After analysing the location character of the indicatios of acupoints in the ancient and modern literature, authors find the law of selecting acupoints on the bassis of the therory of innervation of neural segment is always dominating over the treatment of acupuncture - moxibustion from ancient to new. It has an important practical value and theoretical significance that the theory of neual segment of the indicaltions of acupoints is used to direct the selecting acupoints correctly promoting the therapeutic effect and exploring the specificity of the indications of acupoints and the essencc of meridians etc. in