Well points, Xing points, losing points, and combined points all belong to the category of the five points, along with the Luo points belong to the body’s special acupuncture points, which are distributed in different locations and have their own role.
1. Well point: one of the five points, are located at the end of the fingers or toes, refers to the meridian flow as if the source of the beginning of the flow of water. They are used to treat diseases of the five organs and acute illnesses.
2. Xing point: one of the five acupuncture points, mostly located near the finger (toe) and metacarpal (metatarsophalangeal) joints, is the point at which the flow of the meridians is gradually increasing, as if the spring has become a small stream. Xing points are mainly used to treat heat syndrome.
3. Losing point: one of the five losing points, mostly located after the metacarpophalangeal or metatarsophalangeal joints, meaning that the pulse qi has become stronger here, such as a stream of water that can be injected into the depths. It is mainly used for treating those whose conditions are sometimes light and sometimes heavy, and those whose limbs are heavy and joints are sore and painful.
4. Hop Point: one of the five points, mostly distributed in the elbow, near the knee joints, meaning that the pulse from the end of the limbs to this, the most grand, as if the water into the sea. Mainly used for the treatment of six visceral diseases.
5. Complex Points: generally located in the elbow and knee joints below the part, refers to the twelve meridians in each meridian has an access to its complex points, with the help of perfusion of the body’s qi and blood, to ward off foreign evils, the treatment of the meridian diseases and its role in the disease and its phase of the surface of the complexes of the disease.
Selecting acupoints for treatment needs to be done by professionals and should not be used blindly.