ACCUPRESSURE POINTS

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Abdomen
---Lower 9, 5, 6, 2, 20, 13
---Upper 5, 6
Allergies 8, 14, 24
Ankle 4, 5, 6, 1, 30, 18, 20, 21
Arm 8, 3, 2, 34, 12,17, 27
Armpit 2, 12
Anxiety 11, 15, 21, 6
Asthma (M) 7, 14, 12
Backache
---General 9, 4, 5, 6, 17, 21, 24, 25, 27
---Lower 4, 5, 6, 21
---Upper 17, 25, 27, 9, 4
Bioenergy control
---Fear 3, 6, 11, 15, 31, 19, 21
---Energy (soft=boost/brisk=calm) 35, 13, 6
---Hunger 5, 6
---Memory 7, 2
---Sleep 20
---Smoking 5, 6, 2, 14
---Warmth 17, 27
Bites (any) 33
Bladder 9, 28
Bleeding (EM!) 3, 6, 1, 33, 34
Blisters 8, 1
Breasts 17
Breath control 33
Breathing, labored (EM!) 12
Bronchitis 7, 14
Bruises 34
Burns (EM!) 8, 4, 28
Bursitis 14
"Charlie horse" cramps 4
Chest (EM!) 3, 2, 1, 7, 31
Cholera (M) 8, 3, 13, 6, 30, 16
Claustrophobia 12
Colds and influenza 8, 3, 6, 1, 7, 16, 21, 23, 19, 38, 22
Colitis 7, 5, 6, 28
Concussion (EM!) 7, 1, 12, 33, followed in 10 mins. by 34
Conjunctivitis 7, 1, 12, 23, 38
Constipation 13, 5, 20, 36, 30
Cough 7, 3, 6, 2, 14, 12, 33, 16, 36
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Cramps, menstrual 4, 13, 5, 2, 15, 38, 31

Cramps, muscular spasms 30, 31
Cystitis 5, 28, 36

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Dental work 11, 15

Depression (M) 6
Diabetes mellitus (M) 13, 5, 6, 14, 33
Diarrhea 5, 6, 2, 15, 8, 30
Dizziness 2, 36
Dysentery (M) 5, 6, 2, 15
Ear 3, 1
Edema 5, 6
Elbow 8, 3, 2, 14, 1, 27
Electric shock (EM!) 34
Epilepsy, epileptic seizure (EM!) 2, 36
Exhaustion 12, 34, 13
Eye 23, 8, 1, 7, 30, 26, 19, 30, 24
Face 8, 3, 4, 1, 7, 29, 38
Fainting (EM!) 10, 11
Fatigue 6, 34
Fear control 3, 6, 11, 15, 19, 21
Fever 3, 10, 15, 26, 8, 16, 22, 37
Fingers 10, 3, 2, 1, 12
Flatulence 5, 6, 22
Flu 8, 3, 6, 1, 7, 16, 21, 23, 19, 38, 22
Foot 4, 5, 6, 1, 30, 18, 20, 21
Forearm 8, 2, 10, 1, 12
Gall bladder 7, 5, 6, 1, 30
Gastrointestinal system 5, 6, 1
Gingivitis 1
Genitourinary, 5, 13, 30, 31, 20
Glaucoma, 23, 31

Hand 3, 2, 10, 1, 12
Hangover 5, 6, 18
Hay fever 23
Headaches
---Anxiety/tension 11, 15, 21, 6, 24, 38
---Base of skull/neck 27, 17, 8, 1, 16
---Front 22, 24
---General 1, 7, 3, 4, 6, 2, 10, 11, 20, 21, 26
---Migraine 7, 1, 26, 12, 29
---Severe 26, 21, 1, 3, 7, 4, 6, 2, 10, 19
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---Sinus 7, 10, 1, 18, 24, 32

---Top of head 21, 1, 3, 7, 4, 6, 2, 10, 11
Head, injury or pain (EM!) 7, 8, 3, 6, 2, 10, 1, 11, 34, 21, 27
Heart attack (EM!) 3, 2, 1, 11, 18
Heartburn 2, 11
Heat rash 8, 6, 1
Hemorrhoids 4, 36, 25
Hernia 5, 6, 20
Hiccough 13, 2, 35, 25
Hip 4, 5, 6
Hives and rash 8, 16
Hunger 5, 6
Hypertension (M) 9, 3, 13, 15, 21, 25, 30, 38
Hyperventilation 14
Hypotension (M) 15
Hysteria (M) 11, 21

