STANDARD
ACUPUNCTURE NOMENCLATURE
PART 1 REVISED EDITION
World Health Organization
Regional Office for the Western Pacific Manila, Philippines
1991
First Edition 1 984 Revised Edition 1991
The standard nomenclature for 361 acupunture points in this publication was recommended by a WHO Working on the Standardization of Acupuncture Nomenclature in 1982 for uni.versal use.
And minor revisions were made by the Scientific Group to Adopt a Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature in 1989. The views expressed in this pamphlet do not necessarily reflect the policies of the World Health Organization. For further information, please contact the World Health Organiza- tion Regional Office for the Western Pacific, P. O. Box 2932, Manila, Philippines.
CONTENTS
Page
Introduction ...
3
Lung Meridian ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... ...
7
Large Intestine Meridian ...
7
Stomach Meridian ...
7
Spleen Meridian ...
8
Heart Meridian ...
9
Small Intestine Meridian ... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
9
Bladder Meridian...
9
Kidney Meridian ... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... ... ...
10
Pericardium Meridian ... 11
Triple Energizer Meridian ... '" 11 Gallbladder Meridian... 12
Liver Meridian... 12
Governor Vessel... 13
Conception Vessel... 13
ANNEX - List of Equivalent Alphabetic Codes of Meridian ... ... 15
STANDARD ACUPUNCTURE NOMENCLATURE INTRODUCTION
Acupunture as a medical science dates back more than 2500 years to the first Chinese dynasties. It has been constantly evolving since that time, particularly during the last 300 years, and more especially since 1950, when acupuncture science came to be widely developed, both in theory and practice.
Because of the vast size of China, with its many dialects, and the fact that acupunc- ture has developed and evolved not only in China but in neighbouring countries as well, particularly Japan, Korea and Viet Nam, there are many differences in nomenclature which have given rise to various difficulties. For example, certain acupuncture points have a number of different names, while the different ways of pronouncing the same Chinese characters have caused mistakes and misunderstandings.
Acupuncture specialists in other countries have translated the Chinese names given to the acupuncture points, and the resultant transliterations and different pronuncia- tions have further added to the discrepancies.
The need for acupuncture nomenclature to be internationalized and standardized is now recognized by acupuncture specialists. The resulting uniformity is expected to greatly facilitate understanding between acupuncture specialists with respect to both the papers they write and the lectures they present at seminars and congresses. It will facilitate both the teaching and understanding of published research materials and also permit more accurate descriptions and locations of points.
Efforts have been made in Japan and China to develop a uniform nomenclature. In 1965, a Japan Meridian and Points Committee was established, which recommended a tentative standard Japanese name and international numbering system for each acupuncture point. In China, the All China Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society established a nomenclature committee, composed of members from all over the coun- try, which has developed a standard nomenclature. Since then, several other countries have formed their own national nomenclature committee. However, differences exist, of course, between the various nomenclatures.
In October 1980, Dr. Andree Nakajima visited China as a WHO temporary adviser to review the existing nomenclature with a view to developing a standard acupuncture nomenclature. Preliminary meetings were arranged between the Chinese and the Japanese, who met five times in 1981 and 1982 in attempts to formulate policy guidelines on the standardization of acupuncture nomenclature. However, complete agreement on a standard nomenclature could not be reached.
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With a view to establishing a standard acupuncture nomenclature in the Western Pacific Region, which contains the majority of acupuncturists in the world, the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific organized a Working Group on the Standardization of Acupuncture Nomenclature, which met in Manila from 14 to 20 December 1982. This Working Group, after careful consideration, proposed that the standard nomenclature should consist of three essential elements, namely, an al- phanumeric oode, the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Pinyin) name and the Han characters of the meridian and the acupuncture point.
The alphanumeric code would facilitate international exchange but lacks meaning from a therapeutic point of view and can lead to ambiguity, as exemplified by the meridian code of H, which can stand for both heart and liver (hepar), depending on the different sources. Nonetheless, the Working Group, noting that international exchange in acupuncuture, at least in the Western Pacific Region, is mainly carried on through the medium of the English language, recommended that the alphanumeric code should be derived from the English language translation of the meridian names.
The Han (Chinese) character is widely used in oriental medicine in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong, and gives the meridian and the acupuncture point name a meaning. of therapeutic value which often defies translation. It should therefore be an essential element of the standard acupuncture nomenclature.
However, as Han characters are very difficult for non-Han using persons to use, it is important that the meaning be translated into other languages. As the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Pinyin) name of the meridians and acupuncture points would allow such non-Han using people to accurately pronounce the Han character names of meridians and acupuncture points, and as a full explanation would be given for the Pinyin names, thereby making Pinyin meaningful, it should form another essential element of the standard acupuncture nomenclature. Further, the Pinyin name would facilitate the formation of an alphabetic index and thus simplify the study of acu- puncture, especially the meaning of the Han character, by non-Han using persons.
Following the Manila meeting in 1982, the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific sponsored three regional meetings, which discussed and adopted various issues of acupuncture nomenclature.
