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Acupuncture Point Reference

Acupuncture Point Reference

Acupuncture point icons are colour coded to show whether they are key points or have balances. They are also marked with bands if they are to be avoided during pregnancy.

See Acupoint pins explained for more information about the different pin icon colours and styles and how to use them.

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Caution during pregnancy using points with banded pin icons

See Avoid during pregnancy → points to avoid during pregnancy

Be cautious using points with banded pin icons during pregnancy

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Avoid points with pin icons that are pointing left / during pregnancy

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  • Bladder
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  • Liver
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  • Small Intestine
  • San Jiao
  • Pericardium
  • Stomach
  • Spleen
  • Lung
  • Large Intestine
  • Du Mai—GV
  • Ren Mai—CV

Bladder

Acupuncture Points

Bl-1
Bl-1

Bright Eyes

Spirit Point
Bl-2
Bl-2

Gathered Bamboo

Bl-3
Bl-3

Eyebrows' Pouring

Bl-4
Bl-4

Crooked Curve

Bl-5
Bl-5

Fifth Place

Bl-6
Bl-6

Receiving Light

Bl-7
Bl-7

Heavenly Connection

Key Point
Bl-8
Bl-8

Declining Connection

Bl-9
Bl-9

Jade Pillow

Neurological
Bl-10
Bl-10

Celestial Pillar

Bl-11
Bl-11

Great Shuttle

Bl-12
Bl-12

Wind Gate

Bl-13
Bl-13

Lung Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-14
Bl-14

Jueyin Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-15
Bl-15

Heart Shu

Key PointBack-Shu Point
Bl-16
Bl-16

Governor Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-17
Bl-17

Diaphragm Shu

Bl-18
Bl-18

Liver Shu

Key PointBack-Shu Point
Bl-19
Bl-19

Gallbladder Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-20
Bl-20

Spleen Shu

Key PointBack-Shu Point
Bl-21
Bl-21

Stomach Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-22
Bl-22

Sanjiao Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-23
Bl-23

Kidney Shu

Key PointBack-Shu Point
Bl-24
Bl-24

Sea of Qi Shu

Bl-25
Bl-25

Large Intestine Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-26
Bl-26

Gate of Origin Shu

Key Point
Bl-27
Bl-27

Small Intestine Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-28
Bl-28

Bladder Shu

Back-Shu Point
Bl-29
Bl-29

Mid-Spine Shu

Bl-30
Bl-30

White Ring Shu

Bl-31
Bl-31

Upper Crevice

Bl-32
Bl-32

Second Crevice

Bl-33
Bl-33

Middle Crevice

Bl-34
Bl-34

Lower crevice

Bl-35
Bl-35

Meeting of Yang

Bl-36
Bl-36

Hold and Support

Bl-37
Bl-37

Gate of Abundance

Bl-38
Bl-38

Floating Cleft

Bl-39
Bl-39

Outside of the Crook

Key PointHe SeaLower He Sea
Bl-40
Bl-40

Middle of the Crook

Key PointHe SeaEarth Point
Bl-41
Bl-41

Attached Branch

Bl-42
Bl-42

Door of the Corporeal Soul

Spirit Point
Bl-43
Bl-43

Vital Region Shu

Bl-44
Bl-44

Hall of the Spirit

Spirit Point
Bl-45
Bl-45

Yi Xi

Bl-46
Bl-46

Diaphragm Gate

Bl-47
Bl-47

Gate of the Ethereal Soul

Spirit Point
Bl-48
Bl-48

Yang's Key Link

Bl-49
Bl-49

Abode of Thought

Spirit Point
Bl-50
Bl-50

Stomach Granary

Bl-51
Bl-51

Vitals Gate

Bl-52
Bl-52

Residence of the Will

Spirit Point
Bl-53
Bl-53

Bladder's Vitals

Bl-54
Bl-54

Order's Limit

Bl-55
Bl-55

Confluence of Yang

Bl-56
Bl-56

