Thursday 8 September 2011

Chinese acupuncture point names

Last week I followed a wonderful workshop given by Martine Cornelissen about the meaning of the Chinese names of acupuncture point at Qingbai Academy. In the western schools the acupuncture points are given a number and the name of the organ. The additional meaning of the points in Chinese are lost this way, which is unfortunate since through knowlegde of the names information is given about the  location, the specific function and/ or its relationship with other points.