Table 1 Location of acupoints
Acupoints | Locations | Insert depth |
|---|---|---|
Sishencong (EX-HN1) | On the vertex, 1 cun from the front, back, left, and right to GV20, common 4 points | 0.5 cun |
Yintang (EX-HN3) | At the forehead, at the midpoint between the two medial ends of the eyebrow | 0.5 cun |
Neiguan (PC6) (bilateral) | On the palmar aspect of the forearm, 2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting PC3 and PC7, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor carpi radialis | 1.0 cun |
Fenglong (ST40) (bilateral) | On the anterior aspect of the lower leg, 8 cun superior to the external malleolus, lateral to ST38, two fifinger-breadth (middle fifinger) from the anterior crest of the tibia | 1.5 cun |
Sanyinjiao (SP6) (bilateral) | On the medial side of the shank, 3 cun above the medial malleolus, by the posterior of the tibia | 1.5 cun |
Taixi (KI3) (bilateral) | On the medial border of the foot.posterior to the medial malleolus, in the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and Achilles tendon | 0.5 cun |
Taichong (LR3) (bilateral) | On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression proximal to the fifirst metatarsal space | 0.5 cun |