scalp acu International total points

1 cun long from DU 24 (in hairline right above yintang)

-psychoemotional disorders

-nasal disorders

MS 1

1 cun long from BL3 (0.5 cun in hairline above medial end of eyebrow)

-disorders of nose & upper jiao

MS 2

1 cun long from GB15 (0.5 cun in hairline above yuyao & GB14)

-disorders of the eye & middle jiao

MS 3

1 cun long from the area 0.75 cun mediall to ST 8

-disorders in the lower jiao: gynecological

-disorders of the eye

MS 4

From DU 20 to DU 21 along the midline of head

-diseases in regions lower than the waist

-mental & emotional diseases

-prolapsed rectum or uterus

-local vertex pain

MS 5

From shishencong (1 cun anterior to DU 20) obliquely to GB 6

-Mobility Impairment

Upper 1/5: paralysis, dyscinesia (involuntary sporadic movements) in trunk & lower limbs

middle 2/5: dyscinesia (involuntary erratic uncontrollable movements) in upper limbs

lower 2/5: discinesia in head & face, aphemia (inability to produce speech), anaudia, salivation, central arteriosclerosis

MS 6

(think 6 is more anterior than 7, so we use shishencong bc its more anterior than du20)

From DU 20 obliquely to GB 7

upper 1/5: parethesia & sensory disturbance in the trunk and lower limbs, formication (hallucinations of feeling bugs crawling on the skin)

middle 2/5: sensory impairment in upper limbs

lower 2/5: sensory impairment in head and face

MS 7.

1.5 cun lateral to the middle line of the vertex/DU20, needled

1.5 cun long from GB 17 in the direction of DU20

-diseases of the shoulder, arms & hands like paralysis, numbness and pain

MS 9 (anterior than MS8)

On the anterior-temporal line from GB 4 to GB 6 (straight line down)

-disorders of head, face and neck

MS 10

posterior temporal line from GB 8 (above SJ 20) to GB 7 (one finger breath from GB 20)

-dizziness, vertigo

-ear disorders

MS 11

upper middle line occiput from DU 18 (1.5 + 1.5 cun from DU 20 toward the back of the head) to DU 17

-eye inflammation issues specifically: conjunctivitis, keratitis

MS 12

0.5 cun lateral to MS 12 (on both sides of MS 12 which is straight down from DU 18 (measure 1.5 from du 20 twice)

-cortical visual disturbance

MS 13

2 cun long from BL 9 (1.3 lateral to DU 17 (1.5 cun from du20 ×3) straight down

-cerebella diseases (injury or atrophy)

-pain in occipital region and nape

MS 14

1.5 cun lateral to Middle Line of Vertex, 1.5 cun long from BL7 Tongtian , backward along the meridian

(BL 7 1.5 line over and 1 cun in front of DU20)

(From BL7 Tongtian to BL-6 which is toward Du20)

diseases and symptoms of the waist and legs,

such as paralysis, numbness, pain

MS 8