Support the Sinews

Bl-57
Bl-57

Support the Mountain

Bl-58
Bl-58

Soaring Upwards

Luo Point
Bl-59
Bl-59

Instep Yang

Xi-Cleft
Bl-60
Bl-60

Kunlun Mountains

Key PointJing RiverFire Point
Bl-61
Bl-61

Servant's Respect

Bl-62
Bl-62

Extending Vessel

Master PointKey Point
Bl-63
Bl-63

Golden Gate

Xi-Cleft
Bl-64
Bl-64

Capital Bone

Yuan Point
Bl-65
Bl-65

Restraining Bone

Shu StreamWood Point
Bl-66
Bl-66

Foot Connecting Valley

Key PointYing SpringWater Point
Bl-67
Bl-67

Reaching Yin

Jing WellMetal Point

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Kidney

Acupuncture Points

KI-1
KI-1

Gushing Spring

Spirit PointKey PointJing WellWood Point
KI-2
KI-2

Blazing Valley

Ying SpringFire Point
KI-3
KI-3

Supreme Stream

Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
KI-4
KI-4

Great Bell

Key PointLuo Point
KI-5
KI-5

Water Spring

Xi-Cleft
KI-6
KI-6

Shining Sea

Master Point
KI-7
KI-7

Returning Current

Key PointJing RiverMetal Point
KI-8
KI-8

Exchange Belief

Xi-Cleft
KI-9
KI-9

Guest House

Xi-Cleft
KI-10
KI-10

Yin Valley

He SeaWater Point
KI-11
KI-11

Pubic Bone

KI-12
KI-12

Great Luminance

KI-13
KI-13

Qi Cave

KI-14
KI-14

Four Fullnesses

KI-15
KI-15

Middle Flow

KI-16
KI-16

Vitals Shu

KI-17
KI-17

Shang Bend

KI-18
KI-18

Stone Pass

KI-19
KI-19

Yin Metropolis

KI-20
KI-20

Abdomen Connecting Valley

KI-21
KI-21

Hidden Gate

KI-22
KI-22

Walking Corridor

KI-23
KI-23

Spirit Seal

Spirit Point
KI-24
KI-24

Spirit Ruin

Spirit Point
KI-25
KI-25

Spirit Storehouse

Spirit Point
KI-26
KI-26

Comfortable Chest

KI-27
KI-27

Shu Mansion

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Gall Bladder

Acupuncture Points

Gb-1
Gb-1

Pupil Crevice

Key Point
Gb-2
Gb-2

Meeting of Hearing

Key Point
Gb-3
Gb-3

Above the Joint

Gb-4
Gb-4

Jaw Serenity

Gb-5
Gb-5

Suspended Skull

Gb-6
Gb-6

Suspended Hair

Gb-7
Gb-7

Crook of the Temple

Gb-8
Gb-8

Leading Valley

Key Point
Gb-9
Gb-9

Heavenly Rushing

Gb-10
Gb-10

Floating White

Gb-11
Gb-11

Yin Portals of the Head

Gb-12
Gb-12

Mastoid Process

Key Point
Gb-13
Gb-13

Root of the Spirit

Gb-14
Gb-14

Yang White

Key Point
Gb-15
Gb-15

Head Governor of Tears

Gb-16
Gb-16

Window of the Eye

Gb-17
Gb-17

Upright Nutrition

Gb-18
Gb-18

Support Spirit

Gb-19
Gb-19

Brain Hollow

Gb-20
Gb-20

Wind Pool

Key Point
Gb-21
Gb-21

Shoulder Well

Gb-22
Gb-22

Armpit Abyss

Gb-23
Gb-23

Flank Sinews

Gb-24
Gb-24

Sun and Moon

Spirit PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Gb-25
Gb-25

Capital Gate

Key PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Gb-26
Gb-26

Girdling Vessel

Key Point
Gb-27
Gb-27

Five Pivots

Gb-28
Gb-28

Linking Path

Gb-29
Gb-29

Stationary Crevice

Gb-30
Gb-30

Jumping Circle

Key Point
Gb-31
Gb-31

Wind Market

Gb-32
Gb-32

Middle Ditch

Gb-33
Gb-33

Knee Yang Gate

Gb-34
Gb-34

Yang Mound Spring

Key PointHe SeaEarth Point
Gb-35
Gb-35

Yang Intersection

Xi-Cleft
Gb-36
Gb-36

Outer Hill

Xi-Cleft
Gb-37
Gb-37

Bright Light

Key PointLuo Point
Gb-38
Gb-38

Yang Assistance

Key PointJing RiverFire Point
Gb-39
Gb-39

Suspended Bell

Key Point
Gb-40
Gb-40

Mound of Ruins

Yuan Point
Gb-41
Gb-41

Foot Governor of Tears

Master PointKey PointShu StreamWood Point
Gb-42
Gb-42

Earth Five Meetings

Gb-43
Gb-43

Clamped Stream

Ying SpringWater Point
Gb-44
Gb-44

Yin Portals of the Foot

