Palpation of acupuncture points

This method of palpation can be traced back to the early medical book The Internal Classic. One of its parts Miraculous Pivot says : " In order to see if the Back - Shu Point is located with accuracy, one may press the region to see if the patient feels sore or if the patient ' s original soreness gets relieved, in which case, the point has been located with accuracy. The Fifteenth chapter of the same book also states, " When the Five zang organs are diseased, the symptoms will manifest themselves in the conditions of the twelve Yuan - Primary Points with which they are connected. If we fully grasp the connections between the zang organs and their corresponding Yuan - Primary Points as well as the latter ' s external manifestations, there will be no difficulty for us to understand the nature of the diseases of the Five zang organs. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinical practice in the recent years has demonstrated that during an illness tenderness or sensative reactions may occur along the courses of the involved meridians or at certain points where the qi of the meridian is converged. In gastralgia, for instance, tenderness may occur at Weishu ( B 21 ) and Zusanii ( S 36 ) ; in disorders of the liver there may be tenderness at Ganshu ( B 18 ) and Qimen ( Liv 14 ) : while in appendicitis, it may occur at Shangjuxu ( S 37 ) the lower He - Sea Point of the large intestine. These signs may assist in making dignosis for disorders of internal organs.