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Extra Point Yintang (Hall of impression)

Location: In-between the eyebrows, also known as the third eye point.

Benefits: Calms the mind, helps with frontal headaches, anxiety, insomnia and nasal congestion.

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Extra Paint Taiyang (Supreme Yang)

Location: In a depression, 1 cun from midway between the outer edge of the eye and the end of the eyebrow.

Benefits: Helps to ease temporal headaches, eases local pain, helps with conditions of the eye, and helps treat trigeminal neuralgia (inflammation and pain of the facial nerve, usually affecting the jaw or cheek)

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Chinese Name: Baihui (Hundred Meetings)

Location: In a depression on the top of the head and on the midline, 5 cun back from the anterior hairline, in line with the tips of the ears.

Benefits: Calms the mind. Helps with memory, headaches, dizziness, insomnia, helps with concentration, raises energy, raises and subdues Yang energy. Regulates circulation

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Stomach 8 (St 8)

Chinese Name: Touwei ( Head Support)

Location: .5 cun above the hairline at the corner of the forehead

Benefits: Helps with headaches, twitching of the eyes, blurred vision, eye pain and dizziness.

Gall Bladder 20 (GB20)

Chinese Name: Feng Qi (Wind Pool)

Location: At the base of the skull, in a depression between the SCM and Upper traps muscles.

Benefits: Helps with circulation in the head and neck, helps with blurred vision, headaches, migraines, neck and shoulder pain and stiffness, and benefits colds and flus.

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Lung 1(LU1)

Chinese Name: Zhongfu (Central Palace)

Location: 1 cun below LU2, 6 cun lateral (away) from the midline of the body, in the first intercostal (space in-between ribs) space.

Benefits: Strengthens and regulates the lungs, can help with cough, chest congestion, wheezing etc… Opens the chest and can help to release “stuck” emotions (mostly pertaining to sadness and grief).

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Kidney 27 (KD27)

Chinese Name: Shufu (Shu mansion)

Location: In a depression, under the collar bone, 2 cun away from the midline of the body

Benefits: Opens the chest, helps with wheezing, cough, chest pain and vomiting, and strengthens the immune system.

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Ren 12

Chinese Name: Zhong wan (Middle Cavity)

Location: On the midline of the body, 4 above the umbilicus (belly button)

Benefits: Regulates digestion, helps with abdominal pain, acid reflux, pain in the throat from acid reflux, vomiting, ulcers, undigested food in stool, hiccups, gastritis and inflammation in the stomach.


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Ren 6/ Conception Vessel 6 ( R6/ CV6 )

Chinese Name: Qihai (Sea of Qi)

Location: On the midline of the abdomen, 1.5 cun down from the umbilicus (belly button)

Benefits: strengthens the kidneys, tonifies Qi and Yang, strengthens Kidney yin and kidney yang, regulates Qi and urination, helps with fatigue, helps with abdominal and digestive discomfort, helps with irregular menstruation and benefits overall health and wellbeing.

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Ren 4 / Conception Vessel 4 ( R4, CV4 )

Chinese Name: Guanyuan (Gate of Origin)

Location: on the midline of the abdomen, 3 cun down from the umbilicus (belly button).

Benefits: Strengthens the Kidneys, tonifies original Qi, regulates the lower abdomen, small intestines and uterus, benefits the bladder, urination and genital issues, helps with infertility and menstrual issues, fatigue and lower back pain

Gall Bladder 21 (GB21)

~Do not use during pregnancy~

Chinese Name: Jianjing ( Shoulder Well)

Location: On the top of the shoulder, in line with the nipple.

Benefits: Helps with neck and shoulder pain, shoulder tension, headaches and breast pain. Helps to move Qi downwards

Large Intestine 4 (LI4)

~Don’t use during pregnancy~

Chinese Name: Hegu (Joining Valley)

Location: To locate, bring the thumb and index finger together. A mound in the muscle will form. Find the highest point and press in towards the hand.

Benefits: helps with all types of headaches, allergies, colds, constipation, pain on the hand, regulates the immune system, lungs and sweating. Benefits the face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth), sore throat, toothache, etc…

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Lung 7 (LU7)

Chinese Name: Lieque (Broken Sequence)

Location: In a depression between the two tendons, 1.5 cun above the wrist crease on the radial (thumb) side.

Benefits: This is an important point for when you’re feeling a cold coming on. Benefits the immune system. Helps with sore throats and cough.It benefits the lungs and the head & neck. Helps with wrist pain.

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Large Intestine 11 ( LI 11 )

Chinese Name: Quchi ( Pool at the Crook )

Location: with the arm bent, it is on the outside edge of the elbow crease.

