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The wrist or ankle acupuncture to specific parts of a method of treatment of systemic disease. It is the theory of meridian doctrine inspired by bark gradually formed and developed. In the early 1970s, the official promotion for clinical application. Since it acupoints single, simple, minimal damage to the body, with a sense of security without the needle characteristics, combined with the effect of certain diseases indeed, it is quite welcomed by doctors and patients.

Cave area
WAA total of twelve points, including six wrist, ankle six.
(A) wrist point area: all in the wrist stripes on the two cross-refers to a circle around the wrist place. From the ulnar to the radial side of the palm, and then from the back side to the ulnar radial, followed on 1, on 2, on three, on four, the five, on 6.
① on one: the little finger side of the ulnar edge of the front two cross-refers to pressing a depression.
Indications: pain in the forehead, eye, nasal, facial nerve paralysis, anterior throat, cough, epigastric pain, heart palpitations, insomnia, epilepsy.
② on two: the equivalent of Neiguan.
Indications: submandibular swelling, pain, swelling of posterior teeth, chest pain.
③ on three: the radial artery lateral wrist stripes on two cross-refers to the radial edge.
Indications: high blood pressure, chest pain.
④ on 4: palm inward, at the back edge of the thumb side of the radius bone, wrist stripes two Wang pointed.
Indications: head pain, ear disease, temporomandibular arthritis, frozen shoulder.
⑤ on 5: Equivalent Waiguan.
Indications: post-temporal pain, upper extremity pain and numbness paralysis.
⑤ 6 on: the back edge of the little finger side of the ulna, wrist stripes on two Wang pointed.
Indications: headache and spine (cervical thoracic) pain.
(2) ankle point area: about three inner lateral cross-refers to the highest point on the circle office, starting from the inside to move to the outside of Achilles tendon, followed by the next one, the next two, the next three, the next four, the next 5, under 6.
① next one: medial edge of the Achilles tendon, the highest point on the three medial malleolus Wang pointed.
Indications: upper abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, enuresis, heel pain.
② following two: the central inner side, relying on the trailing edge of the tibia, medial malleolus on the three cross-refers to the highest point.
Indications: Side hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, allergic colitis.
③ following three: the bone cavity leading edge forward about 1 cm medial malleolus on the three cross-refers to the highest point.
Indications: the inner edge of the knee pain.
④ Under 4: Tibia Philippians front edge and send the midpoint of the lateral malleolus on the three cross-refers to the highest point.
Indications: numbness, pain, paralysis.
⑤ Next 5: Central outer side, relying on the trailing edge of the fibula, lateral cross-refers to the highest point on the three.
Indications: hip pain, ankle sprain.
③ Under 6: by the outer edge of the Achilles tendon, lateral cross-refers to the highest point on the three.
Indications: acute and chronic low back pain, sciatica.
The cave area, more than three and less under 3.
[Drug] appliance

[Operation]
(1) selection of points Recipe: diaphragm above the wrist acupoint selection illness, illness diaphragm line ankle acupoint selection. If symptoms step onto the next two partitions, which can take on the next point area, such as hemiplegia desirable four groups on the 5 and the lower side. Difficult to determine the site of the disease across the region, such as insomnia, it is desirable both sides point area. According Meixue attending specific matching.
(2) Acupuncture: general use on the 30th 1.5-inch needle. Any position, the needle hole ankle areas to supine better. After routine disinfection, the left thumb, food (shown) refers to the taut skin, right thumb in the next, food (shown), the middle finger on the needle handle grip on the needle at a 30 degree angle with the skin quickly into the skin. Then gently twist the needle handle so that the needle bound up with shallow skin travels to the needle under the soft feel is appropriate. Patients who acids, hemp, Shen, swelling, pain and feeling, indicating needle too deep, should withdraw the needle, so that the needle in the skin, re-flat spines were more superficial place. In short, do not appear to get gas feeling. Needle length is 1.4 inches, the needle direction toward the end of the principle of disease, such as illness in the finger or toe, tip down; such as craniofacial lassitude, the tip facing up. The beginning of the needle, the local can find a little pain, to be prickly, should immediately disappear. The needle is completed, release the finger needle, the needle should naturally hang down and close to the skin. WAA generally needle for 30 minutes, not to mention plug Twist, every other day, acute disease may 1 day, 10 times as a course of treatment.

[Adaptation disease]
Has been used for more than 50 kinds of diseases, it painful diseases such as vascular headache, lumbar sprain, toothache, dysmenorrhea and other analgesic effect is obvious, arrhythmia, hemifacial spasm, facial palsy, asthma, enuresis, hysteria, stroke, paralysis, etc. also have some effect.

[Note]
It should be noted, such as blood vessels or point area with thick needle obvious pain, may be appropriate to move the position of the needle point, moving point, you should move along the vertical line direction, but not to both sides of the shift.