Key PointJing WellMetal Point

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Liver

Acupuncture Points

Liv-1
Liv-1

Big Mound

Spirit PointJing WellWood Point
Liv-2
Liv-2

Moving Between

Key PointYing SpringFire Point
Liv-3
Liv-3

Great Rushing

Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Liv-4
Liv-4

Middle Seal

Jing RiverMetal Point
Liv-5
Liv-5

Woodworm Canal

Luo Point
Liv-6
Liv-6

Central Capital

Xi-Cleft
Liv-7
Liv-7

Knee Joint

Liv-8
Liv-8

Spring at the Crook

He SeaWater Point
Liv-9
Liv-9

Yin Wrapping

Liv-10
Liv-10

Leg Five Miles

Liv-11
Liv-11

Yin Corner

Liv-12
Liv-12

Urgent Pulse

Liv-13
Liv-13

Completion Gate

Key PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Liv-14
Liv-14

Cycle Gate

Alarm PointFront-Mu Point

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Heart

Acupuncture Points

Ht-1
Ht-1

Summit Spring

Ht-2
Ht-2

Green Spirit

Spirit Point
Ht-3
Ht-3

Lesser Sea

He SeaWater Point
Ht-4
Ht-4

Spirit Path

Jing RiverMetal Point
Ht-5
Ht-5

Chong Mai the Interior

Luo Point
Ht-6
Ht-6

Yin Cleft

Xi-Cleft
Ht-7
Ht-7

Spirit Gate

Spirit PointKey PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Ht-8
Ht-8

Lesser Palace

Key PointYing SpringFire Point
Ht-9
Ht-9

Lesser Rushing

Jing WellWood Point

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Small Intestine

Acupuncture Points

SI-1
SI-1

Lesser Marsh

Key PointJing WellMetal Point
SI-2
SI-2

Front Valley

Ying SpringWater Point
SI-3
SI-3

Back Stream

Master PointKey PointShu StreamWood Point
SI-4
SI-4

Wrist Bone

Key PointYuan Point
SI-5
SI-5

Yang Valley

Jing RiverFire Point
SI-6
SI-6

Support the Aged

Xi-CleftKey Point
SI-7
SI-7

Branch of the Upright

Key PointLuo Point
SI-8
SI-8

Small Sea

He SeaEarth Point
SI-9
SI-9

True Shoulder

SI-10
SI-10

Upper arm Shu

SI-11
SI-11

Heavenly Gathering

Key Point
SI-12
SI-12

Grasping the Wind

SI-13
SI-13

Crooked Wall

SI-14
SI-14

Outer Shoulder Shu

SI-15
SI-15

Middle Shoulder Shu

SI-16
SI-16

Heavenly Window

Key Point
SI-17
SI-17

Heavenly Appearance

SI-18
SI-18

Cheek Bone Crevice

Key Point
SI-19
SI-19

Palace of Hearing

Spirit PointKey Point

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San Jiao

Acupuncture Points

SJ-1
SJ-1

Rushing Pass

Jing WellMetal Point
SJ-2
SJ-2

Fluid Gate

Ying SpringWater Point
SJ-3
SJ-3

Central Islet

Shu StreamWood Point
SJ-4
SJ-4

Yang Pool

Yuan Point
SJ-5
SJ-5

Outer Pass

Spirit PointMaster PointKey PointLuo Point
SJ-6
SJ-6

Branch Ditch

Key PointJing RiverFire Point
SJ-7
SJ-7

Ancestral Meeting

Xi-Cleft
SJ-8
SJ-8

Three Yang Meeting

SJ-9
SJ-9

Four Rivers

SJ-10
SJ-10

Heavenly Well

He SeaEarth Point
SJ-11
SJ-11

Clear Cold Abyss

SJ-12
SJ-12

Dispersing Luo River

SJ-13
SJ-13

Upper Arm Meeting

SJ-14
SJ-14

Shoulder Crevice

SJ-15
SJ-15

Heavenly Crevice

SJ-16
SJ-16

Window of Heaven

SJ-17
SJ-17

Wind Screen

SJ-18
SJ-18

Spasm Vessel

SJ-19
SJ-19

Skull's Rest

SJ-20
SJ-20

Minute Angle

SJ-21
SJ-21

Ear Gate

SJ-22
SJ-22

Ear Harmony Crevice

SJ-23
SJ-23

Silken Bamboo Hollow

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Pericardium

Acupuncture Points

Pc-1
Pc-1

Heavenly Pool

Pc-2
Pc-2

Heavenly Spring

Pc-3
Pc-3

Marsh at the Crook

He SeaWater Point
Pc-4
Pc-4

Xi-Cleft Gate

Xi-CleftKey Point
Pc-5
Pc-5

Intermediate Messenger

Jing RiverMetal Point
Pc-6
Pc-6

Inner Pass

