Locations and manipulations of acupoints
| Acupoint | Location | Manipulation | |
| Acupoints around the eye | Taiyang (EX-HN5) | Flat part at each side of the forehead | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 0.3–0.5 cun* |
| Cuanzhu (BL2) | On the medial end of the eyebrow | Puncture horizontally or obliquely to a depth of 0.5–0.8 cun toward the middle of the eyebrows | |
| Yuyao (EX-HN4) | Directly above the pupil,in the centre of the eyebrow | Puncture horizontally or obliquely to a depth of 0.3–0.5 cun | |
| Qiuhou (EX-HN7) | In the face and the outer quarter of the lower orbital margin meets the inner three-quarters | Gently push the eye up,puncture slowly and perpendicularly to a depth of 0.5–1.5 cun toward the orbital rim | |
| Jingming (BL1) | In the depression and 0.1 cun above the inner canthus | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 0.3–0.5 cun close to the orbital rim | |
| Body acupoints | Baihui (GV20) | On the midline of the head, 7 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline | Puncture horizontally to a depth of 0.5–0.8 cun |
| Hegu (LI4) | Between the first and second metacarpal bones,and in the midpoint of the radial side of the second metacarpal bone | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 0.5–0.8 cun | |
| Taichong (LR3) | In the depression anterior to the junction of first and second metatarsal bones | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 0.5–1 cun | |
| Sanyinjiao (SP6) | Three cun superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, posterior to the medial border of the tibia | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 1–1.5 cun | |
| Zusanli (ST36) | Three cun directly below Dubi†, and one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia | Puncture perpendicularly to a depth of 1–2 cun |
*1 cun (≈20 mm) is defined as the width of the interphalangeal joint of patient’s thumb.
†Dubi is in the lateral depression of the patellar ligament, when the knee is flexed.