Do I need to memorize all these acupoints?

bbsadmin Publish time 2009-05-06 09:21:04

Do I need to memorize all these acupoints? What points are important besides "five shu points, yuan points, 8 conflucence points, xi-point, luo point, low sea points, influence points......"? 
 
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<a name="834"></a>Zhen LI
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:59 pm

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:21:32

Yes, all the specific points are important! I mean the ones which are given specially entitled in the blanks, including all you have mentioned, but still some more. 
As to the other points you'd better remember as much as possible, at least you should remember the names, the location, and which meridian they are in. 
Is it difficult?
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<a name="837"></a>David King
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:08 am

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:22:10

Yes, it is very dificult for us. 
 
Do you have some poems or other easy ways? 
 
thanks a lot 
Zhen
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<a name="839"></a>Zhen LI
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:51 am

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:23:24

So sorry Zhen, 
I don't have any at the moment. I think you may go to some other websites published in Chinese and find some poems or songs. 
In fact, I don't think there are some easy ways, but you'd better to make a skeleton first, which consists of the specific points as we have mentioned before. Then later what you need to do is to fill the details. 
Try! 
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<a name="842"></a>David King
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:15 pm

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:24:04

Do I need to memorize all these acupoints? What points are important besides "five shu points, yuan points, 8 conflucence points, xi-point, luo point, low sea points, influence points......"? 
 
SELECTED POINTS FOR BASIC TRAINING IN ACUPUNCTURE 
 
Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture (WHO, 1996) 
 
Lung meridian (LU) 
LU 1 zhongfu LU 7 kongzui LU 10 yuji 
LU 5 chize LU 9 taiyuan LU 11 shaoshang 
Large intestine meridian (LI) 
LI 1 shangyang LI 7 wenliu LI 14 binao 
LI 3 sanjian LI 6 pianli LI 15 jianyu 
LI 4 hegu LI 10 shousanli LI 18 futu 
LI 5 yangxi LI 11 quchi LI 20 yingxiang 
 
Stomach meridian (ST) 
ST 1 chengqi ST 21 liangmen ST 36 zusanli 
ST 2 sibai ST 25 tianshu ST 37 shangjuxu 
ST 3 juliao ST 27 daju ST 38 tiaokou 
ST 4 dicang ST 29 guilai ST 40 fenglong 
ST 5 daying ST 31 biguan ST 41 jiexie 
ST 6 jiache ST 32 futu ST 42 chongyang 
ST 7 xiaguan ST 34 liangqiu ST 44 neiting 
ST 8 touwei ST 35 dubi ST 45 lidui 
ST 18 rugen 
 
Spleen meridian (SP) 
SP 1 yinbai SP 5 shangqiu SP 10 xuehai 
SP 2 dadu SP 6 sanyinjiao SP 11 jimen 
SP 3 taibai SP 8 diji SP 15 daheng 
SP 4 gongsun SP 9 yinlingquan 
 
Heart meridian (HT) 
HT 3 shaohai HT 7 shenmen HT 9 shaochong 
HT 5 tongli HT 8 shaofu 
 
Small intestine meridian (SI) 
SI 1 shaoze SI 9 jianzhen SI 17 tianrong 
SI 3 houxi SI 10 naoshu SI 18 quanliao 
SI 4 wangu SI 11 tianzong SI 19 tinggong 
SI 5 yanggu SI 12 bingfeng 
SI 6 yanglao SI 14 jianwaishu 
 
Bladder meridian (BL) 
BL 1 jingming BL 21 weishu BL 52 zhishi 
BL 2 cuanzhu BL 22 sanjiaoshu BL 54 zhibian 
BL 7 tongtian BL 23 shenshu BL 57 chengshan 
BL 10 tianzhu BL 25 dachangshu BL 58 feiyang 
BL 11 dazhu BL 28 pangguangshu BL 60 kunlun 
BL 12 fengmen BL 31 shangliao BL 62 shenmai 
BL 13 feishu BL 32 ciliao BL 64 jinggu 
BL 15 xinshu BL 33 zhongliao BL 65 shugu 
BL 17 geshu BL 34 xialiao BL 66 zutonggu 
BL 18 ganshu BL 36 chengfu BL 67 zhiyin 
BL 19 danshu BL 40 weiyang 
BL 20 pishu BL 43 gaohuang 
 
