The Extra Points, Baxie
baxie, "Eight Pathogens"

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Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
M-UE-22

	Meridian: The Extra Points		Reference Source: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (CAM) [revised ed. 1999]		Point Location: CAM On the dorsum of the hand, at the junction of the white and red skin of the hand webs, eight in all, making a loose fist to locate the points. Deadman 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 ponits lie equidistant between the thumb and index metacarpals, proximal to the web margins. How To Find It With the hand held in a fist, draw an equilateral triangle between the prominences of the metacarpal heads and the proximal end of the visible crease formed by the web space. The points lie at the centre of these triangles.
	Innervation: No innervation data at this time		Vasculature: No vasculature data at this time
	Cautions: No cautions at this time		Technique: CAM Puncture obliquely .3-.5 cun or prick to cause bleeding Deadman Perpendicular insertion along the line between the shafts of the metacarpal bones, .5-1 cun

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Baxie Extra Points Point