EX-UE6

Xiaogukong

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小骨空 (Xiǎogǔkōng) — Small Bone Hollow

Extra point · Extra (Upper Extremity) · point EX-UE6

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Eye health
Nose & throat
Pain & joints

Location

On the dorsum of the little finger, at the midpoint of the proximal interphalangeal joint.

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

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

Body map, front: EX-UE6 · Hand — Fig. — EX-UE6 · 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.

Functions

Benefits the eyes and the throat
Clears heat

Indications

Red, painful and swollen eyessore throatfinger and joint pain

Sources

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

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