BAXIE M-UE-22

BAXIE M-UE-22 EIGHT PATHOGENS

Location: When the hand is made into a fist, six of these points lie in the depressions between the metacarpal heads, proximal to the web margins. The remaining two points lie equidistant between the thumb and index metacarpals, proximal to the web margins.

To help with finding the first six points noted above, with the hand held in a fist make an equilateral triangle between the prominences of the metacarpal heads and the proximal end of the visible crease created by the web space. The points are located at the center of these triangles.

Needling: Perpendicular insertion along the line between the shafts of the metacarpal bones, 0.5 to 1 cun.

Actions: Expels heat and disperses swelling.

Signs and symptoms: Numbness, rigidity, redness, swelling, spasm and pain of the fingers and hand, painful obstruction of the fingers.

Headache, toothache, pain and swelling of the throat, redness and swelling of the eyes, febrile disorder.

Reference: A Manual of Acupuncture by Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafaji and Kevin Baker