This document provides information about the acupuncture point Diwuhui (GB-42) located between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the medial side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus muscle. It spreads Liver qi, clears Gall Bladder heat, and is indicated for headaches, eye problems, chest fullness, breast issues, and foot/leg pain. It should be needled perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep and combines well with other points to treat related conditions.
This document provides information about the acupuncture point Diwuhui (GB-42) located between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the medial side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus muscle. It spreads Liver qi, clears Gall Bladder heat, and is indicated for headaches, eye problems, chest fullness, breast issues, and foot/leg pain. It should be needled perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep and combines well with other points to treat related conditions.
This document provides information about the acupuncture point Diwuhui (GB-42) located between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the medial side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus muscle. It spreads Liver qi, clears Gall Bladder heat, and is indicated for headaches, eye problems, chest fullness, breast issues, and foot/leg pain. It should be needled perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep and combines well with other points to treat related conditions.
This document provides information about the acupuncture point Diwuhui (GB-42) located between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the medial side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus muscle. It spreads Liver qi, clears Gall Bladder heat, and is indicated for headaches, eye problems, chest fullness, breast issues, and foot/leg pain. It should be needled perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep and combines well with other points to treat related conditions.
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Extra Points • Headache, redness, itching and pain of the eyes, tin- nitus, deafness. • Fullness of the chest, pain of the lateral costal region, swelling and pain of the axilla, distention and pain of the breasts, breast abscess, spitting blood due to in- ternal injury. • Swelling, redness and pain of the dorsum of the foot, m. extensor digitorum longus lumbar pain.
COMBINATIONS • Pain and itching of the eyes: reduce Diwuhui GB-42 and Guangming GB-37 (Ode to Elucidate Mysteries). Zulinqi GB-41 • Swelling of the axilla: Diwuhui GB-42, Yangfu GB-38, Shenmai BL-62, Weiyang BL-39, Tianchi P-1 and Zulinqi GB-41 (Thousand Ducat Formulas). Diwuhui GB-42 • Breast abscess: Diwuhui GB-42 and Liangqiu ST-34 (Supplementing Life).
LOCATION NOTE Ask the patient to abduct their little toe in order to make the branch of m. extensor digitorum longus more promi- nent. Run a finger from Xiaxi GB-43 towards the ankle, along the interspace between the fourth and fifth metatar- sals, until it encounters the significant depression immediately before the tendon.
NEEDLING Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun. Incorrect angle of insertion will not enable the needle to pass between the shafts of the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones. Note: the Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and Illus- trated Classic of Acupuncture Points on the Bronze Man all say
