Shen Mai (BL62)
📍 Location
In the ankle region, directly below the lateral malleolus, in the depression between the inferior border of the lateral malleolus and the calcaneus.
🏥 Indications
Headache, dizziness, insomnia, somnolence; mania and epilepsy, painful red eyes; stiff neck, aching pain of the waist and leg; one of the eight confluent points, connecting the yang qiao vessel.
🖐️ Stimulation method
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun; moxibustion applicable.
⚠️ Contraindications
No special contraindication.