Table of the classical points
English meridian Lu
La
abbreviation
Lung
Large
intestine
Chinese name
shou tai yin
shou yang
ming
Latin name
Orbis
Orbis intstini
pulmonalis
crassi
Concentration
Lu 9
La 11
point
taiyuan
quchi
Dispersion
Lu 5
La 2
point
chize
erjian
Source point
Lu 9
La 4
taiyuan
hegu
Luo point
Lu 7
La 6
lieque
pianli
Shu point
Bl 13
Bl 25
feishu
dachangshu
Mu point
Lu 1
St 25
zhongfu
tianshu
Maximum time
3 - 5
5 - 7
Minimum time
15 - 17
17 - 19
English meridian
Bl
Ki
abbreviation
Bladder
Kidney
Chinese name
zou tai yang
zou shao
yin
Latin name
Orbis
Orbis
vesicalis
renalis
(vesicae
urinariae)
Concentration
Bl 67
Ki 7
point
zhiyin
fuliu
Dispersion
Bl 65
Ki 1
point
shugu
yongquan
Source point
Bl 64
Ki 3
jinggu
taixi
Luo point
Bl 58
Ki 4
feiyang
dazhong
Shu point
Bl 28
Bl 23
pangguang-
shenshu
shu
Mu point
renmai 3
Ga 25
zhongji
jingmen
Maximum time
15 -17
17 - 19
Minimum time
3 - 5
5 - 7
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St
Sp
He
Sm
Stomach
Spleen/
Heart
Small
pancreas
intestine
zou yang
zou tai yin
shou shao
shou tai
ming
yin
yang
Orbis
Orbis lienalis
Orbis
Orbis intestini
stomachii
cardialis
tenui
St 41
Sp 2
He 9
Sm 3
jiexie
dadu
shaochong
houxi
St 45
Sp 5
He 7
Sm 8
lidui
shangqui
duichong/
xiaohai
shenmen
St 42
Sp 3
He 7
Sm 4
chongyang
taibai
shenmen
wangu
St 40
Sp 4
He 5
Sm 7
fenglong
gongsun
tongli
zhizheng
Bl 21
Bl 20
Bl 15
Bl 27
weishu
pishu
xinshu
xiaochangshu
renmai 12
Li 13
renmai 14
renmai 4
zhongwan
zhangmen
juque
guanyuan
7 - 9
9 - 11
11 - 13
13 - 15
19 - 21
21 - 23
23 - 1
1 - 3
Pc
3H
Ga
Li
Pericardium Triple
Gall
Liver
calefactor
shou jue
shou shao
zou shao
zou jue
yin
yang
yang
yin
Orbis
Orbis
Orbis
Orbis
pericardialis
tricalorii
felleae
hepaticum
(triplis cale-
(vesicae
facientibus)
felleae)
Pc 9
3H 3
Ga 43
Li 8
zhongchong
zhongzhu
jiaxie
ququan
Pc 7
3H 10
Ga 38
Li 2
daling
tianjing
yangfu
xingjian
Pc 7
3H 4
Ga 40
Li 3
daling
yangchi
qiuxu
taichong
Pc 6
3H 5
Ga 37
Li 5
neighuan
weiguan
guangming
ligou
Bl 14
Bl 22
Bl 19
Bl 18
jueyinshu
sanjiaoshu
danshu
ganshu
renmai 17
renmai 5
Ga 23
Li 14
danzhong
shimen
zhejin
qimen
19 - 21
21 - 23
23 - 1
1 - 3
7 - 9
9 - 11
11 - 13
13 - 15
The points of the lung-meridian (shou tai yin)
Concentration point
P 9 (taiyuan/Vorago major)
In the indentation situated at the radial end of the wrist crease (on the A. radialis)
Dispersion point
P 5 (chize/Lacus pedalis)
In the elbow crease radial to the biceps tendon (a pulse can be felt)
Source point
P 9 (see above)
Luo point
P 7 (lieque/Lacunae)
1.5 cun proximal to the wrist crease at Processus styloideus radii
Shu point
V 13 (feishu/Inductorium pulmonale)
1.5 cun lateral to the medial line of the body, directly beneath the 3rd dorsal vertebra spine
Mu point
P 1 (zhongfu/Aula media)
In the first ICS, 6 cun lateral to the medial line of the body and 1 cun beneath the lateral end of the clavicle
The points of the large intestine-meridian (shou yang ming)
Concentration point
Ic 11 (quchi/Stagnum curvum)
At the radial end of the elbow crease with a 90° bend in the elbow joint
Dispersion point
Ic 2 (erjian/Interstitium alterum)
In the outer indentation situated distal to the proximal joint of the index finger
Source point
Ic 4 (hegu/Valles coniunctae)
On the highest point of the muscle which arises (with the thumb adducted) between the first and second
metacarpal bones, radial to an indentation approximately in the centre of the second metacarpal bone
Luo point
Ic 6 (pianli/Pervium obliquum)
3 cun proximal to Ic 5. This is situated in the Tabatière anatomique between the tendons of the M. extensor
pollicis longus and the M. extensor pollicis brevis (the extensor of the thumb)
Shu point
V 25 (dachangshu/Inductorium intestini crassi)
1.5 cun lateral to the medial line of the body beneath the spine of the 4th lumbar vertebra
Mu point
S 25 (tianshu/Cardo caeli)
2 cun lateral to the navel
The points of the stomach-meridian (zou yang ming)
Concentration point
S 41 (jiexi/Rivulus liberatus)
On the back of the foot on the center of the metatarsal crease in an indentation between the tendons of the
M. extensor digitorum of the first and second toes (pulse of A. tibialis anterior)
Dispersion point
S 45 (lidui/Laetitia repressa)
On the lateral corner of the second toenail on the presumed intersection of the lower edge and the side edge of
the toenail
Source point
S 42 (chongyang/Yang impedimentalis)
Distal from S 41, at the highest point of the back on the foot, where a pulse can be felt between the second and
third metatarsal bone (A. tibialis anterior)
The points and their localization
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