Spirit PointMaster PointKey PointLuo Point
Pc-7
Pc-7

Great Mound

Shu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Pc-8
Pc-8

Palace of Toil

Key PointYing SpringFire Point
Pc-9
Pc-9

Middle Rushing

Jing WellWood Point

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Stomach

Acupuncture Points

St-1
St-1

Container of Tears

Key Point
St-2
St-2

Four Whites

St-3
St-3

Great Crevice

St-4
St-4

Earth Granary

Key Point
St-5
St-5

Great Welcome

St-6
St-6

Jaw Bone

Key Point
St-7
St-7

Below the Joint

St-8
St-8

Head's Binding

Key Point
St-9
St-9

Receive our humanity

Key Point
St-10
St-10

Water Prominence

St-11
St-11

Abode of Qi

St-12
St-12

Empty Basin

St-13
St-13

Qi Door

St-14
St-14

Storehouse

St-15
St-15

Room Screen

St-16
St-16

Breast Window

St-17
St-17

Middle of the Breast

St-18
St-18

Root of the Breast

St-19
St-19

Not Contained

St-20
St-20

Supporting Fullness

St-21
St-21

Beam Gate

St-22
St-22

Pass Gate

St-23
St-23

Supreme Unity

St-24
St-24

Slippery Flesh Gate

St-25
St-25

Heaven's Pivot

Spirit PointKey PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
St-26
St-26

Outer Mound

St-27
St-27

The Great

St-28
St-28

Water Passage

St-29
St-29

Return

St-30
St-30

Rushing Qi

St-31
St-31

Thigh Gate

St-32
St-32

Crouching Rabbit

St-33
St-33

Yin Market

St-34
St-34

Ridge Mound

Xi-Cleft
St-35
St-35

Calf's Nose

Key Point
St-36
St-36

Leg Three Miles

Key PointHe SeaEarth Point
St-37
St-37

Upper Great Void

Key PointHe SeaLower He Sea
St-38
St-38

Lines Opening

Key Point
St-39
St-39

Lower Great Void

Key PointHe SeaLower He Sea
St-40
St-40

Abundant Bulge

Key PointLuo Point
St-41
St-41

Stream Divide

Key PointJing RiverFire Point
St-42
St-42

Rushing Yang

Yuan Point
St-43
St-43

Sunken Valley

Key PointShu StreamWood Point
St-44
St-44

Inner Courtyard

Key PointYing SpringWater Point
St-45
St-45

Strict Exchange

Jing WellMetal Point

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Spleen

Acupuncture Points

Sp-1
Sp-1

Hidden White

Jing WellWood Point
Sp-2
Sp-2

Great Metropolis

Ying SpringFire Point
Sp-3
Sp-3

Supreme White

Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Sp-4
Sp-4

Grandfather Grandson

Master PointKey PointLuo Point
Sp-5
Sp-5

Shang Mound

Jing RiverMetal Point
Sp-6
Sp-6

Three Yin Intersection

Key PointMaster Point
Sp-7
Sp-7

Dripping Valley

Sp-8
Sp-8

Earth Pivot

Xi-CleftKey Point
Sp-9
Sp-9

Yin Mound Spring

Key PointHe SeaWater Point
Sp-10
Sp-10

Sea of Blood

Key Point
Sp-11
Sp-11

Winnowing Gate

Sp-12
Sp-12

Rushing Gate

Sp-13
Sp-13

Abode of the Fu

Sp-14
Sp-14

Abdomen Knot

Sp-15
Sp-15

Great Horizontal

Key Point
Sp-16
Sp-16

Abdomen Sorrow

Sp-17
Sp-17

Food Cavity

Sp-18
Sp-18

Heavenly Stream

Sp-19
Sp-19

Chest Village

Sp-20
Sp-20

Encircling Glory

Sp-21
Sp-21

Great Wrapping

Spirit Point

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Lung

Acupuncture Points

Lu-1
Lu-1

Middle Palace

Key PointAlarm Point
Lu-2
Lu-2

Cloud Gate

Lu-3
Lu-3

Palace of Heaven

Lu-4
Lu-4

Clasping the White

Lu-5
Lu-5

Cubit Marsh

He SeaWater Point
Lu-6
Lu-6

Maximum Opening

Xi-Cleft
Lu-7
Lu-7

Broken Sequence

Master PointKey PointLuo Point
Lu-8
Lu-8

Channel Gutter

Jing RiverMetal Point
Lu-9
Lu-9

Supreme Abyss

Spirit PointKey PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Lu-10
Lu-10

