1) Regular acupoints:
(1) Shangyang (LI 1 ) :
Location: It is 0.1 cun beside the radial comer of nail of the index finger (Fig. 2-12).
Indications: Deafness, toothache, swelling of cheek, sore throat, stroke with coma, optic nerve atrophy, febrile diseases without sweating, and high fever with delirium.

1-Shangyang (LI 1) 2-Guanchong (TE 1) 3-Shaoze (SI 1) 4-Erjian (LI 2) 5-Yemen (TE 2) 6-Qian'gu (SI 2) 7-Sanjian (LI 3) 8-Hegu (LI 4) 9-Zhong-zhu (TE 3) 10-Houxi (SI 3) ll-Yangxi (LI 5) 12-Yangchi (TE4) 13-Wan'gu (SI 4) 14-Yanggu (SI 5)

(2) Sanjian (LI 3):
Location: In a depression proximal to the capitulum of 2nd metacarpal bone and on its radial side when the hand is clenched in a fist (Fig. 2-12).

Indications: Toothache on lower jaw, sore throat, redness and swelling of dorsum of hand, gum swelling and pain, eye pain, nasal bleeding, fever, fullness in chest, increase of intesfinal gurgling, constipation or diarrhea.

(3) Erjian (LI 2):
Location: In a depression distal to the capitulum of meta-carpal bone of index finger and on its radial side when the hand is clenched in a fist (Fig. 2-12).

Indications: Blurred vision, nasal bleeding, toothache, swelling of cheek, deviation of mouth and eye, sore throat, febrile diseases, food stagnation, and constipation.

(4) Hegu (LI 4):
Location: Between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones and beside the midpoint of radial border of the 2nd bone, or at the top of prominence of muscle lump between 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones. The palmar crease of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb of one hand is put on the web border between thumb and index finger of the other hand and the tip of the first thumb reaches this acupoint as the interphalangeal joint is flexed (Fig.2-12).

Indications: Febrile diseases, headache, toothache, lock-jaw, deviation of mouth, nasal bleeding, deafness, sore throat, amenorrhea, prolonged labor, abdominal pain, spasm, arm pain, convulsion in children, hypertension, paralysis of arm, Bi-syndrome, psychosis, and epilepsy.