Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

BL-2

Ex-HN-4

ST-1

ST-2

Ex-HN

Ex-HN-8

BL-1

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-7

ST-4

Ex-HN-3

L.I.-20

G.B.-13

T.B.-23

L.I.-19

Du-24

G.B.-15

G.B.-2 ST-7

ST-5

Ren-24

Du-26

G.B.-1

S.I.-18

ST-8 BL-4

BL-3

BL-5 Du-23

15 cun

BL-4

Hairline

0.5 cun ST-8

Hairline BL-3

0.5 cun

Hairline

0.5 cun

Du-24

1 cun 1/3

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-4 (yuyao)

Orbital margin Ex-HN (shangming)

G.B.-1

T.B.-23: over the

frontozygomatic

suture

BL-2

BL-1

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

BL-4 (qucha) ‘Crooked Curve’0.5 cun superior to the

anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline, or one third

of the distance between Du-24andST-8(
4.5 cun)

BL-3 (meichong) ‘Eyebrows’ Pouring’0.5 cun within the

anterior hairline, superior to the medial canthus of the

eye (BL-1)

Du-24 (shenting) ‘Courtyard of the Spirit’On the midline,

0.5 cun superior to the anterior hairline

G.B.-14 (yangbai) ‘Yang White’When looking straight

ahead on the pupil line, approximately 1 cun superior to the

midpoint of the eyebrow (centre of the eyebrow to anterior

hairline
3 cun)

Ex-HN-4 (yuyao) ‘Fish Waist’In the centre of the eyebrow,

with the eyes looking straight ahead directly above the pupil

T.B.-23 (sizhukong) ‘Silken Bamboo Hollow’In the

depression (frontozygomatic suture) at the lateral end of the

eyebrow

BL-2 (zanzhu) ‘Gathered Bamboo’In a depression at the

medial end of the eyebrow, directly superior to the inner

canthus of the eye

Ex-HN-3 (yintang) ‘Hall of Impression’On the anterior

midline between the eyebrows

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