Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

7.10 Anterior Leg

L.I.-1

L.I.-2

L.I.-3

L.I.-4

Ex-UE-7

Ex-UE-7

T.B.-4

T.B.-1

S.I.-1

T.B.-2

S.I.-2

T.B.-3

S.I.-3

S.I.-4

S.I.-5

S.I.-6

Ex-UE-8

L.I.-5

T.B.-5

Ex-UE-9

(baxie)

Ex-UE-9

(baxie)

S.I.-6 Styloid process

of the ulna

Joint space

T.B.-4

T.B.-5

S.I.-6 (yanglao) ‘Nourishing the Old’In the depression

radial and proximal to the styloid process of the ulna that forms

when the hand is turned from a pronated to a supinated

position

SP-15 (daheng) ‘Great Horizontal’4 cun lateral to the

centre of the umbilicus, on the mamillary line

T.B.-5 (waiguan) ‘Outer Pass’2 cun proximal to T.B.-4(on

the dorsal wrist joint space, between radius and ulna)

ST-32

ST-33

ST-34

ST-35

ST-36

G.B.-34

ST-37

ST-38

ST-39

SP-14

SP-12

SP-10

Ex-LE-4

SP-9

ST-31

LIV-8

LIV-9

LIV-10

LIV-11

ST-40

Ex-LE-2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ST-41

8 cun

4 8 cun

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

cun

1

2

3

SP-15 Ren-8

Ren-4

Ren-3

KID-11

KID-16

Ren-2

Midpoint

20

cun

ST-28

SP-11

ST-25

ST-30

Highest

prominence

of the greater

trochanter

Popliteal

crease

19 cun

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

Upper patellar

Ex-LE-1 border

Highest prominence

of the lateral malleolus

Ex-LE-3

4 cun

ST-25 SP-15

2 cun

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