Acupoints do exist, but they are not as hanging as they say. "Huang Rong slightly surprised, his retreat is not as good as. The right hand swings outward, the thumb and forefinger are buckled, the other three fingers are slightly extended, and the fingers are stretched like orchids. His posture is excellent. Peng Lianhu only felt a numbness in the "Quchi point" where the upper arm and forearm met, and her arm contracted sharply. Finally, she quickly changed her moves and didn't give her acupuncture points. "Hit the acupoints, follow one's inclinations, poke open with one finger, as long as you click the acupoints, you can cripple your opponent to death. Acupuncture is also a legend in the field of kung fu.

Kang believes that in the process of reading martial arts classics widely, there are indeed acupuncture methods, but they are not as fantastic and mysterious as those in martial arts novels and legends. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the historian Huang's Epitaph of Wang Zhengnan recorded a master of acupuncture named Wang Zhengnan: a rogue bullied Wang Zhengnan and was acupuncture by him. This man can't excrete for several days. There is an old man named Li Xinglin in Changchun, who is almost 80 years old. He used acupuncture to arrest more than 65,438,000 thieves in six years. The way Li Xinglin takes acupuncture points is to click on the other person's temple with three fingers, and the other person will faint to the ground immediately. In Jin Yong's novels, the strongest acupuncturist looks like an unknown old monk in the sutra depository in Tian Ba Long Bu. He raised his hand and slapped Xiao Yuanshan and Mu Rongfu on Baihui point above their heads, which can make them temporarily enter a state of suspended animation without any harm to their bodies. This kind of "turtle breath solution" is not only in reality, but also in Jin Yong's books.

But in fact, compared with other martial arts, acupuncture is the most scientific basis. Acupuncture is based on China's traditional meridian theory. According to this theory, there are straight meridians and collaterals in the human body that are transversely divided by meridians. On the meridian passage, there are many "places" where qi and blood of zang-fu organs, meridians and collaterals pass in and out and meet. These "places" are what people call "acupoints" or "air pockets" They can accept all kinds of physical stimuli and affect the function of qi, blood and viscera. Acupoint method is to hit the opponent's acupoints hard by hitting, bumping, kicking, taking, etc., thus "blocking the passage of qi and blood, stopping the circulation of qi and blood, and then losing combat effectiveness." Generally speaking, there are three main kinds of reactions after being hit by acupoints: dizziness, fainting and numbness.

The premise of selecting acupoints is to be able to accurately identify acupoints. Wang, an acupuncturist in the Northern Song Dynasty, created an acupuncture bronze man. The bronze man is similar in size to a real person, with a hollow chest and abdomen. The surface of the bronze man is cast with meridian points and drilled with them. When assessing students' proficiency in acupuncture and moxibustion, a layer of yellow wax is coated on the surface of the bronze man, and the bronze man is filled with water. Students use acupuncture points. If the needle is fixed correctly, water will flow out of the hole, otherwise there will be no water. "Wang Zhengnan's Epitaph" wrote: "People recruited in the south are divided by their points, and everything is like bronze law." Yan Shiao also said that Shaolin disciples practiced acupuncture with wooden figures similar to bronze statues. However, many sects have created code words to keep the secrets of their own acupoints. Yu Zhangcheng, a descendant of Yu Jiaquan in Ya 'an, Sichuan, wrote a book called "Acupoint Interpretation", which introduced in detail the code words used by Yu's family, such as calling his nose in the middle and his teeth forward. Refining qi in dantian is called refining the boy, and the boy flies over Tianmen point and is called "releasing the boy".

Acupuncture techniques vary from school to school. The acupuncture techniques in Shaolin Temple mainly include crow's mouth, crane's mouth, chicken's mouth, golden finger, golden scissors finger, three yin fingers, corrugated fist, elbow, foot, steel head and leaning. In the martial arts novels, one stroke of acupuncture must be solved by one stroke. But interestingly, in these "Wulin secrets" about acupuncture, every acupuncture technique is not an acupuncture technique, but a prescription, such as a prescription for heart pit injury and a prescription for head point injury. Presumably, every acupuncturist must bring a mobile medicine box when walking in the Jianghu.