Extra Points - Practical

Question 1

Lumbar pain point
On dorsum of hand, 2 points located btwn the 2nd and 3rd and 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, in the depressions lying immediately distal to the bases of metacarpals

Answer 1

Yao Tong Xue

Indications: acute lumbar sprain

Question 2

Stiff Neck point

On dorsum of hand, in depression just proximal to 2nd and 3rd metacarpo-phalangeal joints

Answer 2

Luo Zhen

Indications: sore neck, pain in shoulder and arm

Question 3

Elbow Tip

On tip of olecranon process of ulna – MOXA ONLY

Answer 3

Zhou Jian

Indications: scrofula

Question 4

Front of Shoulder

On anterior aspect of shoulder joint, midway between the anterior axillary crease and LI 15

Answer 4

Jian Qian

Indication: pain in shoulder

Question 5

2 Whites

On flexor aspect of forearm, 4 cun proximal to PC 7, either side of tendon of flexor carpi radialis

Answer 5

Er Bai

Indication: hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum

Question 6

Middle Emminence

On the midpoint of proximal interphalangeal joint of middle finger dorsum aspect – MOXA ONLY

Answer 6

Zhong Qui

Indications: morning sickness, nausea, vomiting, hiccup

Question 7

Between LI 5 and SJ 4

Answer 7

Zhong Quan

Indications: stuffy chest, gastric pain and spitting blood

Question 8

Crane’s summit

In the depression at the midpoint of the patella

Answer 8

He Ding

Indications: Knee pain, weakness of foot and leg, paralysis

Question 9

Eyes of the Knee
On the knee, in the hollows formed when a knee is flexed, immediately below the patella and both medial and lateral to patellar ligament

Answer 9

Xi Yan

Indications: knee pain, weakness of lower extremities

Question 10

Appendix Point

Approx 2 cun lateral to ST 36 on RIGHT leg

Answer 10

Lan Wei Xue

Indications: acute and chronic appendicitis, indigestion, paralysis of lower extremities

Question 11

Hundred Insect Burrow

3 cun superior to superior border of the patella in tender depression on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle

Answer 11

Bai chong Wo

Indications: rubella, eczema, gastrointestinal disease (worms) – herpes zoster ~ latent virus in the blood

Question 12

Gall bladder point

Between 1 and 2 cun distal to GB 34 on the RIGHT leg

Answer 12

Dan Nang Xue
Indications: acute and chronic cholelithiasis (gall stones), biliary ascariasis, muscular atrophy and numbness of lower extremities

Question 13

3rd Eye

At glabella, at midpoint between the medial extremities of eyebrows.

Answer 13

Yin Tang

Indications: frontal headache

Question 14

Penetrating the Nose

At the highest point of the nasolabial groove

Answer 14

Bi Tong

Question 15

Behind the Ball

In between ST 1 and GB 1 (according to Marianne)

Answer 15

Qiu Hou

Question 16

Equilateral triangle between GB 1 and SJ 23

Answer 16

Tai Yang

Question 17

Alongside Ren 24

1 cun lateral to Ren 24

Answer 17

Jia Cheng Jiang

Indications: pain of face, deviation of eyes and mouth, spasm of facial muscle

Question 18

Upper Ren 23

1 cun below midpoint of lower jaw, in the depression between the hyoid bone and lower border of jaw

Answer 18

Shang Lian Quan

Indication: salivation with stiff tongue, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, loss of voice

Question 19

2 cun above DU 14, 1 cun lateral to midline

Answer 19

Bai Lao

Indication: cough, asthma, scrofula, neck rigidity

Question 20

Calming Dyspnea

0.5 - 1 cun lateral to the lower border of C7 (DU 14)

Answer 20

Ding Chuan

Indication: acute wheezing, dyspnea, asthma

Question 21

ST Controller Lower Shu

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of T8

Answer 21

Wei Guan Xia Shu

Indications: waste and thirst disorder (diabetes)

Question 22

3.5 cun lateral to L1

Answer 22

Pi Gen

Indication: lumbar sprain, hepatosplenomegaly

Question 23

Lumbar Eyes ~ Eyes of Back

3.5 cun lateral to L4

Answer 23

Yao Yan

Indication: acute or chronic back pain

Question 24

Below the 17th vertebra

In the depression below spinous process of 5th vertebra

Answer 24

Shi Qiz Hui Xia

Indication: chronic back pain (excess or deficiency)