Acupuncture Points on the The Extra Points
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For wasting thirsting dry throat, pain of chest & lat costal region, epigastric pain, vomiting.
Where is Wei Guan Xia Xu located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 571): 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the eighth thoracic vertebra (T8).
Oblique insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun, or transverse-oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Today point is known as Yi Shu (Pancreas Shu).
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