The Body Points with Special Therapeutic Effects
Among the 361 acupoints on the fourteen meridians, some of them have special relationships with the organs that make them exert particular therapeutic effects. Since these acupoints are commonly selected clinically, ancient physicians grouped them together based on their common properties, distributions or effects. These are valuable experiences accumulated by ancient physician and are considered essential for selecting and combining points in acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.
>Groups of five transport points
>Source points and connecting points
>Back transport points and alarm points
>Eight influential points
>Cleft points
>Lower sea points
>Eight confluent points of the extra meridians
>Crossing points