Acupoint Codes, Names, Translations & Locations

(c) Copyright: These prescriptions may not be published or used for commercial purposes in any form without written permission from the author. However, colleagues may use them for personal, clinical or research purposes, as they may wish.

Acupoint Codes, Names, Translations & Locations -
Main page

Menu || Find by CODE || Find by NAME || Formula Fast Find

From the Web Pages of Phil Rogers MRCVS
Lucan, Dublin, Ireland [Fax: 353-46-26154; Tel: 353-46-26740 (lab)]

Please CLICK HERE to report errors or incorrect links, or e-mail the author

ACUPOINT DETAILS & LOCATIONS

Introduction

Review Codes for the Main Channels, Vessels & non-Channel points

Get Acupoint Pinyin Name for a selected Point Code	Get Acupoint Code for a selected Pinyin Name
Get details of an Acupoint by its Alphanumeric CODE	Get details of an Acupoint by its Pinyin NAME

ACUPOINT FORMULAS

Acupuncture Formulas Main Page || KEYWORD & FAST FIND Page

|| TOP || HOME ||

Introduction
Top

Different acupuncture textbooks use differing conventions in coding the acupoints. Beginners often assume that codes in one book are the same as in another. This can cause serious errors in point location! Acutherapists should double check the codes and acupoint names in each of their reference works (and recode the points, if needed) before they use those codes in selection of points for therapy.

This program allows users to locate details of an acupoint by its alphanumeric code, or by its Pinyin name. The codes are those used in papers, reviews, bibliographies & training lectures by the author.

People who use the Acupuncture Formulas: Top Ten Points for Common Conditions or will need to check the codes in those articles against this program.

Menu || Top

Lookup Codes for Channels, Vessels & non-Channel points
(Click on one of interest)
Top

Main Channel Codes

Renmai, Dumai & Other Codes

"New" & "Strange" Points

The NEW human acupoint codes for the Jing-Channels, their Zang-Fu (Organ-Bowel) Systems and the Mai (Extraordinary Vessels) are used in the author's updated Online Study Material on Acupuncture, TCM & Complementary Therapy. The NEW codes are the same as the current IVAS codes, except that IVAS uses Liv for LV.

These new codes differ from old codes used in ADA (Acupuncture Data Assistant) Version 1 Software (1991). [ADA is a database of points used to treat >1100 clinical problems. The old software is no longer available. It is being updated to adopt the new codes in the next version].

Codes for the Twelve Main Jing-Channels
Top

To see the acupoints on the Twelve Bilateral Jing (main Qi Distribution Channels) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), click on the Channel of interest:

New=IVAS Code *Old=ADA Code*	*Arm Yins* *From chest to finger*	*Arm Yangs* *From finger to face*	*Leg Yangs* *From face to toe*	*Leg Yins* *From toe to chest*
Jing (COS) New Code Old Code* *Number of points*	*Fei* *Lung* LU LU 11	*Dachang* *Large Intestine* LI CO 20	*Wei* *Stomach* ST ST 45	Pi *Spleen-Pancreas* SP SP 21
Jing (COS) New Code Old Code* *Number of points*	*Xin* *Heart* HT HE 9	*Xiaochang* *Small Intestine* SI SI 19	*Pangguang* *Bladder* BL BL 67	*Shen* *Kidney* KI KI 27
Jing (COS) New Code Old Code* *Number of points*	*Jueyin* *Pericardium*** PC HC 9	*Sanjiao* *Triple Heater* TH TH 23	*Dan* *Gallbladder* GB GB 44	*Gan* *Liver* LV* LI 14

*COS = Channel-Organ System; ADA (Acupuncture Data Assistant) Version 1 software (1991) used the old codes; *IVAS uses Liv for LV; ** The Pericardium COS is also called Circulation-Sex COS

Codes for midline Vessels (Dumai, Renmai) & Other Points
Top

To see points on the midline Extraordinary Vessels (Qi Reservoirs) of TCM, Strange Hand Points and Miscellaneous Points, click on the Vessel of interest:

New=IVAS Code *Old=ADA Code*	*from* *perineum to* *navel to chin*	*from* *perineum to* *spine to upper lip*	*Strange* *points*	*Miscellaneous* *points*
Mai (Vessels) New Code* Old Code* *Number of points*	*Renmai (Yin*) Conception Vessel** CV VC 24	*Dumai (Yang*) Governing Vessel** GV VG 28	*Hand Points* H_ H_ 18	*Other Points* OT OT 10

*ADA (Acupuncture Data Assistant) Version 1 software (1991) used the old codes

For point details, click on any acupoint code of interest. Approximate locations of animal acupoints can be found by creative transposition, taking anatomical differences into account. Users unfamiliar with those codes may locate acupoints by their more usual Channel names, as below.

Codes for "New Points" and "Strange Points"
Top

To see points any of these acupoints, click on the Vessel of interest:

	*Head*	*Chest & Abdomen*	*Neck & Back*	*Arm*	*Leg*
*"New Points"*	NZ (N=35)	NY (N=6)	NX (N=18)	NA (N=15)	NL (N=36)
*"Strange Points"*	Z_ (N=31)	Y_ (N=19)	X_ (N=35)	A_ (N=44)	L_ (N=42)

Back to Menu ...