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Acupuncture Point Locations Flashcards

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  1. GV14 (Dazhui) is located:

    Answer: Below the spinous process of C7

    GV14 is located below the spinous process of C7, the seventh cervical vertebra.

  2. CV4 (Guanyuan) is located:

    Answer: 3 cun below the umbilicus

    CV4 (Guanyuan) is 3 cun below the umbilicus on the anterior midline.

  3. CV12 (Zhongwan) is located:

    Answer: 4 cun above the umbilicus, at the midpoint between the umbilicus and xiphoid process

    CV12 is 4 cun above the umbilicus, at the midpoint between the umbilicus and the xiphoid process.

  4. BL23 (Shenshu), the Back-Shu point of the Kidney, is located:

    Answer: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of L2

    BL23 is 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of L2.

  5. GV4 (Mingmen) is located:

    Answer: Below the spinous process of L2

    GV4 (Mingmen, Gate of Life) is below the spinous process of L2, at the same vertebral level as BL23.

  6. CV6 (Qihai) is located:

    Answer: 1.5 cun below the umbilicus

    CV6 (Qihai, Sea of Qi) is 1.5 cun below the umbilicus on the anterior midline.

  7. BL25 (Dachangshu), the Back-Shu of the Large Intestine, is located:

    Answer: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of L4

    BL25 is 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of L4.