Acupuncture point names
English translations from the Chinese acupuncture point names.
LU-4 (Lung 4)
俠白
Purely Doing as One Likes
LI-8 (Large Intestine 8)
下廉
Lower One at the Angle
LI-9 (Large Intestine 9)
上廉
Upper One at the Angle
LI-10 (Large Intestine 10)
手三里
Hand's Three Quarter Miles
LI-11 (Large Intestine 11)
LI-12 (Large Intestine 12)
LI-13 (Large Intestine 13)
手五里
Hand's Five Quarter Miles
LI-14 (Large Intestine 14)
LI-15 (Large Intestine 15)
LI-16 (Large Intestine 16)
LI-17 (Large Intestine 17)
LI-18 (Large Intestine 18)
LI-19 (Large Intestine 19)
口禾髎
Taste's Grain-like Bone Notch
LI-20 (Large Intestine 20)
ST-26 (Stomach 26)
外陵
Outside the High Mound
ST-36 (Stomach 36)
足三里
Leg's Three Quarter Miles
ST-37 (Stomach 37)
上巨虛
At the Top of the Big Hollow
ST-39 (Stomach 39)
下巨虛
At the Bottom of the Big Hollow
SP-6 (Spleen 6)
三陰交
Three Yin in Interaction
SP-13 (Spleen 13)
府舍
Official Building's Lodge
SP-18 (Spleen 18)
天谿
Heavenly Valley Stream
SP-19 (Spleen 19)
胸鄉
Countryside of the Chest
SP-20 (Spleen 20)
周榮
Flourishing All-Around
HT-5 (Heart 5)
通里
Passing Through the Village
SI-2 (Small Intestine 2)
前谷
In Front of the Valley
SI-3 (Small Intestine 3)
後谿
Behind the Valley Stream
SI-9 (Small Intestine 9)
肩貞
Persistent Shouldering
SI-10 (Small Intestine 10)
SI-11 (Small Intestine 11)
SI-12 (Small Intestine 12)
SI-13 (Small Intestine 13)
SI-14 (Small Intestine 14)
肩外兪
Side of the Shoulder Increase
SI-15 (Small Intestine 15)
肩中兪
Between the Shoulders Increase
SI-16 (Small Intestine 16)
SI-17 (Small Intestine 17)
SI-18 (Small Intestine 18)
SI-19 (Small Intestine 19)
BL-22 (Bladder 22)
三焦兪
Triple Burner Increase
BL-25 (Bladder 25)
大腸兪
Large Intestine Increase
BL-26 (Bladder 26)
關元兪
Bar's Beginning Increase
BL-27 (Bladder 27)
小腸兪
Small Intestine Increase
BL-29 (Bladder 29)
中膂兪
Middle Spine Muscles Increase
BL-41 (Bladder 41)
附分
Connecting the Segments
BL-57 (Bladder 57)
承山
Supporting the Mountain
BL-66 (Bladder 66)
足通谷
Walking Through the Valley
KI-20 (Kidney 20)
腹通谷
On the Belly Through the Valley
P-6 (Pericardium 6)
內關
Barrier Gate to the Inside
P-9 (Pericardium 9)
中衝
Thoroughfare in the Middle
TB-1 (Triple Burner 1)
關衝
Through the Barrier Gate
TB-5 (Triple Burner 5)
外關
Barrier Gate to the Outside
TB-16 (Triple Burner 16)
天牖
Lattice Window to Heaven
TB-22 (Triple Burner 22)
耳和髎
Attuned Listening Bone Notch
GB-2 (Gall Bladder 2)
聽會
Listening to the Group
GB-5 (Gall Bladder 5)
懸顱
Hanging from the Forehead
GB-7 (Gall Bladder 7)
曲鬢
Curve of the Hair on the Temples
GB-10 (Gall Bladder 10)
浮白
Purity Rising to the Surface
GB-11 (Gall Bladder 11)
頭竅陰
Yin Openings Head Point
GB-15 (Gall Bladder 15)
頭臨泣
Near to Tears in the Hair
GB-16 (Gall Bladder 16)
目窗
See through the Window
GB-18 (Gall Bladder 18)
承靈
Informed by the Spirit
GB-22 (Gall Bladder 22)
淵腋
Abyss Under the Armpit
GB-40 (Gall Bladder 40)
丘墟
Mound in the Wilderness
GB-41 (Gall Bladder 41)
足臨泣
Near to Tears on the Foot
GB-42 (Gall Bladder 42)
地五會
Five Meeting on the Ground
GB-43 (Gall Bladder 43)
俠谿
Valley Creek Going as it Likes
GB-44 (Gall Bladder 44)
足竅陰
Yin Openings Foot Point
LIV-10 (Liver 10)
足五里
Leg's Five Quarter Miles
REN-10 (Ren 10)
下脘
Lower Inside of the Stomach
REN-11 (Ren 11)
建里
Establishing a Village
REN-12 (Ren 12)
中脘
Middle Inside of the Stomach
REN-13 (Ren 13)
上脘
Upper Inside of the Stomach
REN-16 (Ren 16)
中庭
Middle of the Courtyard
DU-19 (Du 19)
後頂
Behind the Top of the Head
DU-20 (Du 20)
百會
Hundreds of Realizations
DU-21 (Du 21)
前頂
In Front of the Top of the Head