The Thirty-Six (36) Forbidden Vital Points (Stated in the Bubishi)

Meridian Key
Yin Channels: Yang Channels:
GV-1 CV-1 SI-16 LIV-3 ST-9 BL-40
Lung (LU) Large Intestine (LI)
GV-14 CV-4 TH-2 LIV-11 ST-12 BL-43 Heart (HT) Small Intestine (SI)
GV-16 CV-14 TH-17 LIV-13 LU-3 BL-51 Pericardium (PC) Triple Heater (TH)
GV-22 CV-17 GB-3 HT-1 LU-8 BL-62 Liver (LIV) Gall Bladder (GB)
Spleen (SP) Stomach (ST)
GV-24 CV-22 GB-24 HT-5 LI-4 Eyes
Kidney (KI) Bladder (BL)
GV-26 CV-24 GB-31 KI-6 LI-10 Ears Conception Vessel (CV) Governing Vessel (GV)

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Kyusho-Jitsu/Dim Mak Vital Striking Points

Yin Channels:
Lung (LU)
Heart (HT)
Pericardium (PC)
Liver (LIV)
Spleen (SP)
Kidney (KI)
Conception Vessel (CV)

Yang Channels:
Large Intestine (LI)
Small Intestine (SI)
Triple Heater (TH)
Gall Bladder (GB)
Stomach (ST)
Bladder (BL)
Governing Vessel (GV)
 Overview of the Meridians & Vessels

Meridian/Vessel Yin or Yang Element/ Descending Location Number Time

Phase or Ascending From-Along-To of points of Day

Heart Yin (shao yin) Fire Descending Chest - Arm - Hand 9 11am—1pm

Small Intestine Yang (tai yang) Fire Ascending Hand - Arm - Head 19 1pm—3pm

Pericardium Yin (jue yin) Fire Descending Chest - Arm - Hand 9 7pm—9pm

Triple Heater Yang (shao yang) Fire Ascending Hand - Arm - Head 23 9pm—11pm

Lung Yin (tai yin) Metal Descending Chest - Arm - Hand 11 3am—5am

Large Intestine Yang (yang ming) Metal Ascending Hand - Arm - Head 20 5am—7am

Liver Yin (jue yin) Wood Ascending Foot - Leg - Chest 14 1am—3am

Gall Bladder Yang (shao yang) Wood Descending Head - Chest - Leg - Foot 44 11pm—1am

Spleen Yin (tai yin) Earth Ascending Foot - Leg - Chest 21 9am—11am

Stomach Yang (yang ming) Earth Descending Head - Chest - Leg-Foot 45 7am—11am

Kidney Yin (shao yin) Water Ascending Foot - Leg - Chest 27 5pm—7pm

Bladder Yang (tai yang) Water Descending Head - Chest - Leg - Foot 67 3pm—5pm

Conception Yin N/A Ascending/ Perineum - Chest - Chin 24 N/A

Descending

Governing Yang N/A Ascending/ Coccyx - Back - Head 28 N/A

Descending

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 Command Points of the Twelve Main Meridians
Meridian Fire Metal Wood Earth Water Origin/ Junction/ Alarm Associated
Source Luo

Heart HT-8 HT-4 HT-9 HT-7 HT-3 HT-7 HT-5 CV-14 BL-15

Small Intestine SI-5 SI-1 SI-3 SI-8 SI-2 SI-4 SI-7 CV-4 BL-27

Pericardium PC-8 PC-5 PC-9 PC-7 PC-3 PC-7 PC-6 CV-17 BL-14

Triple Heater TH-6 TH-1 TH-3 TH-10 TH-2 TH-4 TH-5 CV-5 BL-22

Lung LU-10 LU-8 LU-11 LU-9 LU-5 LU-9 LU-7 LU-1 BL-13

Large Intestine LI-5 LI-1 LI-3 LI-11 LI-2 LI-4 LI-6 ST-25 BL-25

Liver LIV-2 LIV-4 LIV-1 LIV-3 LIV-8 LIV-3 LIV-5 LIV-14 BL-18

Gall Bladder GB-38 GB-44 GB-41 GB-34 GB-43 GB-40 GB-37 GB-24 BL-19

Spleen SP-2 SP-5 SP-1 SP-3 SP-9 SP-3 SP-4 LIV-13 BL-20

Stomach ST-41 ST-45 ST-43 ST-36 ST-44 ST-42 ST-40 CV-12 BL-21

Kidney KI-2 KI-7 KI-1 KI-6 KI-10 KI-3 KI-4 GB-25 BL-23

Bladder BL-60 BL-67 BL-65 BL-40 BL-66 BL-64 BL-58 CV-3 BL-28

A command point is a control point for energy flowing through a meridian. The command points regulate the flow of energy in the meridians.
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 Extraordinary Channels/Vessels
Extraordinary Vessels Shared Points Master Points

Dai Mai LIV-13, GB-26, GB-27, GB-28, GB-41

Girdle Vessel
Yin Qiao Mai KI-2, KI-6, KI-8, ST-9, ST-12, BL-1 KI-6
Yin Heel Vessel
Yang Qiao Mai BL-62, BL-61, BL59, GB-29, SI-10, LI-16, LI-15, ST-9, ST-4, ST-3, ST-1, BL-1, GB-20, BL-62
Yang Heel Vessel
Yin Wei Mai KI-9, SP-12, SP-13, SP-15, SP-16, LIV-14, CV-22, CV-23 PC-6
Yin Linking Vessel

Yang Wei Mai BL-57, BL-63, GB-35, GB-29, LI-14, TH-13, TH-15, GB-21, SI-10, GB-20, GB-19, GB-18, TH-5
Yang Linking Vessel GB-17, GB-16, GB-15, GB-14, GB-13, GV-15, GV-16
Chong Mai CV-1, ST-30, KI-11, KI-12, KI-13, KI-14, KI-15, KI-16, KI-17, KI-18, KI-19, KI-20, KI-21 Sp-4
Penetrating Vessel

Note: The Six Extraordinary Channels/Vessels do not have independent acupoints of their own but share points with the twelve main/regular meridians.
Functions of the Extraordinary Channels/Vessels
1. Work as reservoirs of chi and blood for the twelve regular meridians. 3. Help circulate defensive chi (Wei Chi) around the body.
2. Provide additional connections between the twelve regular meridians. 4. Circulate Jing throughout the body

Chi Circulation In The Twelve Main/Regular Meridians

Chi flows from the chest area down along the inside of the arms (Yin side of the arm) to the hands, moving along the Lung, Heart and Pericardium channels. Then connecting
with their paired Yang channels of the arms; Large Intestine, Small Intestine and Triple Heater, now moving up the outside of the arm (Yang side of the arm) to the head. In the
head connecting with the Yang channels of the legs; Stomach, Bladder and Gall Bladder, where the chi moves down to the feet. From the feet the chi moves up the Yin side of
the legs to the chest, along the paired Yin channels of the legs; Spleen, Kidney and Liver, moving back up to the chest. Reconnecting to chest at the yin channels of the arms.

Chest Arm/Hand Head Leg/Foot Chest

Lung Large Intestine Stomach Spleen
Heart Small Intestine Bladder Kidney
Pericardium Triple Heater Gall Bladder Liver
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