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POINT: EX-LE-4

NAME: NEIXIYAN

English: Inner Eye of the Knee
Also Known As:

LOCATION:

  • With the knee flexed, on the lower border of patella, in the depression on the medial side of patellar ligament.

NEEDLING:

  • Insert the needle perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Puncture through ST-35 Dubi
  • Moxibustion is contraindicated.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Improves the joint movement

INDICATIONS:

  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Arthritis
  • Paraparesis
  • Disorders of the knee joint

COMBINATIONS:

ST-34
Liangqiu
ST-35
Dubi
GB-34
Yanglingquan

UB-40
Weizhong
ST-35
Dubi
EX-UE-7
Yaotongdian

 

Gonitis

Gonalgia

Soft tissue injuries of the knee

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • Moxibustion is contraindicated.

NOTES:

  • This is an important local point.