Extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Yao" (腰), waist; "tong" (痛), pain; "dian" (點), point. This acupoint is effective in treating lower back pain, hence the name "Yaotongdian" (lumbar pain point).

bubble_chart Location

Yaotongdian (EX-UE7) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

With the palm facing down, there are two points:

• On dorsum of hand, at the midpoint between 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, in the depression on radial side of extensor tendon of index finger.
• On dorsum of hand, at the midpoint between 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, in the depression on ulnar side of extensor tendon of ring finger.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: dorsal interosseous muscles of 2nd and 4th metacarpals.
• Vessels: dorsal venous network and dorsal palmar artery.
• Nerve: dorsal metacarpal nerves, common palmar digital nerves, and branches of radial and ulnar nerves.

  bubble_chart Manipulation

  Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. A soreness and numbness sensation may radiate upward along arm. While rotating the needle, the patient should move their lower back.

  bubble_chart Efficacy

  Syncope, phlegm congestion, shortness of breath, qi attack, tinnitus, dizziness, headache, chronic infantile convulsion, redness and pain on the dorsum of hand, wrist arthritis, acute lumbar sprain.

  bubble_chart Combinations

  • Acute lumbar sprain: Renzhong, Houxi (SI3), Yaotongdian.

  bubble_chart Notes

  From Xiao'er Tuina Fangmai Huoying Mizhi Quanshu (Complete Book of Pediatric Massage Formulas and Pulse Diagnosis for Reviving Infants): "Weiling point: Located at the round bony area on both sides below "tiger's mouth" (the web between the thumb and index finger). Jingling point: Located 0.5 cun below the boundary between fourth and fifth fingers."