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ACUPUNCTURE
Acupressure and acupuncture points explained: where each point is, its traditional use, how to press it yourself and what to expect.
- Feng Long: TCM Acupoint Guide FENGLONG Feng Long (Fenglong). On the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint line, level with the popliteal crease, and the lateral malleolus; two.
- Bi Kong: TCM Acupoint Guide BIKONG Bi Kong (Bikong) is 2 cun lateral to the tip of the coccyx. Needling: straight insertion, 3-4 cun. Indications: sciatica, paralysis of the lower limb.
- Ju Bi: TCM Acupoint Guide JUBI Ju Bi (Jubi) is located at the shoulder, 2 cun below Taijian N-UE-11. Needling: straight insertion, 1 to 3 cun. Indications: sequelae of infantile paralysis.
- Hua Gai: TCM Acupoint Guide HUAGAI Hua Gai (Huagai) is at the midpoint of the sternal angle, level with the first intercostal space. Actions: unbinds the chest, regulates qi, descends qi..
- Jie Xi: TCM Acupoint Guide JIEXI Jie Xi (Jiexi). At the midpoint of the transverse crease of the front of the ankle, between the tendons of the extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus.
- Bi Tong: TCM Acupoint Guide BITONG Bi Tong (Bitong) is in the depression below the nasal bone at the superior end of the nasolabial sulcus. Actions: clears the nose, benefits the nose..
- Yong Quan: TCM Acupoint Guide YONGQUAN Yong Quan (Yongquan). On the sole of the foot, in the depression produced when the foot is plantar flexed, approximately at the junction of the anterior one.
- Xuan Ji: TCM Acupoint Guide XUANJI Xuan Ji (Xuanji) is on the midline of the manubrium, midway between REN-20 Huagai and REN-22 Tiantu. Actions: descends stomach qi, dispels food.
- Chong Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide CHONGYANG Chong Yang (Chongyang). On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression formed by the second and third metatarsal bones and the cuneiform bones, 1.5 cun distal.
- Bi Zhong: TCM Acupoint Guide BIZHONG Bi Zhong (Bizhong) is on the dorsal aspect of the forearm, midway between the wrist and elbow creases between the ulna and radius. Indications: hemiplegia.
- Ran Gu: TCM Acupoint Guide RANGU Ran Gu (Rangu). On the medial side of the foot, distal and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression distal and inferior to the navicular.
- Tian Tu: TCM Acupoint Guide TIANTU NAME TIANTU LOCATION 0.5 cun above the suprasternal notch, in the middle of the depression. In the center of the supraclavicular fossa