Reminders for Clinical Application of Extra Acupoints

Abstract

Pattern identification is the key concept of the traditional Chinese Medicine theories, which unfortunately cannot apply to extra acupoints for the lack of Yin-Yang. However, the recent studies suggest that extra acupoints selected in combination with traditional acupoints on the traditional fourteen meridians for anesthesia in surgical operation are marking the beginning of a new chapter and indicate more and more extra acupoints will be discovered.