Atlas of Acupuncture

7 Important Points According to Region

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G.B.-30

G.B.-31

G.B.-32

G.B.-34

G.B.-36

BL-60

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G.B.-28

G.B.-27

G.B.-39 BL-59

BL-58

BL-57

G.B.-40

G.B.-42

G.B.-44

BL-37

BL-36

BL-39 BL-40

G.B.-33

cun

Highest

prominence

of the greater

trochanter

6 cun

Popliteal crease

BL-55

BL-56

G.B.-35

G.B.-37

G.B.-38

cun

Highest

prominence

of the lateral

malleolus

G.B.-31

G.B.-31 (fengshi) ‘Wind Market’On the lateral aspect of the

thigh, approximately 7 cun proximal to the popliteal crease.

With the patient standing upright, the point is where the

patient's middle fingertip touches the thigh

G.B.-32 (zhongdu) ‘Middle Ditch’On the lateral aspect of

the thigh, 2 cun inferior to G.B.-31or 5 cun superior to the

popliteal crease, between vastus lateralis and biceps femoris

G.B.-33 (xiyangguan) ‘Knee Yang Gate’On the lateral

aspect of the knee, with the knee flexed, in the depression

between the lateral epicondyle of the femur and the tendon of

biceps femoris, approximately 3 cun proximal to G.B.-34

BL-39 (weiyang) ‘Outside of the Crook’At the lateral end

of the popliteal crease, on the medial side of the tendon of the

long head of the biceps femoris, 1 cun lateral to BL-40(in the

centre of the popliteal crease).

BL-40 (weizhong) ‘Middle of the Crook’In the centre of

the popliteal crease, between the tendons of the biceps femoris

and semitendinosus.

G.B.-34 (yanglingquan) ‘Yang Mound Spring’In the

depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula

G.B.-31

G.B.-32

2 cun

G.B.-33

B.L.-40 B.L.-39

1 cun

Popliteal

crease

B.L.-40

Popliteal

crease

G.B.-34 Head of the fibula

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