outside the pathways of the primary channels. In

1991, a new nomenclature for these extra points was confirmed

in the People’s Republic of China, listing 48 points (The Loca-

tion of Acupoints, State Standard of the People’s Republic of

China, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1990).

In the past, authors have developed ways of identifying the extra

points by names or numbers:

● Nguyen Van Nghi; König and Wancura: ‘Punkte außerhalb der

Meridiane’ (points not on meridians) (PaM) and ‘Neu-Punkte’

(new points) (NP); Schnorrenberger (wall charts translated

from the Chinese language) uses the same numbering system

as Nguyen Van Nghi but refers to the PaMas ‘Zusatzpunkte’

(additional points) (ZP) and also as ‘Neu-Punkte’ (NP)

● Shanghai College for Traditional Medicine (Acupuncture – a

Comprehensive Text, English translation by O’Connor J,

Bensky D, which also forms the foundation for Deadman

et al. 1998 and Ellis and Wiseman 1991): Miscellaneous (M)

and New (N) Points

● Hempen 1995: ‘Extrapunkte’ (extra points) (Ex).

The following tables give an overview of the most commonly

used extra points also listed in this atlas.

6 Extra Points

Claudia Focks, Ulrich März

Ex-HN-2 (dangyang)

Ex-HN-3 (yintang)

Ex-HN-4 (yuyao)

Ex-HN (shangming)

Ex-HN-7 (qiuhou)

Ex-HN-8 (shangyingxiang)

Ex-HN (jiachengjiang)

Ex-HN (keliao)

T.B.-23

G.B.-1

Ex-HN-5 (taiyang)

Ex-HN-6 (erjian)

G.B.-20

Ex-HN (keliao)

(jiachengjiangEx-HN)

(shangyingxiangEx-HN-8)

T.B.-17

Ex-HN-14

(yiming)

Ex-HN

(anmian 1)

Ex-HN

(anmian 2)

6.1 Extra Points: Head and Neck

(EX-HN)

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