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HEAD/SCALP ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
Name
Motor area
Lower limb and trunk area
Upper limb area
Facial area(includes Speech #1)
Sensory area
Lower limb, head and trunk area
Location
A line from a point 0.5cm
posterior to midpoint of midline
and stretching diagonally across
the head to a point at the
intersection of the zygomatic
arch (superior margin) with the
hairline at the temple
Upper fifth of motor area line
Second and third fifths of motor
line area
Lower two fifths of motor line
A line parallel and 1.5cm
posterior to the middle
Upper fifth of sensory line
Upper limb area
Second and third fifths of
sensory line
Facial area
Lower two fifths of sensory line
Leg motor and sensory area
Parallel with midline of head,
1cm beside midpoint
(bilaterally), about 3cm long
Chorea and tremor control area
Parallel with and 1.5cm anterior
to motor area line
Parallel with and 1.5 cm anterior
to chorea tremor control area
Horizontal line 1.5cm above and
centered on the apex of the ear,
4cm long
Vertical line 2cm beside tuber
parietale on back of head, 3cm in
length
Blood vessel dilations and
constrictions area
Vertigo and hearing area
Speech #2
Indications
Paralysis of lower limb (opposite
side)
Paralysis of upper limb (opposite
side)
Upper motor neuron paralysis of
face (opposite side), motor
aphasia, dribbling saliva,
impaired speech
Low back pain (opposite side),
numbness or paresthesia in that
area, occipital headache, stiff
neck, vertigo
Pain, numbness or other
paresthesia of upper limb
(opposite side)
Migraine headache, trigeminal
neuralgia, toothache (opposite
side) Arthritis of the
temporalmandibular joint
Paralysis, pain or numbness of
lower limb, acute lower back
sprain, nocturnal urination,
prolapsed uterus
Syndenham’s chorea, tremors,
palsy and related syndromes
Superficial edema, hypertension
Tinnitus, vertigo, diminished
hearing, menier’s syndrome
Nominal aphasia (inability to
name objects)
Speech #3
Voluntary movement area
Vision area
Balance area
Stomach area
Liver and gall bladder area
Thoracic cavity area
Reproduction area
Overlaps vertigo and hearing
area at midpoint and continues
3cm posteriorly
With the tuber parietale origin,
three needles can be inserted
inferiorly, anteriorly, and
posteriorly to a length of 3cm
posteriorly
1cm lateral to external occipital
protuberance, parallel to midline
of head, 4cm in length extending
upward
3cm lateral to the external
occipital protuberance, parallel
to midline of head, 4cm in
length, extending downward
Beginning at the hairline, directly
above pupil of eye, parallel with
midline of head, 2cm in length
extending posteriorly
A line 2cm in length extending
anteriorly from the stomach area
Midway between and parallel to
stomach area and midline of
head, bilaterally, 2cm in length
Parallel and lateral to the
stomach area at a distance equal
to that between stomach area
and the thoracic area, 2cm in
length
Receptive aphasia (inability to
understand speech and to speak)
Apraxia (inability to perform
purposeful movement although
there is no sensory or motor
impairment)
Cortical blindness (blindness due
to lesions in the left and right
occipital lobes of the brain. The
eyes are able to move and light
reflexes remain, but the
blindness is as if the optic nerves
had been severed.
Loss of balance due to cerebellar
disorders
Discomfort in upper abdomen
Pain in hypochondriac area,
chronic hepatitis
Asthma, chest pain, intermittent
supraventricular tachycardia
Abnormal uterine bleeding,
combined with leg motor area
for prolapsed uterus