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WHOStandardaCUPUnCtUrEPOIntLOCatIOnSIntHEWEStErnPaCIfICrEgIOnUpdatedandReprinted2009WHOLibraryCataloguinginPublicationdataWHOStandardAcupuncturePointLocationsintheWesternPacificRegion1.Medicine,traditional.2.acupuncturePointLocationsISBN9789290612487(NLMClassification:WB50)©WorldHealthOrganization(2008)PublicationsoftheWorldHealthOrganizationenjoycopyrightprotectioninaccordancewiththeprovisionsofProtocol2oftheUniversalCopyrightConvention.forrightsofreproductionortranslationofWHOpublications,inpartorintoto,applicationshouldbemadetotheOfficeofPublications,WorldHealthOrganization,Geneva,Switzerland,ortotheRegionalOfficefortheWesternPacific,Manila,Philippines.TheWorldHealthOrganizationwelcomessuchapplications.thedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheWorldHealthOrganizationconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Thementionofspecificcompaniesorofcertainmanufacturers’productsdoesnotimplythattheyareendorsedorrecommendedbytheWorldHealthOrganizationinpreferencetoothersofasimilarnaturethatarenotmentioned.Errorsandommissionsexcepted,thenamesofproprietaryproductsaredistinguishedbyinitialcapitalletters.theauthorsaloneareresponsiblefortheviewsexpressedinthispublication.fOrEWOrdvaCKnOWLEdgEMEntSviigEnEraLgUIdELInESfOraCUPUnCtUrEPOIntLOCatIOnS1WHOStandardaCUPUnCtUrEPOIntLOCatIOnS23LungMeridian25LargeIntestineMeridian33StomachMeridian45SpleenMeridian69HeartMeridian81SmallIntestineMeridian87BladderMeridian99KidneyMeridian135PericardiumMeridian151TripleEnergizerMeridian157gallbladderMeridian171LiverMeridian195governorVessel203ConceptionVessel219rEfErEnCES233ANNEX235taBLEOfCOntEntSAlongwithherbalmedicine,acupuncturehasbeenusedformorethan2500yearsasoneofthemainpillarsoftraditionalmedicineintheWesternPacificRegion.Accordingly,theWHORegionalCommitteefortheWesternPacificadoptedresolutionssupportingtheproperuseofacupunctureandherbalmedicinein1985and1987.Withtheaimofstandardizationinthefieldofacupuncture,theWHORegionalOfficefortheWesternPacificorganizedaWorkingGroupfortheStandardizationofAcupuncturenomenclaturein1981and,after10yearsofeffort,aconsensuswasreachedontheproposedstandardinternationalacupuncturenomenclature.In1991,AProposedStandardInternationalAcupunctureNomenclaturewaspublishedbyWHOHeadquartersandarevisededitionofStandardAcupunctureNomenclaturewaspublishedbytheWHORegionalOfficefortheWesternPacific.Itwasreported,however,thattherewascontroversyamongMemberStatesregardingapproximatelyone-fourthofregularacupuncturepointlocations,raisingdoubtsanduncertaintyregardingtheefficacyandsafetyofacupuncturetreatment.Itisnotknownwhenthisdisparityinlocationofacupuncturepointsfirstarosebut,inrecentdecades,therehasbeenagrowinginternationaldemandforstandardizationofacupuncturepointlocationsforeducation,researchandclinicalpractice.However,sinceeachMemberStatehasitsowninitiativesandtraditions,internationalstandardizationofacupuncturepointlocationshasprovedextremelydifficult.Asaninitialstepinstandardizingacupuncturepointlocations,theWHOWesternPacificRegionalOfficeconvenedthefirstInformalConsultationontheDevelopmentofWHOStandardofacupuncturePointLocationsinOctober2003.ExpertsfromChina,JapanandtherepublicofKoreaattendedthatconsultation,and10furtherserialmeetingswereorganizedsubsequentlybytheRegionalOffice.Inthebeginning,itappeareditwouldbealmostimpossibletoharmonizetheactivitiesofthevariousparticipants.However,withthepassingoftimeandthedevelopmentofmutualunderstandingandtrust,theexpertsmanagedtoreachaconsensusonmostofthecontroversialacupuncturepointlocations,onebyone.Ittookthreeyearstoachieveasetofinternationallyunifiedacupuncturepointlocations,aneffortthathasprovidedafirmandsolidbasisinthefieldofacupuncture.fOrEWOrdRecently,modernscientificapparatus,suchasfunctionalmagneticresonanceimaging(f-MRI)andpositronemissiontomography(PET)hasbeenutilizedforacupunctureresearch.However,thatresearchhasnotfocusedondevelopingstandardacupuncturepointlocations.Therefore,theexpertstakingpartintheconsultationsagreedonthedevelopmentofprinciplesandmethodsbycombiningdocumentanalysis,experts’clinicalexperiencesandfactualmeasurements.theireffortsandtheresultingoutcomeswillfurtherenhancescientificresearchonacupuncturepointlocations.Iwouldliketohighlightthattheexpertsinvolvedinthisprojectwillberemembered,notjustforstandardizingacupuncturepointlocations,butalsoforbuildingteamspiritamonginternationalscholarsinthefieldoftraditionalmedicine.ShigeruOmi,MD,Ph.D.regionaldirectorTheWorldHealthOrganization,RegionalOfficefortheWesternPacificexpressesitsappreciationtoallthosewhocontributedtotheproductionofthisdocument.TheRegionalOfficerecognizestheexpertswhosupportedandattendedelevenserialmeetingsondevelopingstandardofacupuncturepointlocationssuchasProfessorWangXuetai,ProfessorHuangLongxiang,ProfessorShuichiKataI,ProfessorShojiSHINOHARA,ProfessorKangSung-keelandProfessorKimYong-suk.Wealsowis