Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
M-UE-22
Baxie
Eight Pathogens
Also known asEight Pathogenic Factors · Eight Evils
- Channel
- Extra points
Location
- 01On the back of the hand, in the webs between the five fingers of each hand.
- 02Make a fist: the points sit between the heads of the metacarpal bones, four per hand, eight total.
- 03On the hand's dorsum, at the junction of the red and white skin of the finger webs — eight points total, located with the hand in a loose fist.
Needling
- 01Have the patient clench a fist to stretch the skin taut between the knuckles, then insert straight along the metacarpal bone up to 1 cun; this produces local distention and soreness, sometimes with an electric, numbing sensation radiating toward the fingertips.
- 02Insert perpendicularly along the space between the metacarpal shafts, 0.5–1 cun.
- 03Needle obliquely, 0.3–0.5 cun, or prick to draw a few drops of blood.
- 04Moxibustion may also be used.
Actions
- Expels Wind-Dampness
- Invigorates the Blood
- Relaxes the sinews
- Clears Heat
- Reduces swelling
Indications
- Bi syndrome affecting the hands and fingers
- Chronic Wei (atrophy) syndrome of the hands
- Numbness, stiffness, redness, swelling, spasm, and pain of the fingers and hand
- Throat pain and swelling
- Redness and swelling of the eyes
- Febrile disease
- Spasm and contracture of the fingers
- Gangrene of the upper limb
- Disorders of the finger joints
- Finger numbness
- Headache
- Stiff neck
- Toothache
- Sore throat
- Snakebite
- Excess Heat
- Arthritis of the fingers
- Eye pain
Notes
- These points are commonly chosen for Bi syndrome of the hands and fingers.
- Bleeding this point can be used to treat malaria.