07p.wai-ling H · 7.P.7.06 Dr. Hu points

外陵

Wài líng

Outer (exterior) mound

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

Location

When the back of the foot is forcefully flexed, 1.5 cun outside [lateral] of the depression at the center of the line drawn by the gastrocnemius muscles (or Chéng Shān point 承山, BL-57). If the line of the gastrocnemius muscle is not obvious, one can deviate 1.5 cun outside [lateral] from the center of a line uniting the points Wěi Zhōng 委中, BL-40 and Kūn Lún 昆侖, BL-60 (Chéng Shān 承山, BL-57).

02 The three principles
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03 Indications
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