"马丹阳天星十二穴"刍议OACSTPCD

"Ma Danyang Tianxing twelve acupoints",first seen in Zhen Jiu Da Cheng,refers to an important category of human acu-points.It includes twelve acupoints,namely,Zusanli,Neiting,Hegu,Quchi,Weizhong,Chengshan,Taichong,Kunlun,Huantiao,Yan-glingquan,Tongli and Lieque.Except for Huantiao,the other acupoints are characterized as"hands below elbows and feet below knees",with the characteristics of convenient acupoint selection and significant curative effect and have been widely used in clinical practice since ancient times.Among the twelve acupoints of Tianxing,the Five Shu acupoints are two-thirds in proportion.According to the principle of"Yang Well acupoint belongs to Gold Element and Yin Well acupoint belongs to Wood Element"in the Five Shu acu-points,the Five Shu acupoints belonging to the Earth Element,which includes Zusanli,Quchi,Yanglingquan,Weizhong,and Taichong,accounting for nearly half of all.These five acupoints play a very important role in regulating the Zang and Fu,Qi and blood of the hu-man body.The twelve acupoints of Tianxing are distributed along the seven major meridians of the human body,which can connect the twelve meridians,regulate the deficiency and excess of the five Zang,and calm the Heat in the Six Fu organs.