EX-UE5

Dagukong

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大骨空 (Dàgǔkōng) — Big Bone Hollow

Extra point · Extra (Upper Extremity) · point EX-UE5

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Eye health
Digestion
Bowel health

Location

On the dorsum of the thumb, at the midpoint of the interphalangeal joint.

How to locate: Ask the patient to flex the thumb slightly; the point is at the highest point of the flexed interphalangeal joint, on the back of the thumb.

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

Body map, front: EX-UE5 · Hand — Fig. — EX-UE5 · Hand After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the hand, 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 only

Angle: Not needled

Moxibustion: Treated by moxibustion for chronic eye disorders.

Functions

Benefits the eyes
Clears heat
Harmonises the middle burner

Indications

Blurred vision and eye paincorneal opacity and cataractconjunctivitisvomiting and diarrhoea

Sources

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

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