Acupoints used in skin practice
Each point page shows where it sits, how it is needled and what the tradition says it does, then which skin uses the site records for it and which points it is combined with. Points without a recorded skin use say so plainly.
Points with an indirect skin rationale are gathered in one reference list.
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Baihui百会
Baihui DU-20 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel interior wind, raise yang, and benefit the brain and the senses, and it is included here for its…
Changqiang长强
Changqiang DU-1 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to regulate governing and directing vessels and to regulate the two lower orifices, and it is included…
Chize尺泽
Chize LU-5 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear lung heat and to descend the lung qi, and it is included here for its channel and body region rather…
Dachangshu大肠俞
Dachangshu BL-25 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to regulate the large intestine and to remove qi stagnation in the large intestine, and it is included…
Daling大陵
Daling PC-7 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to calm the mind and to clear heat harmonizes the stomach, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Dazhui大椎
Dazhui DU-14 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear wind-heat releases the exterior and to tonify yang, and it is included here for its channel and…
Ermen耳门
Ermen SJ-21 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to benefit ears and to expel wind, and in this database it appears where the skin picture includes tinnitus…
Feishu肺俞
Feishu BL-13 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify lung qi and and to nourish lung yin defuses and, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Fengchi风池
Fengchi GB-20 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to subdues liver yang and to expel exterior or interior wind, and in this database it appears where the…
Fengfu风府
Fengfu DU-16 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel interior and exterior wind and to nourish marrow and, and it is included here for its channel and…
Fenglong丰隆
Fenglong ST-40 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to resolve dampness and phlegm and to calm the mind and, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Fengmen风门
Fengmen BL-12 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel exterior wind and to strengthen the defensive qi, and it is included here for its channel and…
Fengshi风市
Fengshi GB-31 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel wind and to remove obstructions from the channel, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Fuliu复溜
Fuliu KI-7 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to resolve dampness and to tonify kidneys, and it is included here for its channel and body region rather…
Ganshu肝俞
Ganshu BL-18 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to resolve damp-heat and to invigorate liver qi and blood, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Geshu膈俞
Geshu BL-17 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to invigorate blood and to cool blood heat and stops bleeding harmonizes qi in diaphragm and, and in this…
Guanyuan关元
Guanyuan REN-4 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to nourish blood and yin and to strengthen the kidneys and its receiving of qi, and it is included here…
Hegu合谷
The point in the web of the hand, used in 95 of the 132 skin conditions. Its work in skin practice is releasing the surface: it pushes out Wind-Heat at the start of an eruption and moves Qi…
Huantiao环跳
Huantiao GB-30 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and to resolve dampness and, and in this database it appears…
Jiache颊车
Jiache ST-6 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to regulate the channel and to support the surrounding channels, and it is included here for its channel and…
Jianjing肩井
Jianjing GB-21 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and to promote lactation, and it is included here for its channel…
Jianliao肩髎
Jianliao SJ-14 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and to support the surrounding channels, and it is included here…
Jianyu肩髃
Jianyu LI-15 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and to resolve phlegm, and in this database it appears where the…
Jiexi解溪
Jiexi ST-41 is a Stomach meridian point on the front of the ankle. Tradition gives it three jobs: clearing stomach heat, calming the mind, and clearing obstructions from the channel. The…
Kunlun昆仑
Kunlun BL-60 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and and to benefit the back pacifies interior wind and subdues…
Lieque列缺
Lieque LU-7 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to descend and diffuses the lung qi and to expel wind from the exterior, and it is included here for its…
Ligou蠡沟
Ligou LR-5 is one of the points the skin pages draw on. Traditionally it invigorates Liver Qi and clears Damp-Heat from the genitourinary system, and in skin work it is paired with points…
Mingmen命门
Mingmen DU-4 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify kidney yang and and to warm the gate of life, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Neiguan内关
Neiguan PC-6 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to invigorate qi and blood in the chest and to calm the mind subdues rebellious stomach qi invigorate liver…
Neiting内庭
Neiting ST-44 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear heat from the stomach channel and eases pain and to regulate the intestines and, and it is…
Pishu脾俞
Pishu BL-20 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify the spleen qi and yang and to resolve dampness, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Qihai气海
Qihai REN-6 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify original qi lifting sinking qi and to strengthen the kidneys and, and it is included here for its…
Qimen期门
Qimen LR-14 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to invigorate liver qi harmonizes the liver and stomach and to support the surrounding channels, and it is…
Quchi曲池
The most used skin point in this database: a large-intestine point on the elbow that clears Heat, cools the Blood and drains Dampness. It appears in the treatment of 103 of the 132 skin…
Quepen缺盆
Quepen ST-12 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to subdues rebellious qi and to remove obstructions from the channel, and it is included here for its…
Ququan曲泉
Ququan LR-8 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to benefit the bladder, genitals and uterus and to clear dampness from the lower burner invigorate blood and…
Quze曲泽
