Points
Well-known points from the twelve channels, Ren, Du, and a short extra set. The rest of the classical numbers can be added beside them.
63 points
Maximum Opening
Forearm cleft point, taught for acute lung-channel patterns.
Fish Border
Thenar point taught for throat heat and local thumb tension.
Shang Yang
Index fingertip, the start of the Large Intestine channel.
Use caution
Union Valley
The classic hand point for head, face, and the start of a cold.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Yang Stream
Snuffbox wrist point for local wrist pain.
Use caution
Arm Three Miles
Forearm muscle point for arm fatigue and elbow tension.
Pool at the Crook
Outer elbow point taught for heat, skin patterns, and local pain.
Upper Arm
Upper-arm point for shoulder reach and local ache.
Shoulder Bone
Front shoulder hollow for stiff reach.
Earth Granary
Beside the corner of the mouth.
Use caution
Jaw Bone
Masseter point for a tight jaw.
Below the Joint
Hollow under the cheekbone, in front of the ear.
Use caution
Beam Gate
Upper belly point beside the midline, for fullness.
Use caution
Celestial Pivot
Level with the navel, the Large Intestine alarm point.
Use caution
Leg Three Miles
The leg point people learn for digestion and everyday energy.
Upper Great Void
Below ST36, the large-intestine he-sea on the leg.
Inner Court
Toe-web point for stomach-heat patterns.
Yin Mound Spring
Inner knee hollow taught for damp and heaviness.
Sea of Blood
Inner thigh point in the “blood” teaching set.
Great Horizontal
Well out from the navel, a spleen abdomen point.
Use caution
Great Wrapping
Side-of-chest great luo. Learn the idea; press only the muscle, lightly.
Use caution
Lesser Sea
Inner elbow point on the Heart channel.
Use caution
Yin Cleft
Wrist cleft point, taught for acute heart-channel patterns.
Use caution
Spirit Gate
The wrist point people learn for worry and sleep.
Use caution
Lesser Marsh
Little-finger well point, start of the Small Intestine channel.
Use caution
Back Stream
Edge-of-hand point for the neck and the Du vessel.
Support the Aged
Wrist cleft that opens when the palm turns inward.
Small Sea
Elbow groove point. Easy to overdo because of the nerve.
Use caution
True Shoulder
Back of the shoulder, just above the armpit crease.
Celestial Gathering
Center of the shoulder blade for that deep scapular ache.
Use caution
Listening Palace
The hollow in front of the ear, found with the mouth soft and open.
Use caution
Celestial Pillar
Base of the skull, beside the midline, for a stiff nape.
Use caution
Great Shuttle
Top of the back-shu line, influential point of bone.
Use caution
Diaphragm Shu
Mid-back point called the influential point of blood.
Use caution
San Jiao Shu
San Jiao transport point at the low ribs.
Use caution
Kidney Shu
The low-back point level with the waist, kidney shu.
Use caution
Large Intestine Shu
Low-back point for the large intestine shu and local ache.
Small Intestine Shu
Sacral point, small intestine shu.
Use caution
Bladder Shu
Sacral bladder shu. Learn it; don’t self-treat urinary infection.
Use caution
Middle of the Crook
Middle of the back-knee crease. Command point for the back.
Use caution
Support the Mountain
Mid-calf point for cramp and the back of the leg.
Use caution
Kunlun Mountains
Outer ankle hollow. A pregnancy-avoid point in most student lists.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Great Ravine
Inner ankle hollow, the Kidney source point.
Use caution
Returning Current
Just above the inner ankle, along the Achilles.
Yin Valley
Inner end of the knee crease.
Great Mound
Middle of the wrist crease, a calm point next to HT7’s idea.
Use caution
Middle Islet
Back-of-hand hollow for the ear and the side of the head.
Outer Pass
Outer forearm point opposite PC6, for the side of the head.
Branch Ditch
Forearm point classically paired with stuck stools and rib-side tightness.
Shoulder Crevice
Back shoulder hollow, the San Jiao partner of LI15.
Shoulder Well
Top of the shoulder muscle. Not for pregnancy self-care.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Jumping Circle
Side of the buttock, the hip point for lateral leg pain.
Use caution
Yang Mound Spring
Outer leg below the knee, the sinew influential point.
Use caution
Suspended Bell
Above the outer ankle, influential point of marrow.
Mound of Ruins
Front of the outer ankle, Gallbladder source point.
Use caution
Foot Governor of Tears
Top of the foot, opening point of the Dai vessel.
Great Surge
Top-of-foot source point for stuck qi, stress, and headache.
Use caution
Spring at the Crook
Inner knee crease, the sea point of the Liver.
Central Pole
Low midline, bladder alarm point. Avoid in pregnancy.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Container of Fluids
The hollow in the center of the chin.
Life Gate
Midline of the low back, between the kidney shu points.
Use caution
Water Trough
The philtrum. Famous, strong, and not a home emergency tool.
Use caution
Palace of the Child
Extra point beside the low midline. Pregnancy: do not use.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy