Editing Pressure point (section)

{{Short description|Points on body used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine}}
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{{original research|date=February 2009}}
{{cleanup AfD|date=January 2017}}
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{{Chinese
|title     = Pressure point (穴位)
|pic       = Chinese meridians.JPG
|picsize   = 240px
|c         = 穴位
|p         = xuéwèi
|w=hsüeh-wei
|bpmf=ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ
|j=jyut<sup>6</sup> wai<sup>6*2</sup>
|poj=hia̍t-uī
|h=hied<sup>5</sup> vi<sup>55</sup>
|wuu=yiuih<sup>入</sup> we<sup>去</sup>
|kanji=急所
|romaji=kyūsho
|kana=きゅうしょ 
}}
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'''Pressure points'''{{efn|group=footnote|
* {{zh|s=[[wiktionary:穴位|穴位]]|p=xuéwèi}}
* {{langx|ja|[[wiktionary:急所|急所]]|kyūsho|tender spot}}<ref>Andrew Nathaniel Nelson, ''The Original Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary'', Tuttle Publishing, 2004, p.399. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gtYHbyI9xPEC&pg=PA399]</ref>
* {{langx|si|නිල/මර්ම ස්ථාන|Nila/Marma Sthana}} (in [[Angampora]])
* {{langx|te|మర్మ స్థానం|Marma Sthanam}}
* {{langx|ml|മര്‍മ്മം|[[Varma ati|marmam]]}}
* {{langx|ta|வர்மம்|[[Varma ati|varmam]]}}
}} derive from the supposed [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)|meridian]] points in [[Traditional Chinese Medicine]], Indian [[Ayurveda]] and [[Siddha medicine]], and [[martial arts]]. They refer to areas on the human body that may produce significant [[pain]] or other effects when manipulated in a specific manner.<ref name="Zarrilli">{{Cite web |url=http://spa.exeter.ac.uk/drama/staff/kalari/healharm.html |title=To Heal and/or To Harm: The Vital Spots (''Marmmam''/''Varmam'') in Two South Indian Martial Traditions |work=Kalarippayattu |access-date=2016-03-01 |publisher=Department of Drama at the University of Exeter |last1=Zarrilli |first1=Phillip B. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209235036/http://spa.exeter.ac.uk/drama/staff/kalari/healharm.html |archive-date=9 Feb 2016 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>