Quze PC-3 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear heat and and to cool blood subdues rebellious stomach qi, and it is included here for its channel and…
Rangu然谷
Rangu KI-2 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to cool the blood and and to clear empty-heat, and in this database it appears where the skin picture…
Rugen乳根
Rugen ST-18 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to benefit the breasts and to regulate qi in the chest, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Sanyinjiao三阴交
The meeting point of the three leg Yin channels, and the most used point in this database: it appears in the treatment of 123 of the 132 skin conditions. It tonifies the Spleen so Dampness…
Shaofu少府
Shaofu HT-8 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear fire, empty-fire or phlegm fire in the heart and to calm the mind, and in this database it appears…
Shaohai少海
Shaohai HT-3 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove channel stagnation and to calm the mind, and it is included here for its channel and body region…
Shenmen神门
Shenmen HT-7 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to calm the mind and and to open the mind's orifices, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Shenque神阙
Shenque REN-8 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to warm and rescues the yang and to strengthen the spleen, and it is included here for its channel and…
Shenshu肾俞
Shenshu BL-23 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify kidney yang and and to nourish kidney yin, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Shousanli手三里
Shousanli LI-10 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to regulate the intestines and to remove obstructions from the channel, and it is included here for its…
Shuifen水分
Shuifen REN-9 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to open water passages and treats oedema harmonies the intestines and to support the surrounding channels,…
Taichong太冲
Taichong LR-3 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to subdues liver yang and to clear interior wind, and it is included here for its channel and body region…
Taixi太溪
Taixi KI-3 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify kidney yin and yang and to strengthen the kidney's receiving lung qi, and it is included here for…
Tianshu天枢
Tianshu ST-25 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to regulate the intestines, stomach and spleen and to invigorate qi and blood in the uterus, and in this…
Tinggong听宫
Tinggong SI-19 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to benefit the ears and to support the surrounding channels, and in this database it appears where the…
Touwei头维
Touwei ST-8 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel wind and to relieve pain, and in this database it appears where the skin picture includes eye pain…
Waiguan外关
Waiguan SJ-5 is a Triple Burner point on the forearm, two cun above the wrist, and the Luo-Connecting point of the meridian. Tradition gives it the job of expelling wind-heat, clearing…
Weizhong委中
Weizhong BL-40 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to cool the blood and to clear summer-heat, and in this database it appears where the skin picture…
Wuyi屋翳
Wuyi ST-15 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to descend rebellious qi and and to open the chest eases skin pain and itchiness, and in this database it…
Xiangu陷谷
Xiangu ST-43 sits on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression two cun above the web between the second and third toes, and works on the Stomach channel where it crosses that part of the…
Xiaxi侠溪
Xiaxi GB-43 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to subdues liver yang and to expel damp-heat, and in this database it appears where the skin picture…
Xingjian行间
Xingjian LR-2 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear liver fire and subdues liver yang and to clear interior wind, and in this database it appears…
Xinshu心俞
Xinshu BL-15 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to calm the mind and to support the surrounding channels, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Xuehai血海
Named the Sea of Blood, this point appears in 110 of the 132 skin conditions and is the main point for Blood-Heat: the hot, red, itchy, whealing skin of urticaria, eczema and psoriasis. Its…
Yangbai阳白
Yangbai GB-14 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to subdues liver yang and to expel wind, and in this database it appears where the skin picture includes…
Yanglingquan阳陵泉
Yanglingquan GB-34 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to resolve liver qi stagnation and to resolve damp-heat in the liver and gall bladder, and it is…
Yingxiang迎香
Yingxiang LI-20 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to expel exterior wind and to remove obstructions from the channel, and in this database it appears…
Yinlingquan阴陵泉
The main point for draining Dampness, used in 95 of the 132 skin conditions. It is the point for the weeping, oozing, swollen and heavy skin picture: it opens the water passages so Dampness…
Yinxi阴郄
Yinxi HT-6 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to nourish heart yin and and to clear empty-heat of the heart, and it is included here for its channel and…
Yuji鱼际
Yuji LU-10 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear lung heat and to descend lung qi and stops coughing, and in this database it appears where the skin…
Zhaohai照海
Zhaohai KI-6 is a point of the Kidney meridian at the inner ankle. Tradition uses it to nourish kidney yin and clear empty-heat, and the skin cases in this compendium that name it are the…
Zhigou支沟
Zhigou SJ-6 is a Triple Burner point on the forearm, three cun above the wrist. Its work is to regulate qi and clear stagnation, to clear heat from the large intestine and the head, and to…
Zhongfu中府
Zhongfu LU-1 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to promote the descending of lung qi and stops cough and to resolve phlegm from the lungs disperses…
Zhongji中极
Zhongji REN-3 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to clear dampness from the lower burner and to benefit the bladder and its qi transformation, and in this…
Zhongwan中脘
Zhongwan REN-12 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to tonify the stomach and and to strengthen the spleen, and it is included here for its channel and body…
Zhouliao肘髎
Zhouliao LI-12 is one of the points the skin pages rely on. Its traditional work is to remove obstructions from the channel and to support the surrounding channels, and it is included here…
Zusanli足三里
The great Qi and Blood tonic of the leg: it appears in 117 of the 132 skin conditions. In skin work it is used where the picture is chronic and depleted, with pale, dry, slow-healing skin…
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