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NCCAOM Points Indiv
NCCAOM Points - Individual Points
Question | Answer |
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What channels are included in the Earth Circuit? | LU, LI, ST, SP |
What channels are included in the Heaven Circuit? | HT, SI, UB, KD |
What channels are included in the Human Circuit? | PC, SJ, GB, LV |
What is the difference b/w front mu and back shu? | Front mu collects evil Qi and sedates [regulation or drain excess]; Back shu transmits good Qi and tonifies |
When do you use LU1 or UB13? | LU1 in cases of excess; UB13 in cases of deficiency [LU1 regulate Qi in chest exp w/ cough and asthma |
What does LU1 do? | Regulates LU for cough, Qi rebellion |
What does LU5 treat? | Phlegm-heat in the LU |
What does LU6 treat? | Coughing blood or hemorrhoids [Xi Cleft treats pain and/or bleeding issues] |
What does LU7 treat? | WC, nape and neck, opens water passages for yang edema; confluent for RN; luo connecting and exit point |
What does LU9 treat? | Vessels, yuan source, tonify LU and HT [Zong Qi governs LU respiration ability and HT’s ability to move blood, similar to LU9] |
What does LU10 treat? | LU heat [ying spring] |
What does LU11 treat? | Sore throat [prick to bleed; WH w/ severe sore throat] |
What are actions of LI4? | Disperses exterior wind; stops pain; command point of the face; promotes delivery during labor C/I during pregnancy |
What is the exit point of the LU channel and entry point of the LI channel? | LU7 meets with LI4 |
What does LI6 treat? | Opens LU water passage for yang edema w/ LU7 [exterior invasion wind water; wind water looks like WC but w/ swelling] |
What does LI11 treat? | Clears any excess heat [fire truck next point tells where to put fire out] |
What does LI15 treat? | Benefit sinews, expel wind, stop pain and promote Qi circulation in channels; w/ KD7 and KD27 to detox LV |
What are actions of LI20? | Opens the nasal orifice; also where ST channel originates |
What are needling depths of ST1 and ST2? | ST1 = 0.5-1.0”; ST 2 = 0.2-0.3” |
What does ST4 help? | Facial paralysis and Bell’s palsy threaded w/ ST6 1-1.5” + LI4 & ST44 |
What does ST8 treat? | Major local point for dizziness d/t damp/phlegm [clear yang to head for steadiness and balance] |
What does ST18 treat? | Local point for breast: mastitis [w/ GB21], pre-menstrual swelling, lump; regulates lactation for nursing mother |
What does ST21 do? | Supports RN12; Mac: MJ deficiency; local point for ST prolapse + ST36, DU20, RN6 |
What does ST25 treat? | Acute/chronic constipation + SJ6, KD6, ST25, UB25; acute diarrhea + ST36 |
What are the key words for ST27, 28, 29? | Key for stagnation of…ST27: Qi, ST28: Water [urinary problem]; ST29: Blood; |
What does ST28 do? | Opens the water passage [for edema below RN8] |
What does ST29 treat? | Excess case of gynecological Dz [d/t excess not def; T: purple, P: choppy]; remove blood stasis and regulate menses; amenorrhea d/t blood stasis |
What does ST34 do? | It is a Xi Cleft point so stops pain, abdominal, local, breast, anywhere along the channel |
What are some facts about ST36? | One of the most popular points; wide etiology: excess/def, heat/cold; command point of abdomen (regulates); Major point to tonify Qi and blood |
What are combinations of ST36 for abdomen, epigastrium, tonify MJ, and boosting the immune system? | Abdomen: + RN12 [around RN8]; Epigastrium: + RN12 + PC6; Tonify MJ: + SP3; Boost immune system: + LI10 |
What are combinations of ST36 to prevent Dz w/ moxa? | + GB39 to prevent stroke d/t internal wind; + UB12 prevent cold d/t external wind |
What does ST37 do? | Regulates the ST and intestines; + ST25 for dysentery |
What is ST38 good for? | Empirical distal point for shoulder pain – frozen shoulder, esp if pain along LI channel |
What does ST39 do? | Regulates SI for SI Qi pain and SI Qi tied w/ GB34, LV3, SP6, RN6 |
What does ST40 treat? | Any type of phlegm visible/invisible/channel |
What does ST44 treat? | ST fire [T: red, yellow coat; P: rapid] + LI11; also distal point for face + LI4 |
