02p.wai-bai H · 2.P.c.1.02 Dr. Hu points

外白

Wài bái

Outer (exterior) white

Illustration of the points from group 内外白區 (source: Master Hu’s Complete Book of Tung Acupuncture )
Wài bái 外白 Plate
01 Location & selection

Location

Locate the point with the fist clenched. On the back of the hand (dorsal surface), in the space between the metacarpals of the middle and ring fingers, the point is 1.5 cun from the metacarpophalangeal junction, or 1 cun below [proximal to] the Nèi Bái 內白 point.

Selection

Same as location

02 The three principles
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03 Indications
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04 Puncture methods

Needling

0.3 – 0.8 cun
06 Compared sources
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