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Immune system 8, 5, 16
Impetego, eczema 8, 9, 4, 5
Impotence 5, 13, 33
Influenza 8, 3, 6, 1, 7, 16, 21, 23, 19, 38, 22
Indigestion 5, 6, 18
Insomnia 13, 2, 11, 12, 31, 18, 24, 31
Jaundice (M) 2, 16
Jaw, lower 7, 3, 4, 1

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Kidneys (M) 21, 33

Knee 9, 14

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Laryngitis 7, 14, 10, 1

Leg 9, 4, 5, 6, 31
Lightheadedness 19
Lips 1
Liver (M) 30
Lumbago 7, 9, 4, 5, 6, 14, 1, 28
Lungs 7

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Memory 7, 2
Meningitis (M) 10
Menstruation 13, 5, 2, 15, 31, 20, 4
Mental disturbance 6, 15, 35
Motion sickness 5, 6, 2
Mouth 1, 33, 36
Mumps (M) 4, 1
Nasal congestion 7, 10, 1, 19, 32, 23, 24
Nausea 5, 6, 12, 25
Neck 7, 8, 1, 34, 16, 17, 31, 24, 27, 38
Nervousness, 1, 30, 31
Neuralgia 4
Nosebleed 7, 9, 1, 16, 19, 22
Ovaries and uterus 8, 13, 5, 6

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Paralysis (EM!) 3, 16, 29

Penis 20, 13, 5, 6
Pleurisy (EM!) 7, 3, 2, 1, 16
Pneumonia (EM!) 7, 6, 14, 1
Poison ivy 8, 3
Poisoning by mouth (EM!) 1, 12, 28
Poisoning, carbon monoxide (EM!) 3, 12
Poisoning, food (EM!) 12
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) 38
Prostate 13, 5, 6, 33, 28
Rectum 4, 28, 36
Respiratory system 7, 2, 14, 1,
Restlessness 11, 15
Reynaud's syndrome 12

Sciatica 9, 4, 5, 6, 28, 24, 25

Sea sickness 2, 6
Sedation, tranquilization 1, 30
Seizure (EM!) 2
Sex organs 8, 13, 5, 6, 20
Shock (EM!) 2, 11, 12, 34, 27
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Shortness of breath (EM!) 12

Shoulder 7, 8, 3, 2, 14, 1, 34, 17, 31
Sinusitis 7, 10, 1, 18, 24, 32, 23
Skin 8, 9, 3, 14
Sleep control 20
Small intestine 5, 6
Smell, loss of 19, 23, 32
Smoking control 5, 6, 2, 14, 35
Sneezing 14, 24, 23
Spleen, pancreas 6
Spasms 29, 30
Sprains 4
Stings (use right side only) 33
Stomach 8, 5, 6, 2, 25
Strains, muscular 4
Stricture of urine 30, 31, 20, 21
Stroke (EM!) 2, 33, 34
Sunstroke (EM!) 10
Sweating 9, 1

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Tachycardia, racing heart (EM!) 6, 11, 19

Temper 11, 31
Tennis elbow 14
Tension 38
Testicles 4, 5, 6
Thigh 9
Thirst, temporary 12
Throat 10, 7, 3, 14, 1, 12, 33, 36, 37
Tinnitus 3, 38, 16, 19, 29, 31
Tongue 1
Tonsillitis 9, 3, 10, 1, 18, 14
Toothache 4, 1, 18, 22, 37
Trigeminal neuralgia 24, 29, 32
Ulcers, intestinal 3, 5, 6
Ulcers, peptic 5, 6
Unconsciousness (EM!) 20, 10, 12, 33 (use left side only), 34
Urinary control, temporary 28
Uterus and ovaries 5, 8, 13, 5, 6

Vertigo (M) 4, 2, 28, 21, 36, 19, 38, 23, 30, 31

Vomiting and retching (M) 5, 6, 13, 2, 15, 12, 16, 25

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Warmth control 17, 27

Whiplash (M) 7, 8, 4, 1
Withdrawal (addiction) 11
Wounds (EM!) 4, 34, 28, 18, 20
Wrist 7, 3, 12, 11
Yawning control 7

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Acupoint #1

Squeeze thumb and forefinger together, forming a ridge above the thumb; the point is in the
middle of that ridge, just above the end of the crease formed by thumb and forefinger; good for
most problems from the waist up
TCM: Large Intestine 4
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Acupoint #2

Two thumb widths from the largest crease on the inside wrist; the point is between the tendons in
the middle of the wrist
TCM: Pericardium 6
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Acupoint #3

Two thumb widths above the outside of the wrist, lined up with the middle finger
TCM: Triple Warmer 5
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Acupoint #4

