In ancient practice, the number of acupuncture pressure points was the same as the days in a year (365). But in modern practice, that number has exploded! Even so, the majority of acupuncturists still concentrate on traditional pressure points in the 14 meridians, which are:

1. Large-intestine
Acupuncture pressure points in back of hand/between thumb & 1st finger
Pressures are for relief from pain, constipation, diarrhea, stomach cramps, etc. Also, sore throat, painful eyes, swollen lymph nodes, rashes, etc.

2. Lung
Above wrist/inside arm
Headache, stiff neck, asthma, cough, sore throat, wrist injury

3. Stomach
Front of leg/below knee
Nausea, abdominal problems, tiredness

4. Spleen
Inner leg/above ankle
Irregular menstrual cycle, impotence, urinary problems, stomachache, backache

5. Gallbladder
Acupuncture pressure points in the base of skull
Pressures are for relief of cold, flu, headache, fever, hypertension

6. Liver
Top of foot/between 1st & 2nd toes
Irregular menstrual cycle, chest pains, headaches, hypertension

7. Pericardium
Inner arm/above wrist
Heart palpitations, nausea, spasms

8. Heart
Outer wrist
Forgetfulness, insomnia, depression, heart problems, tiredness

9. Urinary-bladder
Back of knee
Backache, leg pain, stomachache, nausea, diarrhea

10. Kidney
Acupuncture pressure points in back of inner-ankle
Pressures are for relief of toothache, sore throat, lightheadedness, asthma, lower backache, irregular mens

11. Torso (called “Triple-burner”)
Outer arm/above wrist
Problems along arms and hands, head and neck

12. Small-intestine
Side of hand/below pinkie
Stiff neck, chest pain, lumbar pain, fever, night-sweats

13. Governing-vessel
Top of head
Headache, lightheadedness, nasal blockage, speech problems

14. Conception-vessel
Acupuncture pressure points slightly below navel
Pressures are for stomach/menstrual/urinary/ disorders, hernias, diarrhea

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Did you know that, unlike other acupuncture theories, the connection between tongue acupuncture and autism was first shown before a gathering of scientists and doctors?

Tongue acupuncture and autism were subjects of a 2001 paper presented at the 17th World Congress of Neurology in London.

This surprised the scientific community familiar with this mode of healing because before then the tongue was never among the common acupuncturist targets.

The University of Hong Kong’s Division of Child Neurology was represented by Dr. Virginia Wong, who revealed that she and colleague Dr. JG Sun believe they have found the tongue’s acupuncture points that affect the organs in the human body – particularly those that give relief from the symptoms of autism.

To test autism sympathetic points in tongues, the doctors chose 30 random subjects: kids from ages 3 through 15. One set of kids got standard education and therapy, while the other got the standard program and tongue acupuncture. All kids had reached plateaus on the standard program when the study began.

Children who underwent tongue acupuncture showed an average change of 12 points in the Functional Independence Measure, compared to 0.005 in the other group.

What’s more there was a big improvement in self care and cognition, plus a big difference in the Parental Stress Index, the Ritvo-Freeman Real Life Index, the Caregiver Global Impression Scale, among other communication and relational indices.

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