Ex-5 B

NOMIEx-5 B XIAJISHU : LOCALIZZAZIONE [protected] Location (  Ex-5B Lower Shu Point XIAJISHU – Acupuncture Points ) Some authors consider Ex-5B (xiajishu) to comprise three points: one point on the midline below the spinous process of the 3rd lumbar vertebra (L3) (this is the more common and single location of this extra point), complemented by two lateral points 3 cun lateral to the centre point on the midline. How to find Locate the Tuffier’s line and L4 (➞3.4.3). Locate Ex-5B on the midline, on the lower border of the spinous process of L3. Then measure 3 cun in a lateral direction and there locate the two lateral points of Ex-5B. Located on the same level are a point of ➞ Ex-2B / 24BL (0.5/1.5 cun lateral to the midline). Needling 0.5–0.8 cun vertically to the skin or obliquely in an inferior direction. The patient’s back should be straight or overextended…