ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
Most conventional acupuncture points are said to lie on either of the primary acupuncture channels. Within each of the primary acupuncture channels there are believed to be specific acupuncture points which have certain characteristics. The characteristics of these acupuncture points are consistent across each of the respective primary acupuncture channels. A system of classification was devised which groups acupuncture points together according to these shared characteristics. These acupuncture point classifications are the five shu acupuncture points, the five phase acupuncture points, xi cleft acupuncture points, yuan source acupuncture points, luo connecting acupuncture points, and back shu and front mu acupuncture points.
