Atlas of Acupuncture

Index

A

Accumulation points

(xipoints).................... 667

Achilles tendon................. 77

Acromion..................... 52

Adjacent points................ 685

Anatomical orientation........... 37

Anatomical snuffbox............ 59

Anatomy of the ear.............. 46

Anterior superior iliac

spine (ASIS)................... 71

Antique points................ 670

Atlas......................... 47

Axillary line................... 69

Axis......................... 60

B

Back-shupoints............... 668

Balancing the du maiand

the ren mai................... 692

Balancing Yinand Yangin

paired channels................ 693

benpoints (root points).......... 690

Biceps tendon.................. 55

Body positions................. 35

C

Cardinal points................ 678

Cervical spine.................. 60

Chain and lock point

association method............. 695

Channel circuits................ 10

Channel system.................. 1

Cheek bones................... 41

Cleft points (xipoints).......... 667

Combination of Yinand

Yangchannel points............ 693

Combining local and

distal points................... 691

Combining points from

above and below............... 694

Combining points on the

front and back of the body....... 692

Confluent points................ 18

Connecting points

(luopoints)................... 666

Cubital crease

(elbow crease).................. 55

cun-measurements.............. 31

Cutaneous regions (pi bu).......... 3

Cutaneous zones.............. 3, 24

D

Defensive Qi (wei qi)............. 5

Distal points.................. 685

Divergent channels............ 3, 20

E

Elastic tape.................... 34

Element points................ 670

Eleventh rib, free end............ 70

End points..................... 19

Entry points.................. 684

Epicondyles of the humerus....... 55

Exit points.................... 684

Extraordinary vessels.......... 3, 24

Eyes of the knee................ 73

F

Finger-cun..................... 32

Five Element points............ 670

Five shu-transporting

points....................... 670

Foot Yang-Yinconnections........ 12

Forms of Qi..................... 5

Front-mupoints............... 669

G

Gao Wu Command points....... 681

Glabella...................... 40

Grand piqure.................. 695

Greater trochanter............... 72

H

Hairline.................... 38, 48

Hand Yang-Yinconnections....... 12

Head of the fibula............... 73

Head of the humerus............. 52

Heavenly Star points of

Ma Dan Yang................. 683

he-sea points (he xue)........... 676

hui-meeting points of

the 8 tissues................... 677

I

Iliosacral joint.................. 66

Infraorbital foramen............. 41

Interior/exterior

combination.................. 693

J

jing bie........................ 3

jing jin...................... 3, 21

jing luo........................ 1

jing qii......................... 5

jing zheng.................... 3, 8

jing-river points (jing xue)....... 675

jing-well points (jing xue)....... 671

Joint space on the

anterior ankle.................. 76

K

König/Wancura spreading-

hands technique................ 36

L

Laryngeal prominence........... 49

Left-right combination.......... 694

liu jing........................ 14

Local points.................. 685

Location methods............... 31

Lower he-sea points

(xiahepoints)................. 679

Lumbar spine.................. 63

luo-connecting points........... 666

luo-vessels.................. 3, 23

M

Malleolus, medial............... 75

Mamillary line................. 69

Mandibular angle............... 44

Meeting points

(jiaohuipoints)............... 679

Mentolabial groove.............. 45

Midclavicular line............... 69

N

Nasolabial groove............... 44

Navicular bone................. 78

Network vessel system............ 1

Nipple........................ 69

Nutritive Qi (ying qi)............. 5

O

Occipital protuberance........... 48

Olecranon..................... 56

Opening points of the

8 extraordinary vessels.......... 678

Organ clock.................... 7

P

Passage points................. 666

pi bu....................... 3, 24

Pisiform...................... 58

Point location.................. 34

Points of the Four Seas.......... 682

Primary channels.............. 3, 8

Proportional cun................ 32

Q

Qicirculation................... 5

Qiflow........................ 1

qi jing ba mai................ 3, 24

R

Root points (benpoints).......... 19

S

Sacral foramina................. 65

Sacroiliac joint................. 65

Sacrum....................... 65

Shoulder hollows............... 52

Shoulder...................... 51

shu-mumethod................ 692

shu-stream points

(shu xue)..................... 674

Source points (yuanpoints)...... 665

Specific points................ 665

Spreading-hands technique........ 36

Starting points.................. 19

Sternocostal angle............... 69

Sun Si Miao Ghost points........ 683

Superciliary arches.............. 40

Symphysis.................... 72

T

Temporal corner of the

forehead...................... 39

Temporomandibular joint......... 42

Tendinomuscular meridians..... 3, 21

Thoracic spine................. 62

Tips for point location........... 34

Treatments according to

the Organ clock................ 695

Tuffier line.................... 63

Twelfth rib.................... 62

U

Umbilicus..................... 72

V

Vertebra prominens.............. 61

Vertex........................ 37

W

wei qi(Defensive Qi)............. 5

Window of Heaven points....... 681

Wrist joint space................ 58

X

xipoints (cleft points)........... 667

Xiphoid process................ 69

Y

Yang-Yangconnections........... 13

ying qi(Nutritive Qi)............. 5

ying-spring points.............. 673

Yin-Yangbalancing for

unpaired channels.............. 694

Yin-Yangcombination........... 693

Yin-Yinconnections.............. 13

yuan qi........................ 5

yuan/luocombination........... 693

yuan-Source points............. 665

Z

zong qi........................ 5

Zygomatic arch................. 42

Zygomatic bone................ 42

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