Shaoze(SI1) is lateral to the corner of the little fingernail (opposite to Shaochong(HT9)), Qiangu(SI2) anterior to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint, Houxi(SI3) is posterior to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint, Wanggu(SI4) anterior to the hemate bone, Yanggu(SI5) posterior to the tripuetral bone.

Indications

Shaoze(SI1) and Qiangu(SI2) for headache, tinnitus, sore throat, febrile diseases, mental diseases, Houxi(SI3) for stiffness and pain in the neck and head, epilepsy and malaria (intersecting with Governor Vessel), Wangu(SI4) for convulsion, swelling of the submandibular and cervic region, Yanggu(SI5) for depressive psychosis and mania, swelling of the submandibular and cervic region as well.

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