Where is Inner-neiting? | Plantar side of ST44, good for food stag |
What does SP1 do? | Treats uterine bleeding [any kind] w/ moxa |
What attribute does SP3 have and what does that do? | Horary point, tonifies SP especially w/ ST36 |
What depths are appropriate for needling SP3 and SP4? | SP3 perpendicular 0.3-0.5”; SP4 perpendicular 0.5-0.8” |
What does SP4 treat? | Stagnations of cold, food, blood; can treat damp/phlegm and Qi stag; does not treat heat stagnation; tonifies deficiency of blood |
What does SP5 treat? | Resolves dampness and treats Dz of the ankle; yin edema d/t yang deficiency [swelling of feet] |
What does SP6 do? | Nourishes yin, calms Shen, gynecological actions (amenorrhea, labor induction), treats male and female genital areas; [strongest to nourish whole body yin; C/I in pregnancy |
What does SP8 treat? | Dysmenorrhea b/c Xi cleft |
What does SP9 treat? | Dampness of any kind = Damp heat, cold damp, edema, lin syndrome [damp can form in SP, KD and LU, phlegm rises up, damp sinks |
What does SP10 do? | Cools and moves blood; treats skin problems; keeps blood in the vessel [by cooling] |
What does SP15 do? | Supports ST25 for abdominal complaints; also treats abdominal pain when LV => SP |
What does SP21 do? | Moves blood in the minute luo-connecting channels; indication of general body soreness such as fibromyalgia |
What does HT5 do? | Tonifies HT Qi; Tx aphasia; can also be used in combination to Tx SI heat [UTI] |
What does HT6 do? | Nourishes HT yin especially for night sweating |
What does HT7 do? | Nourishes HT blood to calm the mind and can be used in combination for insomnia; [builds house and calms shen at night – insomnia cases of trouble falling asleep |
What does HT8 do? | Clears HT heat; red tip on tongue |
What does HT9 do? | Opens the HT orifices; Good for excess like in cases of phlegm harassing the min |
What does SI1 treat? | Breast disorders such as insufficient lactation and breast abscess |
What category is SI3? | DU confluent point/opening point/master point; can be useful for vertex H/A |
What does SI6 do and how is it located? | Treats blurred vision/eye diseases esp in cases of LV blood deficiency causing eye stuff; Locate w/ palm facing chest in bony cleft on radial side of ulnar styloid process |
Where is SI7, category, and indication? | 5” up; luo-connecitng point; difficulty in rotating the neck w/ Luo Zhen |
Where is Luo Zhen? | On the dorsum of the hand b/w the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones about 0.5" posterior to the MCP |
What crosses at SI19 and what does the point do? | GB, SJ, SI channels [21-19=2]; benefits the ears for tinnitus, deafness |
What sort of ear problems do SJ21, SI19, and GB2 treat? | SJ21: structural problems; SI19: structural and functional problems; GB2: structural problems |
What crosses at UB1? | Yang Qiao, Yin Qiao, UB, SI, ST |
What do the yin Qiao and yang Qiao vessels treat when paired w/ UB1? | Yin Qiao closes eyes so treats insomnia; Yang Qiao opens eyes so treats somnolence |
What does UB10 do? | Local point for occipital H/A; Clears brain |
What category is UB11 and what does it treat? | Bone influential point; bone bi, promote bone formation in children, prevent bone degeneration in elderly, treat bone deformities in chronic arthritis; often paired w/; GB39 |
What does UB12 do? | Called Wind Gate so releases exterior wind (WH, WC); + LI4 for exterior wind; + ST36 to prevent cold |
What does UB13 do? | Tonifies and regulates LU so Tx cough and asthma |
What does UB15 do? | Tonfies HT; bsic point for palpitation |
What does UB17 do? | Diaphragm shu, basic point for hiccups; also influential point of blood so regulates blood for any blood issue |
What does UB18 do? | Tonifies LV for LV diseases like jaundice, hepatitis, and def or excess eye diseases |
What does UB19 do? | Regulates GB for jaundice |
What does UB20 do? | Tonifies SP for blood and Qi; basic point for chronic diarrhea or any chronic SP dysfunction |
