Atlas of Acupuncture

6 Extra Points

English abbreviation Pinyinname Nguyen Van Nghi, Shanghai College Ex (Hempen)

(standard) König and Wancura,

Schnorrenberger

Ex-HN-1 sishencong PaM or ZP1 M-HN-1 Ex6

Ex-HN-2 dangyang M-HN

Ex-HN-3 yintang PaM or ZP3 M-HN-3 Ex1

Ex-HN-4 yuyao PaM or ZP6 M-HN-6

Ex-HN-5 taiyang PaM or ZP9 M-HN-9 Ex2

Ex-HN-6 erjian PaM or ZP10 M-HN-10

Ex-HN-7 qiuhou PaM or ZP8 M-HN-8

Ex-HN-8 shangyingxiang/bitong NP12 (PaM or ZP14*) M-HN-14 Ex3

Ex-HN-9 neiyingxiang M-HN-35

Ex-HN-10 juquan M-HN-36

Ex-HN-11 haiquan M-HN-37

Ex-HN-12 jinjin† PaM or ZP20 M-HN-20

Ex-HN-13 yuye† PaM or ZP20 M-HN-20

Ex-HN-14 yiming PaM or ZP13 M-HN-13 Ex4

Ex-HN-15 jing(bailao) PaM or ZP30 M-HN-30

Further extra points

Ex-HN shangming N-HN-4

Ex-HN anmian‡ NP27 and 28 N-HN-54 Ex5

(anmian‡1 und 2) M-HN-54 (Deadman)

Ex-HN jiabi PaM or ZP15

Ex-HN jiachengjiang PaM or ZP18 M-HN-18 Ex7

(heliao/keliao)

Ex-HN chonggu/zhuidong PaM or ZP31 M-HN-31

Ex-HN jingbi M-HN-41

* Nguyen Van Nghi and Schnorrenberger describe a different location for the point with this pinyinname (location: 0.5 cun inferior to the inner canthus of the eye); the

‘standard’ location is described under NP12 as ‘bitong’or ‘bicong’.

†The Shanghai nomenclature and also Nguyen Van Nghi, König and Wancura and Schnorrenberger describe the extra points jinjinand yuyeas a pair of points.

‡There exists differing information regarding the extra point anmian; for example the Shanghai College (and Wiseman) describe anmianas N-HN-54 (in Deadman:

M-HN-54) with the following location: midway between G.B.-20 and T.B.-17; Nguyen Van Nghi and Schnorrenberger describe anmianas two new points with the

following locations: anmian1 is located midway between T.B.-17 and yiming(PaM13 or Ex-HN-14), anmian2 midway between G.B.-20 and yiming(anmian

according to the Shanghai College is shown on the point page; the location of anmian1 and 2 according to Nguyen and Schnorrenberger in figure 6.1).

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