ACUPOINT NAME-CHECK RECORD
Identity only; no location, pressure or benefit instructions.

REFERENCE: WHO scientific-group report, 1991
https://iris.who.int/items/71876c06-174e-4dc4-b132-6e5380ba1ade
Selected pages only; not a survey of all current standards.

FOURTEEN PREFIXES (English names in this report)
LU | lung
LI | large intestine
ST | stomach
SP | spleen
HT | heart
SI | small intestine
BL | bladder
KI | kidney
PC | pericardium
TE | triple energizer
GB | gallbladder
LR | liver
GV | governor vessel
CV | conception vessel

SELECTED ENTRIES: code | Pinyin | Han | printed / PDF page
LI4 | hégǔ | 合谷 | 8 / 14
PC6 | nèiguān | 內關 | 11 / 17
KI1 | yǒngquán | 涌泉 | 11 / 17
KI3 | tàixī | 太谿 | 11 / 17
GV20 | bǎihuì | 百會 | 13 / 19
EX-HN3 | yìntáng | 印堂 | 15 / 21

ACTUAL PAIRED-LANGUAGE EXAMPLE
Report: PC6 / nèiguān / 內關
MSK English: P-6 (Neiguan)
MSK Simplified Chinese: P-6（内关）
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/acupressure-nausea-and-vomiting
https://www.mskcc.org/zh-hans/cancer-care/patient-education/acupressure-nausea-and-vomiting

SOURCE A: title, edition/date, URL, page/heading:
Original code:
Original Pinyin:
Original Chinese characters:
Original English wording and attribution:
SOURCE B: title, edition/date, URL, page/heading:
Original code:
Original Pinyin:
Original Chinese characters:
Original English wording and attribution:
Explicit pairing evidence:
Status: matched in these sources / unresolved
Missing or conflicting field:
Limit: identity only; no location, benefit or personal clearance

PRACTICE CASES AND ANSWERS

1. The 1991 report lists PC6 / nèiguān / 內關. MSK’s English page says P-6 (Neiguan), and its linked Chinese page says P-6（内关）. Can these particular records be paired?
Answer: Yes, with the named sources and original labels retained.
The report’s PC6 entry and the hospital’s paired-language headings identify Neiguan. Record PC6 and P-6 separately, along with 內關 and 内关. This example does not establish that every shortened P code on another website follows the same convention.

2. An unattributed image says only “point 6.” Can you turn that into PC6?
Answer: No. The number is not a complete identity.
Ask for the prefix, point name and source. A sixth point in another series is not established as Neiguan by the shared number. Leave the comparison unresolved rather than choosing the first search result.

3. A translated caption uses a memorable English phrase but gives no code, Chinese name or reference. Is its meaning enough to identify a point?
Answer: No. An English rendering is a clue to investigate, not an identity match.
Obtain the source’s own code and name fields. The selected report discusses English names of meridians alongside point codes, Pinyin and Han characters. Its selected tables do not give an official English title for every point.

4. Text copied from a scan produces “L111,” while the original table visibly reads LI11. Should the copied text replace the source label?
Answer: No. Check the rendered table and preserve the confirmed LI11 label.
An uppercase I and digit 1 can be confused during extraction. This discrepancy occurs in the selected report’s large-intestine table. Record the correction and page locator instead of silently using a garbled identifier.

5. A label is EX-HN3 rather than one of the fourteen main-meridian prefixes. Does that prove the label is invented?
Answer: No. The report also proposes a separate extra-point code system.
Section 3.5 describes EX plus a region abbreviation; its extra-point table lists EX-HN3 / yìntáng / 印堂. Keep that classification visible. Do not force it into the 361 classical-point list or confuse extra points with the eight extra meridians.

6. A product correctly prints PC6 and says that a WHO name proves its pressure device treats a condition. Does the matching name establish that claim?
Answer: No. Identification and effectiveness require different evidence.
A nomenclature record identifies a label. It does not test that product, establish a manual-pressure benefit or determine suitability for an individual. Save the exact product claim for a separate evidence check; a code match is not permission to use it.