Wai Guan (TE5)
📍 Location
On the posterior forearm, 2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease, midway between the radius and ulna.
🏥 Indications
Febrile disease, headache, red painful swollen eyes, tinnitus, deafness; scrofula, hypochondriac pain; atrophy and painful obstruction of the upper limb. One of the eight confluent points, connecting the yang wei vessel.
🖐️ Stimulation method
Perpendicular insertion 0.5-1 cun; moxibustion applicable.
⚠️ Contraindications
No special contraindication.