EX-UE9

Baxie

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八邪 (Bāxié) — Eight Pathogens

Extra point · Extra (Upper Extremity) · point EX-UE9

Traditionally used for

Colds & fever
Nerves & recovery
Pain & joints

Location

Eight points, four on the dorsum of each hand, in the web margins between the fingers, at the border between red and white flesh.

How to locate: Ask the patient to make a loose fist; the points are on the back of the hand at the web margins between adjacent fingers, on the border between red and white skin.

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

Body map, front: EX-UE9 · Hand — Fig. — EX-UE9 · Hand After Albinus, 1747

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

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Needling

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Oblique, directed proximally, or prick to bleed

Functions

Clears heat and reduces swelling of the hands
Expels cold and dampness
Activates the channels and relieves finger pain

Indications

Swelling, pain and stiffness of the fingers and handrheumatoid and osteoarthritis of the handsnumbness of the fingerssnake bite (classical)fever

Clinical Notes

The standard local treatment for arthritic hands, needled as a set.

Sources

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

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