Learn Acupressure Point Names and Locations for Self-treatment

A

ABDOMINAL MASSES: BL-22
ABDOMINAL PAIN: SP4
ABDOMINAL URGENCY: KID-21
ALCOHOL: GB-8, DU-25
ALLERGIC RHINITIS: UB2, BL-12
ALLERGY: ST36, LIV3, LI11, K27, TW5
AMENORRHOEA: ST-29
ANGER: BL-18, GB21, GB-23, LIV-2, LIV-13, LIV-14, CV12, DU-8
ANGINA: CV6, SP12, SP13, UB48, ST36, SP6, LIV3
ANKLE PAIN: GB40, B60, K6, K3
ANXIETY ATTACKS and NERVOUSNESS: P6, H7, TW15, CV17, Yin Tang
APPENDICITIS: ST25, Lanweixue (M-LE-13)
APPETITE: UB20, BL-21
ASTHMA: ST36, K27, LU1, UB13, CV17
ATTACK BY WIND: BL-12, UB62, GV16

B

BACILLARY DYSENTERY: ST25, ST37
BACK PAIN: UB40, UB60
BED-WETTING: CV4, K3, SP6, Yin Tang
BILIARY ASCARIASIS: LI20
BLADDER DAMP-HEAT: BL-28, K7, CV4
BLADDER QI TRANSFORMATION FUNCTION: LIV1
BLEEDING THERAPY: LU11, LI1, ST45, SP1, H9, SI-1, UB2, UB40, UB67, P3, P9, SJ-1, SJ-18, SJ-19, GB44, LIV1, DU-25, DU-28, Jinjin Yuye (M-HN-20), Shixuan (M-UE-1)
BLOOD DEFICIENCY: BL-17
BLOOD HEAT: SP10, BL-17, UB40, LIV1, LIV-2
BLOOD LEVEL: P3, P-4, P7, P-8
BLOOD STASIS: L.I.-16, SP10, BL-17, KID-14, LIV-14
BLOOD STASIS IN THE UTERUS: ST-29, LIV8
BLOOD VESSELS: UB15

C

CALF PAIN: UB57
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: P7
CENTRAL QI: SP-6, UB25, CV6
CHAOTIC QI IN THE HEAD: UB66
CHEMOTHERAPY: P-6
CHEST DISEASES: P-6
CHEST PAIN: ST40, SP1, P-6
CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION: CV14
CHILDHOOD ACCUMULATION DISORDER: Sifeng (M-UE-9)
CHILDHOOD NUTRITIONAL IMPAIRMENT: P9, Sifeng (M-UE-9)
CHOLECYSTITIS: ST-19, Dannangxue (M-LE-23)
CHOLELITHIASIS: ST-19, Dannangxue (M-LE-23)
CHRONIC SORE THROAT: K3, K6
CLEAR YANG: ST40
CONSTIPATION: SP15, CV6, LI4, ST36, LIV3

D

DAMP-HEAT, DRAINING VIA URINATION: BL-28
DAMPNESS: SP-3, SP-6, SP9, UB20
DEAFNESS: SJ-3
DECISIVENESS: GB40, LIV-2s
DECREASED LIBIDO: CV6, CV4, SP12, SP13, ST36, SP6, K1, UB27, UB34
DEFENSIVE LEVEL: SJ-1, TW5, GV14
DEFENSIVE QI: LU7, L.I.-4, H6, BL-12, K7, GV14, GV16
DEFICIENCY SWEATING: GV14
DEFORMITY OF THE UPPER BACK: UB13
DEMONIC POSSESSION: LU-3
DECREASED LIBIDO: CV6, CV4, SP12, SP13, ST36, SP6, K1, UB27, UB34
DEPRESSION: GV20, GB20, TW15, Yin Tang, CV17, K27, LU1, ST36
DIAPHRAGM: BL-17, BL-46, DU-9
DIARRHEA: SP15, CV6, LI4, ST36, SP4, LIV3

