WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific RegionAcupuncture has been practiced for more than 2500 years in the Western Pacific region and has become a global therapeutic method in recent decades. However, it was reported that acupuncturists differed by up to 25% in the acupuncture points they used, raising doubts and uncertainty regarding the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment, as well as causing difficulties in the fields of acupuncture research and education. Member States therefore increasingly began to demand standardization in acupuncture point locations. Responding to this request, the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office initiated a project to reach consensus on acupuncture point locations and thus convened 11 serial meetings resulting in these guidelines. This Standard acupuncture point locations in the Western Pacific Region stipulates the methodology for locating acupuncture points on the surface of the human body, as well as the locations of 361 acupuncture points. The Standard is applicable for teaching, research, clinical service, publication, and academic exchanges involving acupuncture. |
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This book is a WHO standardised accupoint atlas, it is clear and easy to read, locations are clear to see on the diagrams, as a book for location it serves its function. however anyone practicing this medical art would need a more detail diagnostic manual.
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1.5 B-cun lateral acupuncture point locations ADVISERS anatomical angle anterior median line apex artery aspect axillary fold B-cun inferior B-cun proximal B-cun superior base body bone centre cubital crease depression depression inferior directly distal dorsal wrist crease elbow extensor face femoris fifth finger flexed flexor carpi foot forearm fossa fourth hairline head horizontal line inferior border intercostal space INTERNATIONAL intersection joint junction Kim Yong-suk knee landmarks lateral aspect lateral malleolus line connecting longus tendon lower abdomen measurement medial malleolus metatarsal bone method midpoint muscle neck Note palmar wrist crease palmaris longus patella popliteal crease posterior median line posterior sacral foramen Professor prominence radial red and white rior scapula side slightly spinous process surface tendon thigh third thoracic region thoracic vertebra tibia ulna ulnar umbilicus upper abdomen upper back region vertical line white flesh