What does UB21 do? | Regulates ST by tonifying for chronic MJ issues |
What does UB22 do? | Regulates SJ for water metabolism for conditions like Lin syndrome, wind water, etc |
What does UB23 do? | Tonfies KD yin/yang/Qi/Essence like KD3 |
What does UB25 do? | Regulates LI for constipation |
What does UB28 do? | Regulates UB esp for lin syndrome |
What does UB32 do? | It is the most important point in the 4 bone holes; treats gynecological issues by moving LJ blood stasis and regulates menstruation; +SP6 e-stim to promote labor |
What does UB39 do? | Lower he-sea of SJ; regulates water metabolism especially for yang edema |
What does UB40 treat? | Command point for low back; basic point for summer-stroke; blood heat for skin disorders |
What does UB47 do? | Profound influence on a person’s capacity for planning life by rooting and steadying the Hun |
What does UB44 do? | Mostly used for emotional and psychological problems related to the HT like anxiety, insomnia and depression |
What does UB49 do? | Tonifies the mental aspect of the SP for memory, concentration and capacity for study |
What does UB42 do? | Has a very soothing effect on the spirit and nourishes Qi when this is dispersed by a prolonged period of sadness and grief |
What does UB52 do? | Strengthens will power and determination which are the mental-spiritual phenomena pertaining to the KD; tonifies KD especially essence |
What does UB43 treat? | Very chronic Dz w/ great debility; tonifies LU and w/ moxa treats TB |
What does UB57 treat? | Empirical point for hemorrhoids |
What does UB58 treat? | Distal point for LBP, sciatica; + KD3 treats LBP w/ weakness of legs [weird walking problems] |
What does UB60 do? | Unblocks UB channel for pain along the channel such as H/A, backache |
What does UB62 open and treat? | Yang Qiao; Spine and brain w/ SI3 opening DU; if needle UB62 first treats insomnia by closing eyes |
What does UB67 treat w/ needles or moxa? | Needle: vertex H/A and easy labor [oxytocin]; moxa: breach baby |
What does KD1 treat? | Excess above, deficiency below; restores consciousness for excess type unconsciousness |
What does KD2 do? | Clears deficient heat; remember KD has no excess patterns; use direct moxa to guide fire out of channel |
What does KD3 do? | Tonifies KD Qi, Yang, Yin, Essence |
What does KD6 treat? | KD yin [like RN4] |
What does KD6 do in combination w/ UB62 or LU7? | + UB62 insomnia or somnolence; + LU7 nourishes the throat, KD not grasping LU |
What does KD6 do in combination w/ SJ6, SP6, HT6? | + SJ6 constipation d/t dryness; + SP6 nourish whole body yin; + HT6 nourish HT/KD yin; good for any issues d/t yin deficiency |
What does KD7 treat? | Tonifies KD yang [like DU4]; + LI4 regulates spontaneous swelling; + HT6 regulates night sweating |
What do KD12 and KD14 treat? | Local points for male/female problems; KD12 for spermatorrhea; KD14 for irregular menstruation |
What is KD22 on top of? | Apex of the HT oblique 0.3-0.5”; it is also the exit point of the KD channel |
What does KD25 treat? | Asthma when KD not receiving Qi and calms spirit |
What category is PC4 and what does it treat? | Xi Cleft point – chest pain d/t blood stasis, arrhythmia, palpitations |
What does PC5 treat? | Non-substantial phlegm – phlegm misting the HT; empirical point for malaria |
What does PC6 treat? | Tropism: chest, diaphragm, epigastrium; [ANY distress/discomfort in chest, epigastrium, hypochondrium such as palpitations, LV Qi stagnation, breathing] |
What is PC6 the basic point for? | Epigastric pain, vomiting, hiccup |
What does PC7 do? | Treats warm febrile disease in the Ying stage; source point for HT channel calms shen – stronger than HT7 used more for females; clears PC heat |
What does SJ3 do? | Benefits the ear for deafness, tinnitus, deaf-mutism |
What is special about SJ4 and what does it help? | Source of the Source; water metabolism |
What does SJ5 do? | Confluent for Yang Wei exterior conditions so disperses WH > WC; ear infection, tinnitus, deafness; + GB41 treat LV issues w/ heat |
