Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

● SP-4 (gongsun) ■■:luo-connecting point of the Spleen

(➞8.1.2); opening point of the chong mai(➞8.1.8); distal point

for the Spleen/Stomach, upper abdomen (➞8.2.1); important

point for diarrhoea; adjacent point for the toes (➞8.2.1)

● SP-5(shangqiu) ■■:jing-river point (Metal) (➞8.1.6); Seda-

tion point; important point for Damp bi-syndrome; local point

for the foot (➞8.2.1); distal point for the hand and knee

(➞8.2.1)

● SP-6(sanyinjiao) ■■:jiaohui-meeting point with the KID

and LIV channels and the yin qiao mai(➞8.1.10) (meeting

point of the three foot Yin channels); distal point for the

female genital system, the urogenital region (➞8.2.1)

● SP-8(diji) ■■:xi-cleft point (➞8.1.3)

● SP-9 (yinlingquan) ■■:he-sea point (Water) (➞ 8.1.6);

important point for eliminating Dampness; local point for the

knee region (➞8.2.1); local point for the knees (➞8.2.1)

● SP-10(xuehai) ■■: important point for regulating the Blood;

adjacent point for the knees (➞8.2.1)

● SP-12(chongmen):jiaohui-meeting point with the LIV and

T.B.* channels and the yin wei mai(➞8.1.10)

● SP-13(fushe):jiaohui-meeting point with the LIV channel

and the yin wei mai (➞8.1.10)

● SP-15 (daheng) ■■: local point for the Large Intestine

(➞8.2.1); adjacent point for the Spleen/Stomach (➞8.2.1);

jiaohui-meeting point with the yin wei mai(➞8.1.10)

● SP-16(fuai):jiaohui-meeting point with the yin wei mai

(➞8.1.10)

● SP-21(dabao) ■■: adjacent point for the hypochondrium

(➞8.2.1); Main-luo-connecting point of the Spleen (➞8.1.2);

important point for generalised pain

General location help

● SP-13 – SP-16: these points are all located 4 cun lateral to the

anterior midline (
mamillary line) ➞SP-13: 0.7 cun superior

to SP-12; SP-14: 1.3 cun inferior to the umbilicus; SP-15:at

the level of the umbilicus; SP-16: 3 cun superior to the

umbilicus.

● SP-17 – SP-20: these points are all located 6 cun lateral to the

anterior midline in the fifth to second intercostal spaces.

*Mentioned by only some authors.

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