Acupuncture Points on the The Extra Points
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Where is Yao Tong Xue located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 579): On the dorsum of the hand, two points located between the second and third and the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, in the depressions lying immediately distal to the bases of the metacarpals.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
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