Ma Dan-yang, a physician of note of the Jin Dynasty, grouped together what he considered to be the most important acupuncture points on the body. Taichong (Liver 3) was added later and the grouping became known as 'The Twelve Heavenly Star Points.'

They are;

Taichong (Liver 3) Indications for this point are; fright, epilepsy, distention of the throat and heart, inability to walk involving both legs, the 7 kinds of Shan disorder (hernia), one sided sagging and swelling of the testicle, cloudy vision, lumbar pain.

Zusanli (Stomach 36) Indications for this point are; cold in the stomach, borborygmus (stomach gurgling), diarrhea, swelling in leg, knee pain, calf pain, deficiency due to cold, weakness, emaciation, all kinds of parasitic infestation.

Lieque (Lung 7) Indications for this point are; one sided headache, painful obstruction due to wind and numbness of the whole body, phlegm obstruction in the upper body, and lockjaw.

Hegu (Large Intestine 4) Indications for this point are; headache, swelling of the face, malaria - chills and fever, tooth decay, nosebleed, lockjaw, inability to speak.

Quchi (Large Intestine 11) Indications for this point are; aching elbow, hemiplegia (one sided paralysis) - inability to make a fist, inability to draw a bow, flaccidity of the sinews such that simple tasks are impossible, painful obstruction in the throat, recurring fevers, skin disorders.

Neiting (Stomach 44) Indications for this point are; cold in the hands and feet, dislike of hearing others speak, skin rashes due to heat, sore throat, yawning, toothache, malaria.

Tongli (Heart 5) Indications for this point are; inability to speak despite a desire to,vexation, anger, heart pounding, heaviness in the limbs and the head, red face and cheeks, or inability to eat, sudden voice loss, and a blank face.

Weizhong (Urinary Bladder 40) Indications for this point are; severe lumbar pain, inability to stand straight, pain radiating up the back, stiffness of the sinews, bone stiffness, painful obstruction, difficulty bending the knee, difficulty stretching.

Chengshan (Urinary Bladder 57) Indications for this point are; lumbar pain, haemorrhoids, difficult defecation, swelling at the knee, cramps, spasms and tremors, cholera.

Kunlun (Urinary Bladder 60) Indications for this point are; cramping of the lumbar and sacrum, fullness in the Heart region, inability to walk,

Huantiao (Gallbladder 30) Indications for this point are; pain in the hip, pain radiating to the lumbar and/or the calf, difficulty rolling over.

Yanglingquan (Gallbladder 34) Indications for this point are; swelling and numbness of the knee, painful obstruction, hemiplegia (one sided paralysis), inability to raise the leg.