EX-LE9

Waihuaijian

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外踝尖 (Wàihuáijiān) — Tip of the Outer Ankle Bone

Extra point · Extra (Lower Extremity) · point EX-LE9

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Teeth & mouth

Location

At the prominence of the lateral malleolus.

How to locate: Find the highest point of the lateral malleolus; the point is on its prominence.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: EX-LE9 · Ankle — Fig. — EX-LE9 · Ankle After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Depth: Moxibustion, or prick to bleed

Angle: Not usually needled

Functions

Relaxes the sinews and activates the channel

Indications

Cramping of the leg and foottoothachepain and weakness of the ankleberiberi

Sources

Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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