What a point code identifies
Read the prefix and number together; keep the source wording.
Read a label without guessing
Acupoint Names and WHO References: Find the Right Identity
Seven pages help you understand a point label, choose the right source and keep an ambiguous name unresolved until its identity fields can be checked.
Understand the fields in a point label
A code, a Romanized spelling and an explanation of a name do different jobs.
What Pinyin means in a label
Separate a Romanized spelling from an English translation.
What a point-name meaning can tell you
Keep explanatory wording separate from an identity or an outcome claim.
Choose the source and preserve its wording
Start with the claim you need to check, then record the exact publication and copy.
Acupoint codes and names: check translations
Compare original fields, attributed translations, copied text and source-qualified variants.
WHO Acupuncture Nomenclature vs Point Locations: Which Reference?
Choose the document that supports your exact claim. The 1991 scientific-group report proposes naming elements; the 2008 location book, checked in its 2009 reprint, has a different purpose. Record the complete title, copy and page. Neither a name nor a location entry proves a pressure product’s benefit.
Resolve an ambiguous Zhongzhu label
The checked source has two distinct code-and-character pairs with the same Romanized field.
Zhongzhu Is Two Acupoint Entries: Check TE3, KI15 and the Chinese Name
Zhongzhu alone is ambiguous. The checked WHO 2008 book, updated and reprinted in 2009, pairs KI15 with 中注 and TE3 with 中渚(渚). Keep the full code, Chinese name and source locator together. A missing or conflicting field needs an original-source check.
TE3 Zhongzhu: the existing atlas entry
Read this entry only after checking that the source actually identifies TE3. It does not stand in for KI15.
Keep the conclusion within the check
A matching code and name can identify a reference entry. It does not establish an intervention’s benefit, show how to place pressure on a person or determine personal suitability.
For a study outcome, use the separate guide to reading an acupressure study. For all available research and preparation topics, return to practical guides.