EX-UE7

Yaotongdian

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腰痛點 (Yāotòngdiǎn) — Lumbar Pain Points

Extra point · Extra (Upper Extremity) · point EX-UE7

Also known as Yaotongxue

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Pain & joints

Location

Two points on the dorsum of each hand: between the second and third metacarpals, and between the fourth and fifth metacarpals, midway between the wrist crease and the metacarpophalangeal joints.

Focks' Atlas of Acupuncture places the points further proximal, in the depressions just distal to the bases of the metacarpal bones.

How to locate: With the hand pronated, slide a fingertip along the groove between the second and third metacarpals, and between the fourth and fifth; each point is in the groove midway between the dorsal wrist crease and the metacarpophalangeal joints.

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

Body map, front: EX-UE7 · Hand — Fig. — EX-UE7 · 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: 0.5–0.8 cun

Angle: Oblique, directed toward the centre of the palm

Functions

Relieves acute lumbar sprain
Activates the channels and moves qi and blood
Strengthens qi and blood of the lumbar region and relieves pain

Indications

Acute low back sprain — the primary indicationacute lumbar pain with restricted movement

Clinical Notes

Needled bilaterally with strong stimulation while the patient gently moves the lower back. Among the most dramatic distal techniques in the repertoire for an acute lumbar sprain.

Sources

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

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