07p.wai-ling H: 7.P.7.06
outer (exterior) mound
外陵 | Wài líng
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).
Selection
Indication categories
Indications
- Central Nervous SystemLower limb disorder
paralysis of the lower limbs | 下肢麻痺
- Polyarticular pain
atrophy | 痿症
- Ankle joint disorder
foot pain | 腳痛
- Ankle joint disorder
sprain on the inside of the foot | 腳內側扭傷
