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N-UE-4

Shanghouxi

Upper Back Creek

Channel
Extra points

Location

Found on the lateral side of the hand's dorsum, between SI-3 Houxi and SI-4 Wangu.

Needling

Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.

Indications

  • Deaf-muteness
  • Numbness of the fingers