Extra point

Question 1

Si Shen cong

Answer 1

头顶部，百会穴前后左右各一寸处

Four points at the vertex of the scalp, grouped around DU20 and located 1 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to it.

1) Sishenchong benefits brain, clear the mind and calm the spirit so is beneficial for insomnia, poor memory.
2) Also dispels wind and opens the orifice so, is beneficial for psycho-emotional problems like epilepsy, vertigo, headache.
3) Benefits the eyes and ears.

Question 2

Jia ji

Answer 2

On the back and lower back, 0.5 cun lateral to the lower border of each spinous process from the first thoracic vertebra to the fifth lumbar vertebra. One side has 17 points, both sides of the spinal column have a total of 34 points.

1) The points on the upper portion of the thorax are used to treat diseases of the throat, heart, lung, and upper extremities.
2)The points on the lower portion of the thorax are used to treat diseases of the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach.
3) The points on the lumbar region are used to treat diseases of the urogenital system, the intestinal tract, the lumbosacral region and lower extremities.
第一胸椎至第五腰椎，各椎棘突下旁开0.5寸，共34穴
功能：调节脏腑机能，上胸部：心肺上肢疾病，下胸部：肠胃疾病，腰部：腰腹下肢病

Question 3

Yao Tongdian

Answer 3

手背，第二三掌骨及第四五掌骨间，腕背横纹与掌指关节中点处，一手两穴

急性腰扭伤，腰肌劳损

On the dorsum of the hand, between the second and third metacarpal bones, and between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, at the midpiont between the transverse crease of the wrist and the metacarpophalangeal joint. One hand has two points, a total of four points on both hands.

Acute lumbar strain

Question 4

Si feng

Answer 4

Four points on each hand, on the palmar side of the 2nd to 5th fingers and al the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

Infantile malnutrition, pertussis

小儿积食，腹泻，百日咳，蛔虫病
点刺出血或挤出少许黄白色透明粘液

Question 5

Shi xuan

Answer 5

急救穴
昏迷， 休克，中暑，癫痫，高烧，咽喉肿疼，手指麻木

On the tips of the ten fingers, 0.1 cun (finger inch) distal to the nails. Both hands altogether have ten points.

Question 6

Ba feng

Answer 6

On the lateral side of the foot, at the tip of the lateral malleolus

足背各趾缝端凹陷中，左右共八穴

祛风通络，清热解毒，牙疼，胃疼，足跗肿痛，月经不调

Spasm of the lateral portion of the foot, disturbance of lower legs due to pathogen of either cold or heat

Question 7

Jing Bai Lao

Answer 7

On the neck, 2cun above GV14 (Dazhui), 1cun lateral to the posterior median line.

“Bailao clears empty heat and benefits lung so is beneficial in cough, asthma, spontaneous sweating, night sweating (pulmonary TB), steaming bone hectic fever.
2)Also transforms phlegm and transports nodules so is beneficial in scrofula.
2)Also good for sweating of the pharynx, cough.
3) Local disorders: stiffness and pain in the neck.”

Question 8

Ying Tang

Answer 8

前额部，两眉头连线的中点

On the forehead, at the midpoint between the two medial ends of the eyebrow
“Headache, heavy sensation of the head, vertigo
Rhinorrhea, epistaxis
Infantile convulsion
Insomnia”