Kidney meridian (KI) 
KI 1 yongquan KI 5 shuiquan KI 9 zhubin 
KI 2 rangu KI 6 zhaohai LI 10 yingu 
KI 3 taixi KI 7 fuliu 
 
Pericardium meridian (PC) 
PC 3 quze PC 6 neiguan PC 9 zhongchong 
PC 4 ximen PC 7 daling 
PC 5 jianshi PC 8 laogong 
 
Triple energizer meridian (TE) 
TE 1 guanchong TE 5 waiguan TE 14 jianliao 
TE 2 yemen TE 6 zhigou TE 17 yifeng 
TE 3 zhongzhu TE 9 sidu TE 21 ermen 
TE 4 yangchi TE 13 naohui TE 23 sizhukong 
 
Gall bladder meridian (GB) 
GB 1 tongziliao GB 24 riyue GB 37 guangming 
GB 2 tinghui GB 25 jingmen GB 39 xuanzhong 
GB 8 shuaigu GB 29 juliao GB 40 qiuxu 
GB 12 wangu GB 30 huantiao GB 41 zulinqi 
GB 14 yangbai GB 31 fengshi GB 43 xiaxi 
GB 20 fengchi GB 33 xiyangguan GB 44 zuqiaoyin 
GB 21 jianjing GB 34 yanglingquan 
 
Liver meridian (LR) 
LR 1 dadun LR 4 zhongfeng LR 13 zhangmen 
LR 2 xingjian LR 5 ligou LR 14 qimen 
LR 3 taichong LR 8 ququan 
 
13. Governor vessel (GV) 
 
GV 1 changqiang GV 13 taodao GV 20 baihui 
GV 3 yaoyangguan GV 14 dazhui GV 23 shangxing 
GV 4 mingmen GV 15 yamen GV 25 suliao 
GV 9 zhiyang GV 16 fengfu GV 26 shuigou 
GV 12 shenzhu 
 
14. Conception vessel (CV) 
 
CV 3 zhongji CV 10 xiawan CV 17 danzhong 
CV 4 guanyuan CV 12 zhongwan CV 22 tiantu 
CV 6 qihai CV 13 shangwan CV 23 lianquan 
CV 8 shenque CV 14 juque CV 24 chengjiang 
CV 9 shuifen 
 
15. Extra points * 
 
EX-HN 1 sishencong EX-HN 4 yuyao EX-B 1 dingchuan 
EX-HN 3 yintang EX-HN 5 taiyang EX-B 2 jiaji 
EX-UE 7 yaotongdian EX-LE 4 neixiyan 
EX-UE 9 baxie EX-LE 6 dannang 
EX-UE 10 sifeng EX-LE 7 lanwei 
EX-UE 11 shixuan EX-LE 10 bafeng 
 
* HN Head and neck; B Back; UE Upper extremities; LE Lower extremities. 
 
Dowload from the official WHO web-site: <a href="http://hinfo198.tempdomainname.com/medicinedocs/collect/edmweb/pdf/whozip56e/whozip56e.pdf" target="_blank">http://hinfo198.tempdomainname.com/medicinedocs/collect/edmweb/pdf/whozip56e/whozip56e.pdf</a>
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<a name="1300"></a>Sergiy
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:01 pm

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:25:00

Dear Sergiy, 
It is very good document for memory accupoints. 
Thanks a lot. you are very nice. 
 
Take care 
Zhen Li
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<a name="1301"></a>Zhen LI 
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:36 am

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:27:48

These points could be taken as reference. 
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<a name="1311"></a>David King 
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:02 am

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:28:22

An additional reference which seems to be useful: 
 
Article The Treatment of Chronic Pain by Dr. John Amaro, DC, FIAMA, Dipl. Ac, LAc., Carefree, Arizona. Dynamic Chiropractic - June 4, 2005, Volume 23, Issue 12. <a href="http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/23/12/01.html" target="_blank">http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/23/12/01.html</a> 
About two dozen of the author's favorite acupoints "for the successful treatment of chronic pain" are presented. The author claims that his "clinic has averaged a 94 percent success rate of "cure" to "major clinical response" with chronic pain, based on the patient's response index", using these acupoints.
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<a name="1325"></a>Sergiy
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:29 pm

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:29:39

Do you have some poems or other easy ways? 
 
