Extra Points

Question 1

Si Shen Cong

Answer 1

a group of 4 points, at the vertex, 1 cun respectively posterior, anterior & lateral to GV20

Rx: treats poor memory

+BL15, Bl20, Bl23, KI6, ST36 to build blood & increase memory

Question 2

Yao Qi

Answer 2

2 cun directly above the tip of the coccyx

Rx: treats seizures (for after the seizure)

+HT7, SP6, KI3, BL15, Yin Tang

Question 3

Yao Yan

Answer 3

about 3.5-4 cun lateral to L4

Rx: sore & weak low back d/t xu

Question 4

Ba Feng

Answer 4

on the dorsal of the foot, in the depressions on the webs between toes, proximal to the margins of the webs, at the junction of the red and white skin, eight points in all

Rx: numbness & pain in the toes due to Bi Syndrome

+SP4, BL65

Question 5

Zi Gong Xue

Answer 5

3 cun lateral to CV3, 4 cun below umbilicus

Rx: promotes fertility, uterine prolapse d/t KI yin xu

+LV8, Ren4, KI6

Question 6

Pi Gen

Answer 6

3.5 cun lateral to L1

Rx: splenomegaly d/t Malaria

+LV13 (moxa)

Question 7

Inner Neiting

Answer 7

opposite ST44

Rx: treats food stagnation, hiccups

+Ren12, ST36

Question 8

Si Feng

Answer 8

on the palmar surface, in the midpoint of the traverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the index, middle, ring and little fingers

Rx: childhood malnutrition, Gan syndrome, pathology involving damp accompanying heat or cold, any organ mostly SP, GB & LV

Question 9

Bai Chong Wo

Answer 9

1 cun above SP10

Rx: infantile malnutrition d/t parasites

Question 10

Lan Wei Xue

Answer 10

the tender spot about 2 cun below ST36

Rx: good for appendicitis, intestinal abscesses, SI qi tied

Question 11

Jing Gong

Answer 11

on the back, 0.5 cun lateral to the point BL52 (3.5 cun lat to L2)

Rx: treats infertility d/t KI yang xu

+BL52, KI7, BL23

Question 12

Shi Xuan

Answer 12

on the tips of the ten fingers, about 0.1 cun distal to the end of the nails

Rx: treats severe heat leading to loss of consciousness, sunstroke, used with xs

+LI11

Question 13

Taiyang

Answer 13

in the depression about one finger breadth posterior to the midpoint between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus

Rx: good for Shaoyang headache (lateral side of head)

+GB41, GB6, GB8, GB9 for headache

Question 14

Ba Xie

Answer 14

on the dorsal of the hand, at the junction of the white and red skin of the hand webs, eight in all; making a loose fist to locate the points

Rx: numbness and pain in the fingers d/t Bi pain

+SI3, LI3

Question 15

Xi Yan

Answer 15

a pair of points located in the two depressions, medial and lateral to the patellar ligament, found with the knee flexed; these two points are also termed medial and lateral Xiyan respectively; lateral Xiyan overlaps with ST35.

Rx: treats knee pain

+He Ding

Question 16

Yao Tong Xue

Answer 16

on the dorsum of the hand, midway between the transverse wrist crease and the metacarpophalangeal joint, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, and between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, four points in all on both hands

Rx: treats low back pain d/t trauma

+Du26, BL23, BL40

Question 17

He Ding

Answer 17

in the depression of the midpoint of the superior patellar border

Rx: treats knee pain

+Xi Yan

Question 18

Yu Yao

Answer 18

at the midpoint of the eyebrow, directly above the pupil

Rx: treats blurry vision due to LV blood xu, deviation of eyes, incomplete closure of eyes

+LV8, BL18

Question 19

Luo Zhen

Answer 19

on the dorm of the hand, between the second and third metacarpal bones, about 0.5 cun posterior to metacarpophalangeal joint

Rx: treats torticolis & difficult neck rotation

+SI7 for torticolis