Acupuncture points for Acute Pain

A lot of people suffer acute pain but no medicine or no hospital nearby, so calling 911 is one of the solutions. However, some acute pain can be relieved by pressing the acupuncture point. The below recommends some acupuncture points for acute pain. Even though you don’t know acupuncture, the points can relieve your acute pain by applying the pressure.

1. Renzhong (GV26) locates above the upper lip on the mid-line, at the junction of the upper 1/3 & low 2/3 of philtrum. This point treats SUDDEN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

2. Laogong (PC8) locates between index & middle finger bones, in a depression at the radial side of middle finger bone. This point treats LOWER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

3. Zhiyang (GV9) locates on the mid-line of the back, in the depression below the 7th thoracic vertebra. This point treats ANGINA.

4. Shaoshang (LU11) locates 0.1 cun from the corner of the radial border of the thumb. This point treats EXTREME SORE THROAT.

5. Zusanli (ST36) locates below the knee, 3 cun below the patellar ligament, one finger-breadth lateral to anterior crest of the tibia. This point treats STOMACH PAIN.

6. Taiyang locates at the temple, in the tender depression 1 cun posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eyes. This point treats TEMPORAL HEADACHE & MIGRAINE.

7. Neiguan (PC6) locates on the flexor of the forearm, 2 cun proximal to the wrist crease, between 2 tendons. This point treats VOMITING & NAUSEA.

8. Hegu (LI4) locates when the thumb squeezes against the base of index finger, at the highest point of the bulge of the muscle & the level with the end of the crease. This point treats TOOTHACHE.

(source from: https://amanualofacupuncture.com/)

Written by Micky Wu