GB/T 40997-2021Nomenclature and location of extra points in common use (English PDF)

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents" Drafting.

Introduction

Two basic issues need to be addressed in formulating the standard for the strange acupoints outside the Jingwai. First, the formation and evolution of the concept and terminology of the strange acupoints outside the Jingwai; second, the Jingwai The historical background of Qixue standardization, including goals, path selection and landmark achievements. See Appendix A for the research on the first question, and the second See Appendix B for the study of the problem.

GB/T 12346-2006 "Names and Locations of Acupoints" promulgated in 2006, in addition to 362 meridians and acupoints, it also contains 46 extravagant meridians. hole. These peculiar points were discussed and determined at the 1985 Hong Kong meeting of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific Region and adopted at the 1989 Geneva meeting.

Selected from the standard nomenclature of 48 Jingwaiqi acupoints. After decades of clinical practice of acupuncture and acupuncture teaching, it has been found that some clinical practice is commonly used The Jingwaiqi acupoint has not been included in the international standards and national standards. In order to meet the needs of acupuncture education and clinical The Management Committee also issued the task of revising GB/T 12346-2006 and formulating a special national standard "Name and Positioning of Odd Acupoints".

The revised version of GB/T 12346-2006 deleted the names and locations of the original 46 extravagant acupoints, and revised the standard name to "Names of Meridians and Acupoints" And Positioning" to make it compatible with the World Health Organization promulgated by the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Office (WHO/WPRQ) in May 2008.

Standard "Acupuncture Meridian Point Location" (West Pacific Region) (WHO Standard acupuncture point locations in the Western Pacific Region) remain the same; the national standard "Names and Locations of Jingwai Unique Acupoints" formulated this time includes a total of 51 Jingwaiqi acupoints, including 43 out of the 46 extravagant acupoints included in GB/T 12346-2006 (combined the 2 acupoints "Jinjin" and "Yuye" into 1 acupoint, and deleted the "Xiaji" The 2 points of "Yu" and "Waist Qi" have been revised, and the positioning of the 2 points of "Dugukong" and "Pigen" have been revised), and 8 extra meridian acupoints have been added ("Anmian", "Qianzheng", "New" and "Blood Press point, "Tito", "Spine", "Shoulder Front", "Inner Court").

The standard "Acupuncture Point Names Part 2 (Revised Edition)" promulgated by the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region in 1991 stipulates that Chinese characters, Chinese spelling The three elements of sound and English code. This document is found in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Standard "Acupuncture Point Names Part 2 (Revised Edition)" Waiqi acupoints are named according to this method, and the names of the other meridian Waiqi acupoints are only expressed in Chinese characters and Chinese pinyin.

The measurement of length and width involved in the general standard requires the use of the international system of units, but the difference between the height of the human body and the thinness of the body is very large.

The method uses absolute standard values to describe the acupuncture points, and only through the method of dividing the amount of fold---the bone degree of fold method to describe the acupoints, can you Applicable to all populations and all individuals. This method was approved by the World Health Organization at an international conference held in Seoul, South Korea in 1987.

It is determined as the standard unit of measurement for acupuncture and moxibustion points. Therefore, the acupoint positioning in this document adopts this unit of measurement.

1 Scope

This document stipulates the basis for judging and selecting the acupuncture points, the principles and methods of body surface positioning, the naming principle, and the 51 meridians of the human body. The name and location of Waiqi Point.

This document is applicable to acupuncture teaching, scientific research, medical treatment, publishing and academic exchanges of acupuncture and moxibustion.

2 Normative references

The content of the following documents constitutes an indispensable clause of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated quotations Only the version corresponding to the date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB/T 12346-2021 Meridian and Acupoint Names and Locations

Names of Acupuncture Points---Part 2 (Revised Edition) (WHO Western Pacific Region Standard)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions defined in GB/T 12346-2021 apply to this document.

4 Judgment basis and selection principle of strange acupoints