Atlas of Acupuncture

6 Extra Points

Location

With the knee flexed, inferior to the patella, in a depression

medial to the patellar ligament.

How to find

This point is best located with the patient’s knee flexed (use knee

support). The medial eye of the knee can be located in a distinct

depression on the level of the lower border of the patella, medial

to the patellar ligament. The lateral eye of the knee corresponds

to ➞ST-35(dubi). Together, these two points form the extra

point ➞Ex-LE-5(xiyan).

Needling

0.5–1 cun vertically or obliquely towards the lateral eye of the

knee. Caution: Knee joint.

Actions/Indications

● Disorders of the knee joint

Special features

Important local point

Ex-LE-4 Inner Eye of the Knee NEIXIYAN

Vastus

lateralis

Head of the

fibula

Vastus

medialis

Medial condyle

of the femur

Patellar

ligament

Patella

‘Eye of

the knee’

‘Eye of

the knee’

ST-35

Level of the lower

Ex-LE-4 patellar border

Patellar ligament

ST-32

ST-33

ST-34

ST-35

ST-36

G.B.-34

SP-10

Ex-LE-4

SP-9

LIV-8

LIV-9

Ex-LE-2

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

4 8 cun

1

2

3

20

cun

Popliteal

crease

Upper patellar

Ex-LE-1 border

Ex-LE-3

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