What does SJ6 do in combination? | Moves Qi or increases fluids; + KD6 moistens bowels for constipation; + GB34 hypochondriac pain; + GB31 Herpes Zoster |
What does GB13 do? | Expel wind, clear brain, calm mind for H/A, vertigo, epilepsy, bipolar |
What does GB20 do? | Treats external and internal wind and excess eye issues; clears LV fire, Calm LV yang and wind, clear eyes |
What does GB21 treat? | Shoulder/neck pain; gynecology descend GB21 line for excess breast issues like breast abscess, promotes lactation, retention of placenta after childbirth; C/I in pregnancy |
What is GB24 used for? | Excess in GB – draining |
What does GB26 treat? | Leukorrhea – regulates Dai Mai |
What does GB30 treat? | Sciatica, crossing point of GB and UB; also pain in the lower back and leg; perpendicular 1.5-2.5” |
What does GB31 treat? | Skin diseases like hives, herpes zoster; stroke point [diminishes wind]; Only wind point in lower part of body – skin issues that itch |
What does GB34 do? | Clears DH; soothes LV Qi; Sinew influential point will treat tendon bi |
What does GB 37 do? | Benefits the eye to improve eyesight and eliminate floaters for deficiency eye issues (LV blood) |
What does GB39 influence? | Marrow; + UB11 treats bone bi; + ST36 (M) daily prevents wind stroke |
What does GB40 do? | Strengthens the GB mental aspect like lack of courage, difficulty making decisions [aimless, no gall] |
What attributes are applied to GB41 and what does it do? | Confluent, horary, exit point; clears GB heat |
What does LV1 treat? | Cold in the LV channel; moxa warms channel to treat frequent urination, bladder issues d/t cold in the LV channel |
What does LV2 treat? | Clears LV fire/heat; only treats excess |
What does LV3 do? | Soothes LV Qi, Subdues LV yang/LV wind; treats both excess and deficiency; + LV8 tonifies LV blood |
What does LV5 treat? | LV luo channel flow to the genital area for priapism, itching, vaginal discharge |
What nerve is under LV5 and needling depth? | Saphenous nerve; subQ 0.3-0.5” |
What does LV8 do? | Tonifies LV blood and resolves lower jiao dampness |
What does LV13 do and categories? | Soothes LV Qi, relieves food retention, benefits SP/ST; Front mu of SP, influential point of Zang, Origin of Dai Mai; perpendicular 0.5-0.8; better for LV overacting on SP |
What does LV14 treat? | Basic point for hypochondriac pain; better for LV overacting on ST |
What crosses at RN1? | RN, DU, Chong vessels start in abdomen and emerge at RN1 |
What does RN1 do? | Benefits essence; emergency point for drowning |
What does RN3 do? | Treats Lin syndrome; clear UB DH; gynecological excess amenorrhea/dysmenorrhea d/t blood stasis; Good for any LJ excess; 3 leg yin cross here |
What does RN4 do? | Tonifies KD yin/yang; yin w/ needle, yang w/ moxa; 3 leg yin also cross here |
What does RN6 do? | Tonifies Qi and yang, raises yang Qi, regulates Qi in GI tract; tonifies Qi of the whole body and moves Qi in MJ and LJ |
What does RN8 do? | No needle; rescues yang moxa w/ salt; strengthens SP by activating yang |
What does indirect moxa using ginger or garlic treat? | Ginger: SP yang deficiency diarrhea, abdominal pain, painful joints; Garlic: skin/channels, scrofula, TB, skin ulcer, boils, insect bite |
What does indirect moxa using salt and Fu Zi treat? | Salt: MJ: abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, hernia; Yang collapse: excessive sweating, cold limbs, minute pulse; Fu Zi: KD yang deficiency impotence, premature ejaculation [guides yang to source] |
What does RN9 do? | Promote transformation of fluids; controls water passages for indications like damp, edema, phlegm-fluids, ascities; rids body of pathogoical fluids |
What area of the ST are RN10, 12, and 13 associated w/ and what do they do? | RN13 Fundus descends Qi; RN12 Body regulates Qi; RN10 pylorus descends Qi |
What does RN12 treat? | Abdominal problems; harmonizes ST; Qi regulator of MJ |
What does RN14 treat? | Front mu of HT for palpitation, mental Sx |
What does RN15 treat? | Itching of the abdominal skin |
