43 Extra Acupuncture Points (points with duplicate names are repeated)

Extra Point
Name

Location

Sishencong

Posterior, anterior, and lateral to Du 20

Yintang

Midway between the medial ends of the two

eyebrows

Taiyang

In the depression about 1 cun posterior to the

midpoint between the lateral end of the eyebrow
and the outer canthus

Yuyao

In the hollow, at the midpoint of the eyebrow, directly

above the pupil

Qiuhou

At the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of

the infraorbital margin

Erjian

At the apex of the auricle

Yiming

1 cun posterior to SJ 17

Bitong

At the highest point of the nasolabial groove

Jiachengjiang

1 cun lateral to Ren 24

Jinjin & Yuye

On the veins of both sides of the frenulum of the

tongue

Qianzhen

0.5-1 cun anterior to the auricular lobe

1 cun below the midpoint of the lower jaw, in the

Shanglianquan depression between the hyoid bone and the lower
border of the jaw
Bailao

2 cun above Du 14 and 1 cun lateral to the midline

Anmian

Midway between SJ 17 and GB 20

Dingchuan

0.5 cun lateral to Du 14

Weiguanxiashu

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous

process of T8

Yishu

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous

process of T8

Pigen

3.5 cun lateral to the lower border of L1

Yaoyan

About 3.5 cun lateral to the lower border of L4

Shiqizhui

Below the spinous process of L5

Huatojiaji

A group of 34 points along both sides of the spinal

column, 0.5 cun lateral to the lower border of each
vertebra from T1 to L5

Yaoqi

2 cun directly above the tip of the coccyx

Tituo

4 cun lateral to Ren 4

Zigongzue

3 cun lateral to Ren 3

Qipang

Two points that make an equilateral triangle with the

top being the umbilicus and the sides equal to the
width of the patients mouth

Sanjiaojiu

Two points that make an equilateral triangle with the

top being the umbilicus and the sides equal to the
width of the patients mouth

Shixuan

On the tips of the 10 fingers, 0.1 cun distal to the

nails

Sifeng

On the palmar surface in the midpoint of the

transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal
joints of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers

Yaotongxue

Two points on the dorsum of the hand, between the

2nd & 3rd and 4th and 5th metacarpal bones,
midway between the transverse wrist crease and
the metacarpophalangeal joints

Baxie

On the dorsum of the hand, at the junction of the red

and white skin of the hand webs, 8 in all

Luozhen

On the dorsum of the hand, between the 2nd and

3rd metacarpal bones, about 0.5 cun posterior to
the metacarpophalangeal joint, opposite PC 8

Wailaogong

On the dorsum of the hand, between the 2nd and

3rd metacarpal bones, about 0.5 cun posterior to
the metacarpophalangeal joint, opposite PC 8

Erbai

4 cun from the wrist crease, on either side of the

tendon of flexor carpi radialis.

Zhoujian

On the tip of the olecranon when the elbow is flexed

Jianqian

Midway between the end of the anterior axillary fold

and LI 15

Jianneiling

Midway between the end of the anterior axillary fold

and LI 15

Zhongkui

On the midpoint of the proximal interphalangeal joint

of the middle finger

Zhongquan

In the depression between LI5 and SJ4

Bizhong

On the lateral aspect of the forearm, midway

between the transverse wrist crease and elbow
crease, between the radius and ulna

Huanzhong

Midway between GB30 and Du 2

Baichongwo

1 cun above SP 10

Heding

In the depression of the midpoint of the superior

patellar border

Neixiyan

In the depression medial to the patellar ligament,

medial and inferior to the patella

Lanweixue

2 cun below ST 36

Dannangxue

1-2 cun below GB 34

Bafeng

On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression on the

webs between the toes, proximal to the margins of
the webs, 8 points in all

Duyin

On the plantar aspect of the 2nd toe, in the center of

the distal interphalangeal skin crease