Atlas of Acupuncture

8.1.14 The 12 Heavenly Star Points of

Ma Dan Yang

Ma Dan Yang, a famous physician of the Jin dynasty, considered

these initial 11 points as the most important acupuncture points.

It was the physician Xu Feng who later added LIV-3as the 12th

point.

8.1 Point Categories

ST-36

LU-7

ST-44

HE-5

G.B.-34

LIV-3

L.I.-4

L.I.-11

G.B.-30

BL-60

BL-40

BL-57

LU-7(lieque) L.I.-4(hegu) L.I.-11(quchi)

ST-36(zusanli) ST-44(neiting) HE-5(tongli)

BL-40(weizhong) BL-57(chengshan) BL-60(kunlun)

G.B.-30(huantiao) G.B.-34(yanglingquan) LIV-3(taichong)

8.1.15 The 13 Ghost Points of

Sun Si Miao

Sun Si Miao, a famous physician of the Tang Dynasty, applied

these 13 points (also called demon points) for treating disorders

that today would be considered severe, manic, psychological dis-

orders and/or epilepsy. Each Sun Si MiaoGhost point has an

alternative Chinese name containing the component ‘demon’ or

‘ghost’ (see list according to Deadman et al. 2000). According to

Deadman et al., some authors assumed that guixinis LU-9

(taiyuan) rather than P-7(daling), while guiluis believed to be P-

5 (jianshi) or P-8(laogong) rather than BL-62(shenmai). There

also exist different versions of this list of points; for example the

physician Gao Wu omitted BL-62, Du-23, Ren-1* (in the origi-

nal text of Sun Si Miao: yumentou/yinxiafeng) and L.I.-11,

adding Du-24, ST-17, LIV-2 and G.B.-34instead.

Name Alternative name Translation

Du-26 renzhong guigong Ghost Palace

Du-16 fengfu guizhen Ghost Pillow

Du-23 shangxing guitang Ghost Hall

Ren-24 chengjiang guishi Ghost Market

LU-11 shaoshang guixin Ghost Faith

L.I.-11 quchi guitui Ghost Leg

ST-6 jiache guichuang Ghost’s Bed

SP-1 yinbai guilei Ghost Fortress

P-7 daling guixin Ghost Heart

P-8 laogong guicu Ghost Cave

BL-62 shenmai guilu Ghost Path

Ex-HN-11 haiquan guifeng Ghost Seal

Ren-1* huiyin guicang Ghost Store

* Yumentou(in women) and yinxiafeng(in men): these two extra points approxi-

mately correspond to Ren-1 (huiyin/guicang) (Ghost Store).

Du-16

L.I.-11

BL-62

LU-11

Du-26

ST-6

Ren-24

Du-23

P-7

P-8

Ex-HN-11

SP-1

Ren-1

(yumentou

or

yinxiafeng)

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