Benefits: strengthens the immune system helps with allergies, colds and flus, skin conditions (hives, itching, psoriasis, etc…), constipation, high blood pressure, arm, elbow and shoulder pain/stiffness, etc…

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Heart 7 (HT 7)

Shenmen ( Spirit Gate)

Location: on the wrist crease, on the pinky side of the hand, on the inside of the tendon just below the palm of the hand.

Benefits: calms the mind, helps with anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, irritability, and benefits the memory.

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Pericardium 6 (PC 6)

Chinese Name: Neiguan ( Inner Gate)

Location: between the two tendons on the middle of the forearm, 2 cun up from the wrist crease.

Benefits: calms the mind, helps with anxiety, insomnia and emotional imbalances, calms the stomach and nausea, regulates the stomach, the heart and the chest, helps with palpitations and hiccups, etc…

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Stomach 36 (ST36)

Chinese Name: Zusanli ( Leg 3 Miles)

Location: 3 cun below the lateral (outside) eye of the knee, 1 fingerwidth lateral to the crest of the tibia (lateral edge of the shin bone).

Benefits: This is one of the most used points and has so many benefits. It boosts the whole system. Good for fatigue or anemia. Helps with ANY digestive issue, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, hiccups, belching, etc… ST36 regulates and strengthens the lungs as well as the immune system. Helps with leg pain and weakness. Benefits high blood pressure, dizziness, benefits lactation, etc…

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Gall Bladder 34 (GB34)

Chinese Name: Yanglingquan ( Yang Hill Spring)

Location: In a depression, 1 cun infant of and below the head of the fibula bone.

Benefits: Benefits the sinews (tendons and ligaments) and joints. Helps with pain in the knee, regulates the liver and gall bladder, relieves pain, cramping and muscle spasms. Helps with sciatic issues and rib pain

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Bladder 60 (BL/UB 60)

~Don’t use during pregnancy~

Chinese Name: Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)

Location: On the outside of the leg, in a depression halfway. between the highest point of the outer ankle bone and the achilles tendon.

Benefits: Helps with lower back pain (acute and chronic), pain of the sacrum (tailbone), and sciatica. Helps with neck pain, vertigo, and headaches at the occiput (base of the skull). Helps with foot, ankle and leg pain. Relaxes the tendons.

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Liver 3 (LV3)

Chinese Name: Tai Chong ( Great Surge)

Location: On the top of the foot in a depression, distal (away from) where the first and second metatarsals (foot bones) join.

Benefits: This is a point you could press every day. It relieves stress, depression and anger. Helps with PMS symptoms, regulates menstruation, low back pain, migraines, headaches, high blood pressure, insomnia, eye conditions, vomiting, and helps to regulate hormones

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Spleen 3 (SP3)

Chinese Name: Taibai (Greater White)

Location: on the inside of the foot, near the big toe, below the head of the first foot bone, on a line where the skin tones changes.

Benefits: Helps with digestion by regulating and strengthening the Spleen and Stomach. Helps with Edema (swelling/retention of fluid). Strengthens the spine. Benefits toe pain.

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Spleen 6 (SP6)

~Don’t use during pregnancy~

Chinese Name: Sanyinjiao ( Three Yin Intersection)

This is a very important point with many benefits and functions. The name comes from 3 of the yin channels meeting here; the Spleen, the Liver and the Kidney meridian, all very important for reproduction function.

Location: On the inside of the leg, 3 cun (4 finger widths) up from the highest point of the inside ankle bone, in a tender depression posterior (behind) the Tibia bone.

Benefits: Strengthens and regulates the Spleen, Kidneys, Liver and Stomach. Regulates menstruation. Helps with infertility, impotence, promotes urination. Helps with skin disorders, Insomnia, stress and benefits leg and ankle discomfort to name a few…

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Kidney 3 (KD3)

Chinese Name: Taixi ( Great Stream)

Location: On the inside of the leg, in a depression, halfway between the highest point of the inner ankle bone and the achilles tendon.

Benefits: Strengthens and benefits the Kidneys. Strengthens the low back and knees. Helps with urinary issues (frequent urination, incontinence, etc…), heel pain, insomnia, poor memory, tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and wheezing.

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Kidney 1 (KD1)

Chinese Name: Yongquan ( Gushing Spring)

Location: In a depression on the sole of the foot, on a line running between the 2nd and 3rd toe and the heel, at the bottom of the 1st third of the foot.

Benefits: Very calming point. Helps with headaches, hypertension and tinnitus (ringing in the ear) by drawing down excess energy. Helps with anxiety, poor memory and insomnia. Revives consciousness.