What does RN17 do? | Regulates Zong Qi for circulation and respiration |
What does RN22 do? | Benefits the throat, stops cough and asthma, treats plum pit Qi |
Needling depth and angle for RN22? | 0.2” perpendicular then 0.5-1” going down |
What does RN23 treat? | Local point for the tongue aphasia, slurred speech |
What does RN24 do? | Local point for facial problem like Bell’s palsy/paralysis |
What does DU1 do? | Regulates the DU channel; supporting point for rectal prolapse |
What is DU3 used for? | Basic point for LBP [Yaoyan 3.5” lateral to DU3] |
What does DU4 do? | Tonifies KD yang, warms the mingmen |
What does DU9 do? | Resolves DH in the LV/GB; empirical for jaundice |
What does DU10 do? | Empirical point for boils |
What does DU12 do? | Eliminate internal wind for spasm, convulsion, tremor, epilepsy |
What does DU14 do? | Clears heat but can warm 4 limbs w/ moxa |
What does DU15 do? | Clears the mind and stimulates speech; perpendicular 0.5-0.8” medulla beneath DU15 |
What does DU16 treat? | Wind of exterior or interior origin; medulla is also under this point; 16 usually WC since 14 so good for heat |
What does DU20 do? | Clears the mind, lifts the spirit, promotes resuscitation, eliminates interior wind, ascends SP yang |
What does DU23 do? | Opens the nose |
What does DU26 do? | Promotes resuscitation as crossing point of the DU, LI, ST; reduces facial swelling locally; treats acute lumbago from traumatic injury; 0.3-0.5” obliquely upward |
What points are C/I in metopism? | DU22, DU23 |
What points are C/I in pregnancy? | LI4, SP6, UB60, UB67, GB21, (ST12) |
What do Jing-well points treat, generally? | Mental illness, chest stifling, fullness under the HT; Pneumonics: Most Sane [mental, stifling]; Heart |
What do Ying-spring points treat, generally? | Febrile, complexion change, hot sensations; Pneumonics: Families [febrile]; Heat |
What do Shu-stream points treat, generally? | Bi, wind, damp, heaviness, joint pain; Pneumonics: Are [arthritis]; Heavy |
What do Jing-river points treat, generally? | Asthma, cough, hot/cold sensations, voice sound change; Pneumonics: Against [asthma]; Hacking |
What do He-sea points treat, generally? | Fu organs, ST, intestines, rebellious Qi, Diarrhea; Pneumonics: Incest [intestines]; Hiccups |
What are usages for the 4 gates according to CAM? | Wind stroke, tense case; syncope, excess; dysmenorrhea, excess; amenorrhea, excess; Regulates excess |
What are the inner 4 gates used for? | Powerful Qi and blood tonic; for strong immunity, moxa to keep healthy |
What are the Window of the Sky Points? | SCM: ST9, LI18, SI16, SI17, SJ16; Neck: RN22, UB10, DU16; Off neck: LU3, PC1 |
Where does the LU channel originate? | Middle Jiao |
Where does the ST channel originate? | LI20 |
Where does the HT channel originate? | Heart |
Where does the KD channel originate? | Beneath the little toe |
Where does the PC channel originate? | Chest |
What artery is ST9 over? | Carotid |
What vein is LI17 over? | Jugular |
What is under ST12? | Brachial plexus |
What is under DU15, 16? | Medulla Oblongata |
What is under SP12? | Femoral artery |
What is under PC6? | median nerve |
What is under LU9? | Radial artery |
What is under LI11? | Radial nerve |
What is under HT1? | Axillary artery |
What is under LI15? | Axillary nerve |
What is under RN12? | 7th ICS nerve |
What is under LV5? | Saphenous nerve |
What does LU6 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Hemoptysis |
What does ST34 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Abdominal pain |
What does SP8 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Dysmenorrhea |
What does HT6 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Night sweating |
What does SI6 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Eye disease |
What does PC4 treat as a Xi Cleft point? | Chest pain |
What does Lan Wei Xue treat? | Appendicitis |
What does Dan Nang Xue treat and where is it located? | Cholecystitis; Tender spot 1-2” directly below GB34 |