E

EAR DISORDERS: SI19, UB23, K3, SJ-3, TW5, TW17, TW21, GB2
EAR PAIN: Ear Points, TW17, GB20, K3
EIGHT POINTS FOR DRAINING HEAT
FROM THE EXTREMITIES: LU-2, LI15, UB40, DU-2
EIGHT POINTS TO CLEAR HEAT FROM THE CHEST: LU1, ST-12, BL-11, BL-12
EIGHT POINTS TO CLEAR HEAT FROM THE STOMACH: ST-30, ST36, ST37, ST39
EPILEPSY: SI3, UB62
ESSENCE (JING): ST36, SP-6, UB23, K3, KID-4, KID-5, KID-12, GB-25, LIV5, CV4, CV6, DU-4
ETHEREAL SOUL (HUN): BL-18, UB47, LIV-2

F

FACIAL PAIN: ST4
FACIAL PARALYSIS: ST4, CV24
FAINTING: GV26, P6, H7, K1
FEAR: BL-18, KID-4, LIV-2, LIV3, CV4
FEBRILE DISEASES: LI11, BL-17
FEI BO-XIONG: H5, UB15, LIV-2
FIVE ACCUMULATIONS: ST-21
FIVE PHASE THEORY: LU1, LU9, SP-5, BL-19, BL-65, GB44, CV14
FIVE POINTS TO DRAIN HEAT FROM THE FIVE ZANG: BL-42, BL-44, UB47, BL-49, BL-52
FOOT PAIN: Foot Points

G

GALL BLADDER AND STOMACH: GB-24, GB34, GB40
GALL BLADDER CHANNEL DAMP-HEAT: GB-43
GALL BLADDER DAMP-HEAT: BL-19, UB48, GB-24, GB34, GB40
GENITAL DISEASES: LIV5, LIV8
GATHERING QI: LU9, LU-10, UB13, CV17, GV11
GIRDLING VESSEL: GB-26, GB-27, GB-41
GOITRE: LI14, TW13
GRAIN QI: ST36

H

HAEMORRHAGE: SP10, BL-17, LIV1
HAEMORRHAGE DUE TO SPLEEN DEFICIENCY: SP1, UB20
HAEMORRHOIDS: UB57, BL-58
HALF-INTERIOR, HALF-EXTERIOR:H6, BL-17, BL-19, GB34, GB-38, GB40
HAND DISORDERS: SI-7
HANDS AND FEET COUNTERFLOW COLD: LIV-2, LIV-4
HAND PAIN: LI4, P6, P7, TW4, TW5
HANGOVER: LI4, GB20, GV20, Tai Yang , ST3, TW5, ST36, LIV3
HEADACHE: LU7, ST8, UB60, TW5, GB-8, GB14, GB20, GB-38, GB41, LIV3, GV16
HEADACHE BEHIND the EYE: LIV3, UB1, Tai Yang, LI4
HEADACHE – BACK Of THE HEAD: LI4, ST3, GB20, GV16, ST36
HEADACHE – FRONTAL HEADACHE: UB2, Yin Tang, GB14, LI4, ST36, LIV3
HEADACHE on SIDE of THE HEAD: GB20, Tai Yang , ST3, TW5, ST36, GB34
HEADACHE – TOP of THE HEAD: GV20, ST3, ST36, LIV3
HEARTBURN and STOMACHACHE: CV12, CV6, P6, ST36, SP4
HEALTH PRESERVATION: CV4, CV12
HEART, DEFICIENCY OF (HEART AND) GALL
BLADDER QI: HE-8, H9, BL-19, GB-34
HEART BLOOD DEFICIENCY: UB15
HEART BLOOD STASIS: UB15, P-4, H6
HEART DEFICIENCY: H7
HICCOUGHS: TW17, CV22, CV17, CV12, ST36
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: P6, ST36, K3, TW15
HIP PAIN: GB29, GB30, B48, GB34
HOT FLASHES: CV17, LI4, ST36, SP6, K1, GB20, Yin Tang, K27

I

IMPOTENCE: SP-6, K10, LIV8
INABILITY TO CATCH THE BREATH: GB-41
INCONTINENCE: CV2, SP6, TW15, Yin Tang
INFERTILITY: CV4, REN-5
INHALATION: LU1, UB23
INSOMNIA 1: ST45, SP1, SP-6, UB62, K1, K6, GB-44
INSOMNIA 2: GB20, GV16, UB10, UB38, H7, SP6, K3, CV17, Yin Tang
INTERIOR WIND: LU7, UB62, GV16, GB20, GV20
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME: LIV-13
ITCHING: SP10, LI11, SP6, ST36, LI4

