Acupuncture points

Question 1

GV-20

Answer 1

Bai hui
Location: On the dorsal midline on a line drawn from the tips of the ears level with the ear canals
Method: Perpendicular or oblique insertion

Question 2

GB-20

Answer 2

Location: On the dorso-cranial aspect of the neck, below the occipital bone, in the depression medial to jugular process of the occipital bone in the depression between the m. sternomastoideus and m.sterno-occipitalis

Question 3

PC-6

Answer 3

Nei-guan
Location: On the medial side of the forelimb between the flexor carpi radialis and superficial digital flexor, 3 cun proximal to carpal crease
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 4

GV-14

Answer 4

Da-zhui
Location: On the dorsal midline in the depression in front of the dorsal spinous process of the T1 vertebrae
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 5

BL-54

Answer 5

Ba-shan or Zhi-bian
Location: Just dorsal to the greater trochanter of the femur; one of 3 “bowling ball points” around the hip
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 6

GB-29

Answer 6

Ju-liao
Location: Just cranial to the greater trochanter of the femur (one of the 3 “bowling ball” points around the hip)
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 7

GB-30

Answer 7

Huan-taio
Location: In a depression midway between the greater trochanter of the femur and the tuber ichii
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 8

Bai-hui

Answer 8

Hundred Crossing
Location: On the dorsal midline between L7 and S1 vertebrae
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 9

Shen-peng

Answer 9

Kidney Shelf
Location: On the dorsolateral caudal lumbar region, 1 cun cranial to Shen Shu
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 10

Shen-shu

Answer 10

Kidney Association
Location: On the dorsolateral lumbosacral region 1 cun lateral to Bai-Hui (L7-S1 dorsal midline)
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 11

Shen-jiao

Answer 11

Kidney Corner
Location: 1 cun caudal to Shen-shu
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 12

LI-10

Answer 12

Quin-san-li
Location: On the craniolateral aspect of the thoracic limb, 1/6 of the distance between the elbow and carpus in the groove between the extensor carpi radialis and the common digital extensor muscles
Method: Perpendicular insertion

Question 13

ST-36

Answer 13

Location: in the depression just lateral to the distal aspect of the cranial border of the tibial tuberosity (tibial crest), approximately in the middle of the cranial tibialis muscle