In the depression just behind the outer anklebone

TCM: Bladder 60
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Acupoint #5

One palm width above the tip of the inner anklebone, on the back of the shinbone; often used in
combination with acupoint #6
TCM: Spleen 6
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Acupoint #6

One palm width below the bottom edge of the kneecap, on the outside, in a depression between
the shinbone and the leg muscle; effective for most problems from the waist down, especially
when used with acupoint #5
TCM: Stomach 36
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Acupoint #7

Clasp your hands together as in (A), touching your upper wrist with your forefinger; the point is
found on a line with the thumb, in a small depression (B); remembering the position of the point,
unclasp your hands and apply pressure
TCM: Lung 7
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Acupoint #8

Bend your arm hand to shoulder, and place your finger on the end of the crease on the outside of
the arm; open your arm and stimulate the point
TCM: Large Intestine 11
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Acupoint #9

Between the two ligaments, behind the knee, on the crease formed when the leg is bent; note: if
you have varicose veins, don't use this point
TCM: Bladder 40
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Acupoint #10

Just behind the thumbnail, on the side opposite the fingers

TCM: Lung 11
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Acupoint #11

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On the largest crease of the inner wrist, on a line with the little finger
TCM: Heart 7
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Acupoint #12

On the largest crease of the inner wrist, on a line with the thumb
TCM: Lung 9
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Acupoint #13

One palm width below the navel; another point with similar effects can be found two thumb
widths below this one
TCM: Conception Vessel 6 (upper) and 4 (lower)
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Acupoint #14
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On the crease of the inside of the elbow, on the thumb side

TCM: Lung 5
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Acupoint #15

On the middle finger, just above the nail, on the side closest to the thumb
TCM: Pericardium 9
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Acupoint #16

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Between the two most prominent bones of the top of the spine
TCM: Governing Vessel 14
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Acupoint #17

On top of the shoulder, half way between the neck and the outside of the shoulder
TCM: Triple Warmer 15
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Acupoint #18

Just behind the nail of the second toe, on the side opposite the big toe
TCM: Stomach 45
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Acupoint #19
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On either side of the spine, just below the base of the skull
TCM: Bladder 10
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Acupoint #20

On the big toe, the side closest to the second toe, just behind and slightly to the side of the nail
TCM: Liver 1
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Acupoint #21

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In the middle of the sole of the foot, just behind the ball
TCM: Kidney 1
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Acupoint #22

Just above the place where the second and third toes separate
TCM: Stomach 44
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Acupoint #23

Below the brow ridge at the corner of the eye nearest the bridge of the nose, just below a notch in
the skull
TCM: Bladder 2
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Acupoint #24
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Just below or inside the eyebrow, near the middle; feel for a notch in the eyebrow ridge; point
should be just slightly above this
TCM: Extra, Head-neck 4
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Acupoint #25

On the back, on a line with the elbows, about two thumb widths on either side of the spine
TCM: Bladder 21
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Acupoint #26

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Pinch the nostril, on the side opposite the septum; good for severe headache
TCM: Not available
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Acupoint #27

Slightly to the back of the muscle which goes from neck to shoulder, a little closer to the arm
than to the neck
TCM: Not available
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Acupoint #28

On the outside of the foot, slightly to the rear of the last knucklebone of the smallest toe
TCM: Bladder 65
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Acupoint #29
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On the back of the jawbone, just below the ear

TCM: Triple Warmer 17
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Acupoint #30

Two thumb widths above where the big toe and the second toe separate, on the upper surface of
the foot
TCM: Liver 3
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Acupoint #31

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Just above where the big toe and the second toe separate, on the upper surface of the foot
TCM: Liver 2
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Acupoint #32

On the cheek, next to the outside of the nostril

TCM: Large Intestine 20
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Acupoint #33

Behind the inner anklebone, on a line between the crown and the tip of the heel; often used in
combination with acupoint # 36
TCM: Kidney 3
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Acupoint #34
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On the tip of the shoulder; pick up your arm and look for the a dimple toward the back of the
shoulder.; put your finger in the dimple, lower your arm and begin stimulation
TCM: Triple Warmer 14
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Acupoint #35

On the center of the chest, just below the bottom of the sternum (breast bone)
TCM: Conception Vessel 14
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Acupoint #36

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Two palm widths plus one thumb width above the outer ankle bone, just behind an imaginary
vertical line from the tip of the ankle bone; often used in combination with acupoint #33
TCM: Ball Bladder 35
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Acupoint #37

On the index finger, just above the nail, on the side closest to the thumb
TCM: Large Intestine 1
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Acupoint #38

Two thumb widths on either side of the spine, where the base of the skull meets the neck

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