Location: At a point of intersection between a vertical line 5 fen anterior to the medial malleolus and the dorsoplantar
boundary (Fig. 2-45).
Indication: Inguinal hernia in children.
(23) Jiegen acupoint (EX-DF 23) :
Location: On the medial side of foot, 5 fen below a depression underneath the tuberosity of navicular bone (Fig. 2-45).
Indications: Cancer of larynx, nasopharynx, esophagus, stomach, breast, uterus, liver, rectum and lung.
(24) Relaxing acupoint (EX-DF 24) :
Location: On the dorsum of foot, in a depression behind the posterior border of capitula of 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, but closer to the former bone (Fig. 2-46).
Indication: Contraction and pain of abdominal muscles during appendectomy.
(25) Panggu acupoint (EX-DF 25) :
Location: On the dorsal side of foot, at the junction between antedorone-fourth and posterior three-fourths of the
interosseous space between 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones (Fig. 2-46).
Indication : Sequelae of poliomyelitis.
(26) Qingtou 1 acupoint (EX-DF 26) :
Location: On the dorsomedial border of distal interphalangeal joint of 2nd toe (Fig. 2-46).
Indications: Headache, common cold, neurasthenia, hysteria, acute otitis media, and lymphadenitis of lower jaw.
