What are the acupuncture points?
To understand acupuncture points, some terms should be explained to know how they work.In ancient China, it was believed that the body has energy channels called meridians that QI or vital life energy is passing through them. These meridians are not visible and are connected to form a network. They are 12 main channels and 8 special channels, and each meridian has a specific number of acupuncture points.
These 12 channels include
- Lung meridian which contains 11 points and refers to them as LU-1 to LU-11
- Heart meridian, which contains 9 points and refers to them as HT-1 to HT-9
- Pericardium meridian, which contains 9 points and refers to them as Ps-1 to Ps-9
- Triple burner meridian, which contains 23 points and refers to them as TE-1 to TE-23
- Small intestine meridian, which contains 19 points and refers to them as SI-1 to SI-19
- Large intestine meridian, which contains 20 points and refers to them as LI-1 to LI-20
- Spleen meridian, which contains 21 points and refers to them as SP-1 to SP-21
- kidney meridian, which contains 27 points and refers to them as KD-1 to KD-27
- liver meridian, which contains 14 points and refers to them as Liv-1 to Liv-14
- gallbladder meridian, which contains 44 points and refers to them as Gb-1 to Gb-44
- urinary bladder meridian, which contains 67 points and refers to them as BL-1 to BL-67
- stomach meridian, which contains 45 points and refers to them as ST-1 to ST-45