Ba Xie (On the Hand) Eight Pathogens, Eight Ghosts, Eight Evils
  Acupuncture Points on the The Extra Points
Actions:
Indications:
- Excessive heat, finger numbness, spasm & contracture of the fingers, redness & swelling of the dorsum of hand
Location
AMOA:
- When the hand is made into a fist, six of these points lie in the depressions between the metacarpal heads, proximal to the web margins. The remaining two points lie equidistant between the thumb and index metacarpals, proximal to the web margins.
Needling Method:
- Perpendicular insertion along the line between the shafts of the metacarpal bones, 0.5 to 1 cun.
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- Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss
- Cheng Xinnong
- Peter Deadman
- Shanghai College of TCM