J

JAW DISORDERS: ST6, ST7
JAW PAIN: LI4, Ear Points, ST6
JUDGEMENT: GB-24

K

KIDNEY DEFICIENCY: UB23, K3
KIDNEY DEFICIENCY AND DAMP-HEAT: K10, CV4
KIDNEY DEFICIENCY HEAT: KID-2
KIDNEY QI NOT FIRM: UB23
KIDNEY YANG DEFICIENCY: UB23, K3, GB-25
KIDNEY YIN: UB23, K1, KID-2, K3
KIDNEYS AND BLOOD: KID-5
KIDNEYS AND HEART: K1, K3, K6
KIDNEYS AND LIVER: K1, K3, KID-5
KIDNEYS AND LUNG: UB23, K1, K3, KID-4, CV4
KIDNEYS AND SPLEEN: GB-25, CV4
KIDNEYS AND UTERUS: KID-5, K6, KID-8
KNEE PAIN: Kneecap Points, SP9, UB54

L

LABOUR PAIN: BL-32
LABOUR, PROMOTING: L.I.-4
LACRIMATION: ST-1, GB-15
LACTATION: ST18, SI-1, GB21, GB41, CV17
LATERAL COSTAL REGION: SJ-6, GB-34
LAUGHTER, EXCESSIVE: P7
LEG QI: GB-21
LEUCORRHOEA: KID-12, GB-26, BL-30
LIBIDO: CV6, CV4, SP12, SP13, ST36, SP6, K1, UB27, UB34
LIPS, STIFFNESS OF: SJ-20
LIVER AND MENSTRUATION: LIV1, LIV3, LIV5, LIV8
LIVER BLOOD: KID-5
LIVER BLOOD DEFICIENCY: BL-18, UB57
LIVER DAMP-HEAT: BL-19, LIV8
LIVER FIRE: BL-18, LIV-2
LOSS of VOICE: CV22, K27, LU7, LI4
LOWER BACK PAIN: UB23, UB25, UB27, UB34, UB48, UB54

M

MA DAN-YANG HEAVENLY STAR POINTS: LU7, L.I.-4, LI11, ST36, ST44, H5, UB40, UB57, UB60, GB30, GB34, LIV3
MALARIA: SI3, GB40, DU-13, GV14
MALIGN BLOOD: KID-14
MALPOSITION OF FOETUS: UB67
MANIA DUE TO YANGMING FIRE: L.I.-5, ST41
MANIA-DEPRESSION DISORDER: ST40, BL-17
MARROW: GB-39
MARTIAL ARTS:Tai Yang
MEMORY & CONCENTRATION IMPROVMENT: TW15, GB20, Yin Tang, GV26, CV17
MENOPAUSAL DISORDER: K1
MENSTRUATION: KID-5, LIV1, LIV3, LIV5, LIV8, REN-7
MIDDLE JIAO STAGNATION: UB20
MIDDLE REGION: ST25
MIGRAINE: ST8, GB-8, GB14, GV16

N

NASAL CONGESTION AND DISCHARGE (BI YUAN): LI20
NECK PAIN: GB21, GB-39
NECK TENSION: GB20, B10, GB21, LI4, GV16
NIGHT SWEATING: H6, UB15, K7, GV14
NIGHT-TIME CRYING IN CHILDREN: P9
NIGHT-TIME EPILEPSY: K6
NINE NEEDLES FOR RETURNING THE YANG: L.I.-4, ST36, SP-6, K1, K3, P-8, GB30, CV12, DU-15
NOSE: UB7, BL-12, DU-23
NOSE BLEEDING: GV14, GV26, GB20, P6, LI4

O

OBESITY: UB20
OEDEMA: ST-43, SP9, K7, REN-9
OEDEMA DUE TO KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION: UB23
OEDEMA DUE TO LUNG DYSFUNCTION: LU1, LU5, L.I.-6
OEDEMA OF THE FACE: ST41, ST-43
OESOPHAGEAL CONSTRICTION: BL-17, Glossary
ORIGINAL QI: ST36, UB23, UB43, K7, TW4, CV4, CV6
OTITIS MEDIA: SJ-3