What does Bai Chong Wo treat? | Eczema, parasites |
What does Yao Qi treat and where is it located? | Epilepsy; 2” directly above the tip of the coccyx |
What does Yao Yan treat? | Lumbar pain |
What does Wei Guan Xia Shu treat and where is it located? | Diabetes; 1.5” lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T8 |
What does Si Feng treat? | Malnutrition in children |
What does Si Shen Cong treat? | Poor memory |
What is the cun measurement from the eyebrows to DU14? | 18” |
What is the cun measurement from the level of the superior border of the pubic symphysis to the medial epicondyle of the femur? | 18” |
What is the cun measurement from the protuberance of the greater trochanter to the middle of the patella? | 19” |
What is the cun measurement from the inferior border of the tibia to the tip of the medial malleolus? | 13” |
What is the cun measurement from the left to right mastoid process? | 9” |
What are the DU ghost points? | DU26, DU23, DU16, DU1 |
What are the Jing-well ghost points? | LU11, SP1 |
What are the PC ghost points? | PC8, PC7 |
What are the ghost points on the face? | ST6, Jinjin/Yeye, RN24 |
What are the ghost pints of the arm and leg? | LI11, UB62 |
What is the pathological manifestation of the RN channel? | Leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, infertility in both sexes, hernia, nocturnal emission, enuresis, retention of urine, pain in the epigastric region and lower abdomen and pain in the genital area |
What is the pathological manifestation of the DU channel? | Stiffness and pain in the spinal column, opisthotonus, H/A and epilepsy |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Chong Mai? | Spasm and pain in the abdomen, irregular menstruation, infertility in both sexes and asthmatic breathing |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Dai Mai? | Distention and fullness in the abdomen, weakness of the lumbar region, leucorrhea, prolapse of the uterus and muscular atrophy, weakness and motor impairment of the lower limbs |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Yang Qiao Mai? | Epilepsy, insomnia, redness and pain in the inner canthus, pain of the back and lumbar region, eversion of the foot and spasm of the lower limbs |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Yin Qiao Mai? | Epilepsy, lethargy, pain in the lower abdomen, pain in the lumbar andhip regions referring to the pubic region, spasm of the lower limbs and inversion of the foot [yin goes in] |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Yin Wei Mai? | Interior syndromes such as chest pain, cardiac pain and stomachache |
What is the pathological manifestation of the Yang Wei Mai? | Exterior syndromes such as chills and fever |
What is the group luo point for the 3 arm yang? | SJ8 |
What is the group luo point for the 3 arm yin? | PC5 |
What is the group luo point for the 3 leg yang? | GB35 (GB39-CAM) |
What is the group luo point for the 3 leg yin? | SP6 |
What is the exit point for the LU channel? | LU7 |
What is the exit point for the ST channel? | ST42 |
What is the exit point for the KD channel? | KD22 |
What is the exit point for the PC channel? | PC8 |
What is the exit point for the SJ channel? | SJ22 |
What is the exit point for the GB channel? | GB41 |
What is the muscle meridian meeting area for the 3 arm yang? | GB13, ST8, forehead |
What is the muscle meridian meeting area for the 3 arm yin? | GB22, thoracic cavity |
What is the muscle meridian meeting area for the 3 leg yang? | SI18, ST3, eyes |
What is the muscle meridian meeting area for the 3 leg yin? | RN3, genital |
What points are level w/ RN8? | KD16, ST25, SP15, GB26 |
What points are level w/ RN7? | KD15, ST26 |
What points are level w/ RN5? | KD14, ST27, SP14 (1.3” below SP15) |
What points are level w/ RN4? | KD13, ST28 |
What points are level w/ RN3? | KD12, ST29, SP13 (0.7” lateral/superior to SP12) |
What points are level w/ RN2? | KD11, ST30, SP12 |
What points are level w/ RN17? | KD23, ST17, PC1, SP18 |
What points are level w/ RN11? | KD18, ST22, SP16 |