| international code | EX-LE29 |
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bubble_chart Category New hole.
bubble_chart Etymology
This point is an external point found in the meridian. It is a commonly used acupuncture point. Its location is on the inner side of the calf, so it is called internal numbness point.
bubble_chart Location
On the inner side of the calf, at the midpoint between the line between the medial condyle of the tibia and the high point of the medial malleolus, about one transverse finger behind the inner edge of the tibia.
bubble_chart Anatomy
In the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, there are the great saphenous vein and saphenous nerve.
bubble_chart Manipulation
perpendicular insertion. 1~5 cun.
bubble_chart Efficacy
abdominal pain, lower limb pain.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Lanwei (EX-LE7) Acupuncture anesthesia: internal numbing point, Lanwei (EX-LE7) point, and acupuncture next to the incision.
- Acupuncture anesthesia for hernia repair and fallopian tube ligation: internal anesthesia, Sanyinjiao (SP6), and needles next to the incision.
- Zigong (EX-CA1), ovarian surgery and abdominal anesthesia: internal anesthesia, Sanyinjiao (SP6), Pishu (BL20), Weishu (BL21), Ciliao (BL32).
- Acupuncture anesthesia for lower limb surgery: internal pitting, Yanglingquan (GB34).
