Extra Points Lecture 2: Lower Extremities Flashcards
Baichongwo
Hundred insects burrowing
Hundred insects burrowing
baichongwo
Baichongwo Location
3 cun proximal to the superior border
of the patella, in a tender depression on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle.
Baichongwo Needling
Perp 1-1.2, moxa
Baichongwo Actions
Clears heat from the blood. Eliminates wind and drains dampness
Baichongwo Indications
Sores of the lower region, wind rash, itching of the skin.
Heding
Crane’s Summit
Crane’s Summit
Heding
Heding Location
In the depression at the midpoint of the superior border of the patella.
Heding Needling
Perp .3-.5 inch. Moxa applicable.
Heding Actions
Activates qi and blood and benefits the knee joint.
Heding Indications
Crane’s knee wind, swelling and pain of the knee, leg qi, weakness of the knee and leg.
Crane’s Knee Wind
Swelling of one or both knees with subsequent atrophy of the area above or below, hence resembling the legs of a crane.
Leg Qi
A disease characterized by numbness, pain, limpness, and in some cases any of a variety of possible signs such as hypertonicity or swelling, withering, redness and swelling of the calf, heat-effusion, and in advanced stages by abstraction of spirit-mind, heart palpitations, panting, oppression in the chest, nausea and vomiting, and deranged speech. Leg qi arises when externally contracted damp evil and wind toxin or accumulating dampness due to damage by excessive consumption of rich food engenders heat and pours down into the legs. Chest and abdominal signs are attributed to leg qi surging into the heart. Western Medical Concept: Beriberi vitamin B1 deficiency.
Xiyan
Eyes of the Knee
Eyes of the Knee
Xiyan
Xiyan Location
On the knee, in the hollows formed when the knee is flexed, immediately below the patella and both medial and lateral to the patellar ligament.