Jie Xi 解谿 (ST 41)
| TRANSLATION: | Stream Divide; Dividing Cleft |
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| TYPE: | Jing-river, Fire, Tonification |
| LOCATION: | On the ankle, level with the prominence of the lateral malleolus, in a depression between the tendons of extensor hallicus longus and extensor digitorum longus |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5 cun, b) beneath tendons to join SP 5 or GB 40 |