These meetings were:
Regional Consultation Meeting on the Standardization of Acupuncture Nomenclature, Tokyo, May 1984 ;
Second Working Group on the Standardization of Acupuncture, Hong Kong, July 1985 ; and
Third Working Group on the Standardization of Acupuncture Nomencla- ture, Seoul, June 1987.
After basic agreement at the Regional level, a Scientific Group to Adopt a Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature was held in Geneva in October-November 1989.
This pamphlet contains the standardized nomenclature of 361 classical acupuncture points, on which consensus was reached at the Manila meeting in 1982, with minor revisions made at the Hong Kong meeting in 1984 and the Geneva meeting in 1989.
At the Hong Kong meeting in 1985, studies focused on the "Eight Extra Meridians", which comprise the Governor Vessel Meridian and Conception Vessel Meridian, adopted by the working group in Manila in 1 982, plus the six extra meridians.
It was decided to omit the word "Meridian" after Governor Vessel and Conception Vessel, in order to standardize the nomenclature of the eight extra meridians.
At the Manila meeting in 1 982, the principle used for deciding the alphabetic code of meridians was as follows:
(1) When the Han character for a meridian consists of two characters, the al- phabetical code consists of two capital letters.
(2) When the Han character for a meridian consists of one character, the alphabetical code is one capital letter.
(3) When different meridians have the same alphabetical codes, a lower case letter is added to distinguish them. For example, L is used for Lung meridian and Liv for liver meridian; S is used for stomach and Sp for spleen meridian.
At the Geneva meeting in 1 989, this was again reviewed. The system adopted at the Manila meeting has been used for seven years. Members of WHO Regions other than the Western Pacific were also present at this meeting. After careful discussion, it was agreed that each alphabetical code should consist of two capital letters.
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The former and revised codes are as follows:
Name of Meridian Alphabetical Code
Former Revised
(Manila, 1982) (Geneva, 1989)
l. Lung Meridian L LU
2. Large Intestine Meridian LI LI
3. Stomach Meridian S ST
4. Spleen Meridian Sp SP
5.
Heart Meridian H HT6. Small Intestine Meridian SI SI
7. Bladder Meridian B BL
8. Kidney Meridian K KI
9.
Pericardium Meridian P PC10. Triple Energizer Meridian TE TE
11.
Gallbladder Meridian G GB12. Liver Meridian Liv LR
13. Governor Vessel GV GV
14. Conception Vessel CV CV
The revised alphabetic code is used in this edition
In the nomenclature set out below, the alphanumeric code is shown in the left hand column, and the Chinese alphabet (pinyin) name is in the middle. The original form of the Han character of the acupuncture point is shown in the right hand column, the simplified form of the character being given in parentheses in the order of the one used in China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, if any.
The original form of the Han character is used only when it is still in use at present.
If there are two or more original forms, the one with chronological pre- existence is given the first place and the other (s) are given in parentheses. The variants and different typefaces adopted by the meetings are also placed in parentheses. When they appear together with simplified forms, typefaces come first, followed by the simplified forms, and then by variants.
The Annex lists the equivalent alphabetical codes of meridian names used previously.
Although some of the alphabetical codes shown in the Annex have already been discarded, they may still have been used in older documents and books, and they have therefore been included.
LV I ZhOngfii LV 2 Y(mmen LV 3 Tianfii LV 4 Xiabiii LV 5 Chize
Points of Lung Meridian. LU.
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Points of Large Intestine Meridian. Ll Shi'iuyangming DachiingjIng xue
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ST 16 Ylngchuang I!!t'f"r (?e) ST 36 Ziisanl! Jt~!j[
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ST 20 Chengman .if;illi(i/Il,ilii) ST 40 Fengl6ng ~( -'UW.l(f!) ST 21 Liangmen qU9CI"l) ST 41 Ji~xl filH1f UJ< I ST 22 Guanmen BII (-ft, IMI, ,~J)r1 (n) ST 42 ChOngyang 1Jj (i<P) ~ ('B)
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Points of Spleen Meridian, SP.
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HT 1
HT 2 HT 3 HT 4 HT 5
SI 1 SI 2 SI 3 SI 4 SI 5 SI 6 SI 7 SI 8 SI 9 SIlO
BL 1 BL2 BLa BL 4 BL 5 BL 6 BL 7
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Shaoze Qiangli Houxi Y.·langli Yiinggli Ylingliio Zhizheng Xiiiohiii Jianzhen N}ioshfl
Jingming
Points of Heart Meridian, HT.
ShoushaoyIn XInjIng xui'
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Points of Bladder Meridian, BL.
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KI 18 Sh!guan 1ili~( ),.1111.1']1 KI 25 Shending '~'l!fi'\o!«'ii<
KI 19 Ylnda "~,( f.!l ) tli (t,,) KI 26 Yuzhong " 'I'
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Points of Pericardium Meridian, PC.
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Points of Triple Energizer Meridian, TE.
