Wai Guan (TB 5)
TRANSLATION: | Outer Gate |
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TYPE: | Luo-connecting, Confluent point of the Yang Wei vessel |
LOCATION: | 2 cun above TB 4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the tendons of extensor digitorum communis |
NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 60° proximal or distal insertion , b) Join with PC 6 |
NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.5 cun |