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    Ex-LE5

    Xiyan

    xī yǎn (膝眼 )
    Knee Eyes, Eyes of the Knees, Inner Eye of the Knee
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Xiyan (Ex-LE5)

Location

Two points in the depressions, medial and lateral to the patellar ligament, located with the knee flexed.

Indications
  • Knee pain, weakness of the lower extremites
Applications
  • Activates qi and blood
  • Benefits the knee
Techniques

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 cun. Moxibustion applicable.