An article intended for practitioners of Chinese medicine: Today I want to write about a tool that I use quite a bit in the clinic to reach a better diagnosis, and that is palpation of acupuncture points.

The points I like to check to better understand the diagnosis are:

St42

The point of origin of the ST. Somehow in TCM it is not talked about much, but in Dr. Tan's protocols it stars and in my opinion it is truly an excellent point for strengthening the ST.

When she is very depressed (she literally falls into a pit) I know that the ST condition is not good for that patient. The larger the pit, I can conclude that the condition is more persistent and will take longer to help him. Sometimes she will also be very "congested" and then we will know that there is an excess of ST - heartburn/nausea due to excess.

Liv3, liv4, gb41

Points that will show me the state of the wood's cracks. I really like to prick all these points, especially when they are sensitive and feel "tense."

I once had a patient who I could always tell from her Liv4 whether her soldier son was currently on duty or in training. It was amazing to see how her mental stress was reflected in the dot.

Sp9

The more sensitive it is to touch, the weaker the spleen will be. I call it the "sin point" because when it is more sensitive, I always ask patients if they ate more sweets or cold drinks and vegetables this week and then show them that this is expressed in a point :)

St36

Sometimes it is really sunken and then we will know that the stqi is weak. In her case too, sometimes we really fall into a pit that of course should not be there because our stqi should be relatively normal.

Kid3

Sometimes we feel and see a very large depression in it that takes us to the kid's weakness.

It's amazing what our body can tell us...

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