Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

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
ST-33
Upper patellar
border
3 cun
6 cun
ST-33 (yinshi) ‘Yin Market’3 cun superior to the upper
lateral border of the patella
Ex-LE-3 (baichongwo) ‘Hundred Insect Burrow’3 cun
superior and 1 cun medial to the upper medial border of the
patella, in a small depression on the vastus medialis muscle or
1 cun superior to SP-10
Ex-LE-1 (kuangu) ‘Hip Bone’A pair of points 2 cun superior
to the patella and 1.5 cun lateral and medial to ST-34
ST-34 (liangqiu) ‘Ridge Mound’2 cun proximal to the upper
lateral border of the patella, in a depression on vastus lateralis
Ex-LE-2 (heding/xiding) ‘Crane's Summit’With the knee
flexed, at the midpoint of the upper patellar border
SP-10 (xuehai) ‘Sea of Blood’With the knee flexed, 2 cun
proximal to the medial superior border of the patella. To find:
place the right palm on the patient's left patella and locate the
point at the tip of the thumb
1 cun
2 cun
Ex-LE-3
SP-10
Ex-LE-2
Ex-LE-1
2 cun
ST-34
Upper
patellar
border
Quadriceps
femoris
2 cun
2 cun
SP-10
Ex-LE-2
ST-35
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