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Acupuncture points, their innervations, and their anatomical positions |
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| Points |
Segmental innervation |
Tissue localisation |
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| GV 20 |
N trigeminus (V), occipitalis minor (C2), occipitalis major (C2-3) |
Aponeurosis epicrani tissue |
| LI 4 bilateral |
N ulnaris medianus (C8, Th 1) |
M interosseus.dorsalis I lumbricalis II, adduktor pollicis |
| BL 26 bilateral |
N thoracodorsalis (C6-8), toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3) |
N. thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae |
| BL 32 bilateral |
N thoracodorsalis (C6-8), toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3) |
Fascia thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae |
| BL 33 bilateral |
N. thoracodorsalis (C6-8) toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3) |
Fascia thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae |
| BL 54 bilateral |
N gluteus inferior (L5, S1-2) |
M gluteus maximus |
| KI 11 bilateral |
N thoracicus (Th 6–12), subcostalis |
Vagina m. recti abdominis |
| BL 60 bilateral |
N. suralis (S2) |
Fibrotic tissue |
| EX 21 bilateral |
N lumbalis, sacralis (L4-5, S1-2) |
Fascia thoracolumbalis, m. erector spinae |
| GB 30 bilateral |
N gluteus inferior (L5, S1), obturatorius internus (L4-5, S1) |
M gluteus maximus, gemellus superior, piriformis |
| SP 12 bilateral |
N. thoracicus, lumbalis (Th 7–12, L1) |
Aponeurosis mm. obliquus externus, abdominus internus |
| ST 36 bilateral |
N. peroneus profundus (L4-5) |
M tibialis anterior |
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LI, large intestine channel; BL, bladder channel; KI, kidney channel; GB, gall bladder channel; ST, stomach channel; GV, governor vessel channel | ||
Elden et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:34 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-34 |
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