Table 1. Locations of acupoints and non-acupoints.
Description | International code | Locations |
Acupoints | ||
Inner knee eye | EX-LE4 | Located in the depression outside the patella and patellar ligament when the knee is bent 90 degrees. |
Outer knee eye | EX-LE5 | Located in the depression inside the patella and patellar ligament when the knee is bent 90 degrees. |
Yanglingquan | GB34 | On the outside of the calf, in the depression of the anterior and inferior fibula head. |
Zusanli | ST36 | It is exactly 3 cun below EX-LE4. |
Non-acupoints | ||
Point 1 | - | Replace EX-LE4. Located on the non-acupoint 1 cun below EX-LE4. |
Point 2 | - | Replace GB34. Located on the non-acupoint 0.5 cun behind GB34. |
Point 3 | - | Replace ST36. Located on the non-acupoint 3 cun behind ST36. |
Cun is a unit of length. The cun described in Chinese medicine is a method of determining the location of acupoints based on the patient's own fingers. Due to individual differences, 1 cun is equivalent to the width of a patient's thumb knuckle. |