So sorry Zhen, 
I don't have any at the moment. I think you may go to some other websites published in Chinese and find some poems or songs. 
 
Please let me know if the following is of any help. 
 
http://www.gilbertogori.it/mdj/immag%20006.jpg 
Ode to the Twelve Heavenly Star Points of Ma Danyang 
 
Written by Ma Danyang (1123-83), famous daoist physician, he is well known today for his poem (ode, song) about 11 acupuncture points. A century later, Xu Feng (who is known for introducing the eight extraordinary meridians) added a 12th point and gave the ode the new name: Song of the Twelve Points Shining Bright as the Starry Sky and Able to Heal All the Many Diseases. This song was translated to English and published as an appendix to The Golden Needle and Other Odes of Traditional Acupuncture by Richard Bertschinger in 1991. 
 
The appearance of the original text for Zusanli: 
http://www.gilbertogori.it/mdj/immag%20007.jpg 
 
 
Here is the translated text of the entire song (the translation by Bertschinger with slight editing by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D.): 
 
Song of the Twelve Points Shining Bright as the Starry Sky and Able to Heal All the Many Diseases 
 
Introduction 
Put out your hand to Three Miles, Inner Courtyard, the Crooked Pond, and Joining Valleys. 
Pair Middle Equilibrium with Receiving the Mountain, Supreme Rushing with Kunlun Mountains, 
Jumping Circle accompanies the Yang Mound, Penetrating Within along with Narrow Defile. 
With support use the rule of support; with severance, use the rule of severance. 
All 360 holes do not escape these 12 strange charms; healing a disease is like magic: 
A torrent whirling as wind-driven snow, the Northern Dipper sends down its true workings. 
The Golden Lock teaches us to snap it open. 
One truly clever can pass this on; the unfaithful have only restless talk. 
 
Zusanli, Three Miles, ST-36 
Three Miles under the eye of the knee, three inches in between the two tendons. 
One can reach into the center of a swollen belly. 
It is splendid at healing a cold stomach, intestinal noises, and diarrhea. 
A swollen leg, sore knee, or calf, an injury from the cold. 
Weakness or emaciation and parasitic infestation of all sorts. 
When your age has passed 30, needling and moxa applied at this point change your thinking. 
To find it, look extremely carefully; three cones of moxa, eight fen in, and peace. 
 
Neiting, Inner Courtyard, ST-44 
The Inner Courtyard outside the second toe, this point belongs to Foot Yangming. 
It can heal a deathly chill in the hands and feet and is good for the hatred of voices. 
Skin rashes and sore throat, continuous yawning and toothache. 
Intermittent fevers without appetite, a needle here means true awakening. 
 
Quchi, Crooked Pond, LI-11 
To find Crooked Pond, fold the hand to the chest, bend the elbow and seek the corner of the bone. 
It is splendid at healing an aching elbow or an arm attacked so the hand cannot close. 
When drawing back a bow is impossible, or the muscles so loose you cannot comb the head. 
If the throat closes up suddenly and it seems fatal, when fevers are repeated and persistent. 
Or for severe lesions over the whole body, immediately needling this point they improve. 
 
Hegu, Joining Valleys, LI-4 
The Joining Valleys lie at the Tiger's Mouth, between two bones where thumb and finger fork. 
A headache with a swollen face, malarial fevers, burning then cold. 
Tooth decay or a nose bleed, lock jaw and unable to speak. 
The needle enters five fen deep, the patient then immediately at peace. 
 
Weizhong, Equilibrium at the Middle, BL-40 
Equilibrium at the Middle in the crook of the knee is on the horizontal crease within the pulse. 
For lumbago when you cannot straighten up, especially when severe and leading up the back. 
Aching muscles which cannot extend, rheumatism which returns irregularly. 
A knee difficult to extend or bend, the needle goes in and immediately there is rest. 
 