Fish Border

Key PointYing SpringFire Point
Lu-11
Lu-11

Lesser Shang

Jing WellWood Point

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Large Intestine

Acupuncture Points

LI-1
LI-1

Shang Yang

Jing WellMetal Point
LI-2
LI-2

Second Space

Key PointYing SpringWater Point
LI-20
LI-20

Welcome Fragrance

Key Point
LI-3
LI-3

Third Space

Shu StreamWood Point
LI-4
LI-4

Joining Valley

Spirit PointKey PointYuan Point
LI-5
LI-5

Yang Stream

Jing RiverFire Point
LI-6
LI-6

Veering Passage

Key PointLuo Point
LI-7
LI-7

Warm Flow

Xi-Cleft
LI-8
LI-8

Lower Angle

LI-9
LI-9

Upper Angle

LI-10
LI-10

Arm Three Miles

Key Point
LI-11
LI-11

Pool at the Crook

Key PointHe SeaEarth Point
LI-12
LI-12

Elbow Crevice

LI-13
LI-13

Arm Five Miles

LI-14
LI-14

Upper Arm

LI-15
LI-15

Shoulder Bone

Key Point
LI-16
LI-16

Great Bone

LI-17
LI-17

Heaven's Tripod

LI-18
LI-18

Support the Prominence

Key Point
LI-19
LI-19

Mouth Grain Crevice

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Du Mai—GV

Acupuncture Points

Du-1
Du-1

Long Stroing

Luo Point
Du-2
Du-2

Lumbar Shu

Du-3
Du-3

Lumbar Yang Gate

Du-4
Du-4

Gate of Life (Ming Men)

Spirit Point
Du-5
Du-5

Suspended Pivot

Spirit Point
Du-6
Du-6

Centre of the Spine

Du-7
Du-7

Central Pivot

Du-8
Du-8

Sinew Contraction

Du-9
Du-9

Reaching Yang

Du-10
Du-10

Spirit Tower

Spirit Point
Du-11
Du-11

Spirit Pathway

Spirit Point
Du-12
Du-12

Body Pillar

Du-13
Du-13

Way of Happiness

Du-14
Du-14

Great Vertebra

Key Point
Du-15
Du-15

Gate of Muteness

Du-16
Du-16

Palace of Wind

Key Point
Du-17
Du-17

Brain’s Door

Du-18
Du-18

Unyielding Space

Du-19
Du-19

Behind the Crown

Du-20
Du-20

One Hundred Meetings

Spirit PointKey Point
Du-21
Du-21

In Front of the Crown

Du-22
Du-22

Fontanelle Meeting

Du-23
Du-23

Upper Star

Du-24
Du-24

Courtyard of the Spirit

Key Point
Du-25
Du-25

White Crevice

Du-26
Du-26

Man’s Middle

Key PointAlarm Point
Du-27
Du-27

Extremity of the Mouth

Du-28
Du-28

Gum Intersection

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Ren Mai—CV

Acupuncture Points

Ren-1
Ren-1

Meeting of Yin

Spirit Point
Ren-2
Ren-2

Curved Bone

Ren-3
Ren-3

Middle Pole

Key PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-4
Ren-4

Gate of Origin

Spirit PointKey PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-5
Ren-5

Stone Gate

Alarm PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-6
Ren-6

Sea of Qi

Spirit PointKey Point
Ren-7
Ren-7

Yin Intersection

Key Point
Ren-8
Ren-8

Spirit Gateway

Spirit Point
Ren-9
Ren-9

Water Separation

Ren-10
Ren-10

Lower Epigastrium

Ren-11
Ren-11

Internal Foundation

Ren-12
Ren-12

Middle Cavity

Key PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-13
Ren-13

Upper Cavity

Ren-14
Ren-14

Great Palace

Alarm PointKey PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-15
Ren-15

Bird Tail

Key PointLuo Point
Ren-16
Ren-16

Central Courtyard

Ren-17
Ren-17

Sea ofQi / Middle of the Chest

Key PointAlarm PointFront-Mu Point
Ren-18
Ren-18

Jade Hall

Ren-19
Ren-19

Violet Palace

Ren-20
Ren-20

Splendid Cover

Ren-21
Ren-21

Jade Rotator

Key Point
Ren-22
Ren-22

Heaven Projection

Ren-23
Ren-23

Lateral Spring

Key Point
Ren-24
Ren-24

Saliva Container

Alarm Point

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