ABSTRACT
There have been no researches made on the names or numbers of acupoints described in “Daikei”, which is an origin of medical science of the Orient. In order to clarify it, we studied a lot of documents, centering on “Daikei” consisting of “Somon” and “Reisu”.<br>In 1982, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific decided upon the names of acupoints, which we call the current names of acupoints in our study.<br>Our study showed that 15 acupoints were mentioned in “Somon” only, 77 acupoints in “Reisu” only and 46 acupoints in both “Somon” and “Reisu”, totaling 138 acupoints under the current names. Besides the above, 25 acupoints (of different names from the current ones) are described in “Daikei”. Consequently, a total of 163 acupoints are described in “Daikei”.<br>Apart from “Daikei”, 209 acupoints (current names) are described in “Kouotsukyo” and 14 acupoints (current names) in other documents.<br>As a result of our researches, we found a total of 361 acupoints under the current names in “Daikei” and other documents.