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               was an anatomist and medical doctor.      vertical line and horizontal line intersect. The
                   The massage points of the lower limb  vertical line passes approximately 1 finger-

               comprise the Nakabath Points numbers 1 and  breadth (2 cm.) anterior to the fibular head,
               2 (NP1 and NP2), Perd Pra Too Loom Point or  whereas the horizontal line passes approxi-
               Temporary Artery Occlusion Point (TAOP),  mately 4 fingerbreadths (8 cm.) below the fibu-

               Outer Signaling Points numbers 1 to 5 (OSP1,  lar head (Figure 4).
               OSP2, OSP3, OSP4 and OSP5) and Inner Sig-      ISP1 is the intersecting point of a verti-
               naling Points numbers 1 to 5 (ISP1, ISP2, ISP3,  cal line passing approximately 3 finger-

               ISP4 and ISP5). They are divided into:    breadths (6 cm.) posterior to the midline of
                   1) Massage points NP1, NP2 and TAOP   the inner thigh with a horizontal line drawn
               (Figure 1)                                adjacent to the gluteal fold (Figure 5).

                   NP1 is the point where a vertical line     ISP2 is the intersecting point of a verti-
               passing through the lateral edge of the pa-  cal line passing through the midline of the
               tella intersects with a horizontal line passing  inner thigh with a horizontal line drawn 2

               approximately 2 fingerbreadths (4 cm.) be-  fingerbreadths (4 cm.) below the gluteal fold
               low the lower part of the patella, while NP2 is  on the inner side of the thigh (Figure 5).
               approximately one fingerbreadth below NP1      ISP3 is the intersecting point of a verti-
               (Figure 1).                               cal line passing approximately 1 fingerbreadth

                   TAOP is the point where an oblique line  (2 cm.) anterior to the midline of the inner
               passes through the Anterior Superior Iliac  thigh with a horizontal line drawn 4 finger-

               Spine (ASIS or Huatakak in Thai) at an angle  breadths (8 cm.) above the patella on the in-
                                o
               of approximately 45  (Figure 1).          ner side of the thigh (Figure 5).
                   2) Signaling points OSP4, OSP5, ISP1,      ISP5 is the intersecting point of a verti-
               ISP2, ISP3 and ISP5                       cal line passing adjacent to the posterior bor-

                   OSP4 is the point where an imaginary  der of the medial malleolus with a horizontal
               vertical line and horizontal line intersect. The  line drawn adjacent to the lower border of

               vertical line passes through the tendons on  the medial malleolus (Figure 5).
               the lateral side of the knee, while the hori-  3) Points that are considered to be both
               zontal line passes approximately 4 finger-  massage points and SPs include OSP1, OSP2,
               breadths (8 cm.) above the tendons on the  OSP3 and ISP4.

               lateral side of the knee (Figure 4).           OSP1 is the point where an imaginary
                   OSP5 is the point where an imaginary  vertical and horizontal line intersect. The ver-
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