Hou Xi 後谿 (SI 3)
| TRANSLATION: | Back Stream |
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| TYPE: | Shu-stream, Wood, Tonification, Confluent point of the Governing Vessel |
| LOCATION: | On the ulnar border of the hand, in a depresion proximal to the head of the fifth metacarpal bone |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion towards LI 3 |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-2.0 cun |