SMushaoyang Sanjiaojing xue
TE 1 Guanchong ~!I ( lC. r~l. 1:;:1 : i,,1 ( N' 1 TE 13 ~aohui l!ifi#"( it 'j
TE 2 Yemen IM'JII'I) TE 14 J i"nhaa ft:i tl'~ (#iM ':I TE 3 Zh6ngzhU '+'1#',11':1 TE 15 Tianliao *ti'i!(;~~l
TE 4 Yangch! ~(I;D:i'li! TE 16 Tianyou kIll,
TE 5 Waiguan ,H~I (X. I~I. I'oj) TE 17 Yifeng ~~M!V iA) TE 6 Zhlgou X I'Yt ( ;~J ,J TE 18 Chimai ('limai) ~1I"z.
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GB 1 T(mgziliao GB 2 Tlnghui GB 3 Shftngguan
GB 4 Hanyan
GB. XuanlO
GB 6 Xuanli GB 7 OUbin GB R Shuaigu GB 9 Tianchong GB 10 FObai GB 11 T()uqiaoyTn GB 12 Wangtl GB 13 Benshcn GB u Yimgbai GB 15 TOuHnql GB 16 MOchuang GB 17 Zhengying GB 18 Chengllng GB 19 Naokong GB 20 Fengchi GB 21 Jianjing GB 22 Yu~ny(\
LR 1 Dadun
LR2 Xingjian
LR3 Taichling LR. Zh<1ngfeng
LR. Ugi'iu
LR6 Zhongdu LR7 Xjguan
12
Points of Gallbladder Meridian, GB.
Zftshiioyang Danjlng xue
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Points of Liver Meridian, LR.
Zujueyln Ganjlng xue
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GV 3 Yaoyangguan nfl:~j (1:)1; ~m 1 )~, 1ll1, I'~) GV 17 Naohu Mi~ I, fjlxl, JJij'j) Fi GV 4 :l-Ilngmen ~rlltj( i' J; GV 18 Qifingjian 5l<1I~1 nil) GV;; Xuanshu '1111 ,it' 11". I ~il GV 19 Houding iJ< :,/,C; ) rii ( fUll
GV 6 Jizhiing 1f'1' GV 20 Baihul 7f#(?z-1
GV 7 Zhongshii '1'11" i~" I GV 21 Qianding ffiIh'f (fiji)
GV 8 Jjnsu5 mj~(l':!l(i ) GV 22 Xlnhui ~i({ \~n *1.2' I GV 9 Zhiyang '1;,):1,\(1111) GV 23 Shiingxing j".l,!.
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GV 12 Shenzhu %H. GV 26 ShuIgOli *ill;·:il,)
GV 13 Taodao ~~Jji! ( ill I GV 27 Dulduan ~[( ~L HAAl
GV 14 Diizhui kif!: GV 2B Yinjiao ARUm) x
Points of Conception Vessel, CV.
Renmai xue
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CV 4 Guanyuan ~M ( fc, WI,
r"J )
IT: CV 17 TanzhOng ~~ 'I'CV 5 Shimen 'Iir~U-11 (Shiinzh6ng)
CV 6 Qihai ~ ("'--~, ~'i.) ;f:i\ jlif) CV 18 Yutang .ii''?:
CV 7 Ylnjiao pt;(fiJi)X CV 19 Zigong ')1';-::( ('if)
CV 8 Shenque ~$( ltIt)~ij (fjtJ) CV 20 Huagai ./j\(4'\$(~)
CV 9 Shu;fen ;)<.7)- CV 21 Xuanji J!>jj~ ( IlL)
CV 10 Xiawan TffJt CV 22 TianW J\'~
CV 11 J iiinli @'I\ CV 23 Lifmquan Ij(i ii<
CV 12 ZhOngwan 'lWi. CV
u
Chengjiang Jf<'tl!( },,) CV 13 Shiingwan J,Jr,i,ANNEX LIST OF EQUIVALENT ALPHABETIC CODES OF MERIDIAN NAMES
Meridian Standard Other alphabetic codes used+
code*
1 . Lung Meridian LU I F L Lu P
2. Large Intestine Meridian LI II CO Co OCh 01 Oi GI IC IG Li 3. Stomach Meridian ST III E Est M Ma S St V W 4. Spleen Meridian SP IV B BP LP MP P RP RT Rt Sp
5.
Heart Meridian HT V C H HE He Ht X6. Small Intestine Meridian SI VI DO ID IG IT Si XCh
7.
Bladder Meridian BLVII
B B 1 PG UB V VU8.
Kidney Meridian KIvm
K Ki N NI Ni R RN Rn Sh9.
Pericardium Meridian PC IX CS CX ECS EH HC Hc KS MC MdH P Pe XB10. Triple Energizer Meridian TE X DE T TB TH TR TW SC SJ 3E 3H 11. Gallbladder Meridian GB XI D G Go VB VF
12. Liver Meridian LR XII F G H LE Le Liv LlV LV Lv
13. Governor Vessel GV
XIII
DM DU Du GG Go Gv LG Lg T TM VG Vg14. Conception Vessel CV
XN
Co Cv J JM KG Kg REN Ren RM VC Vc*This is part of the alphameric code element of the standard acupuncture nomencla- ture adopted at Scientific Group to Adopt a Standard Internatiomal Acupuncture Nomenclature. 1989
+Some of the alphabetic codes shown here have already been discarded but may still have been used in older documents. They have therefore been included in this list.
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