The Acupuncture Eight Hui Converging Acupoint

#1-B62 (Shenmai)

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CHINESE NAME of Acupuncture-point B62:

Shenmai; Shen means "to extend"; mai means "meridian". The point pertains to the Urinary Bladder Meridian (B), from where the meridian extends to the Yangquiao Vessel Meridian.

LOCATION of Acupuncture-point B62:

Under the External Malleolus, 0.2 - 0.3 inches deep.

INDICATION of Acupuncture-point B62:

Headache, dizziness, insomnia, back pain, cold in the feet, red eyes, neck pain, epilepsy, insane etc.

HINT for All Acupoints:

You should feel sour or numb, but Not knife-cut like pain when pressing. The acupoints are usually between or beside the bones and tendons or ligaments, on a depression, never on the bones or blood vessels.

MERIDIANS CODES: L=Lung, LI=Large Intestine, S=Stomach, Sp=Spleen, H=Heart, SI=Small Intestine, B=Bladder, K=Kidney, P=Pericardium, TE(SJ)=Triple Energizer (Sanjiao), G=Gallbladder, Liv=Liver;

8-HUI ACUPOINT CODES: 1=B62(Shenmai), 2,5=K6(Zhaohai), 3=TE(SJ)5(Waiguan), 4=G41(Foot-Linqi), 6=Sp4(Gongsun), 7=SI3(Houxi), 8=P6(Neiguan), 9=L7(Lieque)