Waiqiu

1. 01On the lower leg's lateral aspect, 7 cun proximal to the lateral malleolus's prominence, at the fibula's anterior border. Note: since the span from the lateral malleolus tip to the popliteal crease measures 16 cun, this point falls 1 cun distal to that line's midpoint.
2. 02Halfway between GB-34 Yanglingquan and the lateral malleolus, anterior to GB-35 Yangjiao, at the fibula's front edge.

1. 01Perpendicular insertion, 1–1.5 cun.
2. 02Perpendicular puncture, 0.5–0.8 cun.
3. 03Moxibustion may be applied.

Xi-Cleft point

• ·Activates the channel
• ·Relieves pain
• ·Clears Heat
• ·Detoxifies
• ·Calms muscle spasms

• ·Distension of the chest and lateral costal region
• ·Pigeon chest in children
• ·Headache
• ·Mania
• ·Abdominal pain
• ·Rabies
• ·Thigh pain
• ·Lower-limb paralysis
• ·Ankle or calf spasm
• ·Fever following chills
• ·Venereal disease in infants
• ·Skin pain
• ·Bi and Wei syndromes of the lower limb
• ·Cold-Damp leg Qi
• ·Coldness, stiffness and pain in the nape and neck
• ·Aversion to Wind-Cold
• ·Seizures
• ·Hepatitis
• ·Muscular tetany
• ·Infantile kyphosis
• ·Jaundice
• ·Fullness and pain of the chest and hypochondriac region
• ·Abdominal pain

• ·Primarily used for skin pain and for Bi syndrome.
• ·For rabies, apply moxibustion here three times in quick succession, then moxa the bite site.
• ·Can be used for any painful condition of the channel or of an organ.