Introduction: The same body inch method is a comparative measurement method for acupuncture point taking. It comes from the “Thousand Gold Essentials”. It refers to certain parts of the patient’s body surface, which are delineated in inches, as the unit of length for measuring acupuncture points. There are two main types of methods: the bone method and the finger inch method, with the latter mostly referred to in clinical practice, such as the middle finger with the body inch, the thumb with the body inch, and the cross finger with the body inch. The middle finger is the same as the body inch: the distance between the transverse heads of the two inner ends of the fingers when the patient’s middle finger is flexed is considered 1 inch, and can be used for straight inches for acupuncture points on the extremities and horizontal inches for acupuncture points on the back. Thumb with body inch: The width of the patient’s thumb knuckle is used as 1 inch, mainly for straight inch acupuncture points of the extremities. 1.5 inch [same body inch method] horizontal finger with body inch: also known as the “one-finger method”, is to have the patient put the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger together, with the middle finger (second joint) at the transverse line, the index finger and middle finger together as 1.5 inches. 2 inches [same body inch method] The three fingers of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger are brought together, and the three fingers are measured 2 inches across, based on the first transverse line of the middle finger. The length of the first two sections of your index finger is also two inches. 3 inches [the same body inch method] will be the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and pinky finger four fingers together, the middle finger (the second section) at the transverse line shall prevail, four fingers across the amount as 3 inches. Introduction: The same body inch method is a comparative measurement method for acupuncture points. It comes from the “Thousand Gold Essentials”. It refers to the measurement of certain parts of the patient’s body, which is the unit of length for taking acupuncture points. There are two main types of methods: the bone degree and the finger inch method, with the latter mostly referred to in clinical practice, such as the same body inch. Middle finger with body inch: the distance between the transverse heads of the two inner ends of the fingers when the patient’s middle finger is flexed is considered 1 inch, which can be used for straight inches for acupuncture points on the extremities and horizontal inches for acupuncture points on the back.