P

PAIN: BL-17
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION: BL-17, GB30, GB-32, GB39, GV14
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (BONE): SP-5, BL-11, GB-39
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (SINEW): GB-32, GB-39
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (WANDERING): LU5, SJ-6, GB-31, GB-38, GV16
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (WIND): GB-31, GV16
PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (DAMP): SP-3, SP-5
PAINFUL SKIN: LU1
PAINFUL URINARY DYSFUNCTION (QI LIN): LIV1
PALPITATIONS: H5, H7, UB15, P6, H7, Yin Tang, TW15
PANCREAS: BL-49
PMS and PAINFUL PERIODS: CV6, SP12, SP13, B48, ST36, SP6, LIV3
PULSE: ST-9, ST-42, UB15

Q

QI LEVEL: P3, SJ-1, TW5, GV14
QI STAGNATION: SP-3, GB-23

R

RABIES: GB-36
RADIOTHERAPY: P-6
RENAL COLIC: BL-52
RESPIRATION: LU1, UB23

S

SANJIAO FUNCTIONS: BL-22, UB39, SJ-10, REN-5
SCIATICA: BL-58, UB60, GB-30
SCROFULA: LI14, SJ-10, TW13, GB-38
SEA OF BLOOD (POINTS OF THE): ST37, ST39, BL-11
SEA OF MARROW: K3, GB39, DU-4, GV16
SEA OF MARROW (POINTS OF THE): GV16, GV20
SEA OF QI (POINTS OF THE): ST-9, CV17, GV14, DU-15
SEA OF WATER AND GRAIN (POINTS OF THE): ST-30, ST36
SEMINAL EMISSION: UB15, UB23, BL-30, KID-12, LIV-4, LIV8
SENSE ORGANS: GB-44
SEXUAL DESIRE: LIV-4, LIV5
SHAN DISORDER: GB-27, LIV1
SHOULDER PAIN and TENSION: GB21, TW15, TW14, LI15, LI14, LI11, UB57
SINUSITIS: LI20, ST3, B2, Yin Tang, GB20, LI4
SORE THROAT due to COLD: K27, CV22, LI4, ST36

T

TAIYIN CHANNEL: LU7
TEETH: K3
TENNIS ELBOW: LU5, L.I.-10, LI11, L.I.-12, GB-34
TESTICLES: LIV5
TETANY: SJ-19
THE HUNDRED VESSELS: LU9
THE THREE REGIONS: ST25
THINNESS: UB20
THIRD EYE: Yintang (M-HN-3)
THROAT DISORDERS: K1, CV22
TOOTHACHE: Li4, ST6, St3

U

UPPER REGION: SP21
URINARY DISORDERS: ST-28, SP-6, BL-22, UB23, BL-28, UB39, K10, LIV1, LIV3, LIV-4, REN-3, CV4
URINARY RETENTION: SP9, SP6, TW15, Yin Tang
URINARY DISORDERS DUE TO HEART FIRE: HE-8
UTERINE BLEEDING: SP10, KID-8, LIV1
UTERINE MASSES: ST-28, SP8
UTERUS: K3, KID-5, GB-26

V

VENTING EMOTIONS: LIV-2
VITAL ENERGY: ST-29, SP-6, UB20, UB23, KID-2, K3, K10, SJ-6, GB-25, GB40, LIV5, DU-4
VOICE: UB13
VOMITING BLOOD: LU5
VOMITING OF PREGNANCY: P-6

W

WHITE TIGER JOINT PAIN: BL-63
WILL: BL-52, KID-4, K6
WIND-COLD PATTERN: L.I.-4, BL-11, BL-12
WIND-DAMP: BL-17
WIND-TAXATION LUMBAR PAIN: BL-26
WIND-PHLEGM: LU7
WINDOW OF HEAVEN POINTS: LU-3, L.I.-18, ST-9, SI-16, SI17, UB10, P-1, TW16, GB-9, CV22, GV16
WORMS IN THE BILE DUCT: LI20, ST2
WRIST PAIN: P6, P7, TW5, TW4, Li5, SI5

Y

YANG MOTILITY VESSEL: LI15, SI10, UB1, UB62, K6, GB-20
YANG LINKING VESSEL: ST8, TW5, GB20, GV16
YE TIAN-SHI: KID-4, LIV3
YIN MOTILITY VESSEL: UB1, UB62, K6, KID-8
YIN LINKING VESSEL: SP12, SP-14, P-6, K9, LIV-14, CV22, REN-23
YIN YANG RELATIONSHIP: UB23, UB67, KID-2, K3, GV26