Chengshan, Receiving the Mountain, BL-57 
Receiving the Mountain named Fish's Belly, between the flesh where the bulk of the calf divides. 
Is splendid at healing a severe back pain, hemorrhoids, or difficulties in the bowel. 
Swollen ankles and swollen knees. 
Repeated or continuous tremors or aches, sudden cramps and spasms. 
A needle into this point brings peace. 
 
Taichong, Supreme Rushing, LV-3 
Supreme Rushing on the big toe, in two inches behind the joint. 
By its pulse you know there is life, it can cure sudden fits and convulsions. 
The throat and breast swollen, both feet unable to walk. 
All types of hernias: one-sided, bulging, drooping. 
A cloudy mist in front of the eyes and, as well, aching in the waist. 
Lowering the needle brings a magical result. 
 
Kunlun, Kunlun Mountain, BL-60 
Kunlun Mountain, on the ankle, outside the foot, found on the upper edge of the heel-bone. 
In spasms and pain in the tailbone. 
Difficulty in breathing, fullness in the chest. 
When unable to walk or even step out, or you move just once and immediately groan. 
If you want to seek relief then at once needle this hole. 
 
Huantiao, Jumping Circle, GB-30 
The Jumping Circle lies at the hip joint, found lying on the side with one leg bent. 
A lower back that feels like it's broken. 
Rheumatism aggravated by cold or damp. 
Pain running down from thigh to calf, so to turn on the side brings a heavy sigh. 
Some needles and moxa at this point and in a short while the illness vanishes. 
 
Yanglingquan, Yang Mound, GB-34 
The Yang Mound lies beneath the knee, on the outer calf, one inch in. 
For a swollen knee accompanied by numbness, rheumatic pains due to cold, one-sided. 
When unable even to raise the foot, sitting or lying as someone old and weak. 
A needle in six fen and it halts; something magical, mysterious, peerless. 
 
Tongli, Penetrating Within, HT-5 
Penetrating Inside behind on the side of the wrist, one inch in from the wrist. 
The point for stammerers and stutterers, distress, irritation, or palpitations. 
With strong symptoms the limbs go heavy and the head, face, and cheeks turn red. 
With weak symptoms there is lack of appetite, they stay quiet, without expression. 
A fine needle, gently, gently in, and, believe me, a truly magical result. 
 
Lieque, Narrow Defile, LU-7 
Narrow Defile is above, alongside the wrist, the first finger rests there as the hands cross. 
It is splendid at healing migraine, or the whole body lifeless with wandering pains. 
When phlegm incessantly blocks above or in lockjaw, when you cannot force open the teeth. 
Understand how to tonify and disperse and they respond as if grasped by the hand. 
 
 
 
FULL CHINESE TEXT & ITALIAN TRANSLATION: <a href="http://www.gilbertogori.it/ode.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gilbertogori.it/ode.htm</a> 
ARTICLE MA DANYANG'S TWELVE ACUPOINTS: Valuable Points for Acupuncturists to Know and Use by Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda : <a href="http://www.itmonline.org/arts/madanyang.htm" target="_blank">http://www.itmonline.org/arts/madanyang.htm</a>
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<a name="1326"></a>Sergiy
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:37 pm

hands Publish time 2009-05-06 09:43:40

The Italian translation on the web-site I have mentioned actually says “Dopo i trent'anni le distanze (nel corpo del paziente) per l'agopuntura si allungano, quindi il punto deve essere scelto con estrema attenzione”, which roughly means something like “After thirty, the space (on the body of the patient) from acupuncture becomes larger, therefore the point should be chosen with extreme attention”, so I think either the English translation by Richard Bertschinger, or the editing by Subhuti Dharmananda is incorrect. I have included the English translation because most of us “round eyes” are not so good in Chinese (and many of us are not so good in Italian either). If you think the entire translation is incorrect, I can delete it. Or you may correct it if you wish... 
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<a name="1346"></a>Sergiy
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:27 pm

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Do I need to memorize all these acupoints?