Extra systems
Kept apart from the twelve primary channels so the maps do not blur.
- Ren vesselFully detailed, with its own points.
- Du vesselFully detailed, with its own points.
- ChongThe sea of blood, studied with the opening point SP4.
- DaiThe belt vessel, the only horizontal channel in the usual set.
- Yin QiaoThe yin heel vessel. KI6 opens it.
- Yang QiaoThe yang heel vessel. BL62 opens it.
- Yin WeiLinks the yin channels. PC6 opens it.
- Yang WeiLinks the yang channels. SJ5 opens it.
- Extra pointsYintang, Anmian, and the other famous outsiders.
- Auricular zonesThe ear is mapped as its own microsystem. These are not body-meridian points.
- Scalp linesJiao-style scalp lines are clinic maps. They are not Du-channel points and not a self-needling guide.