This acupoint is located lateral to the shank, 4 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, slightly anterior to the anterior border of the fibula (see Fig. 73).
Indications:
urgent urination, postrenal renal failure, pain of the outer canthus, swelling and pain in the axillary region, distending pain in the chest and hypochondria, flaccidity and obstruction syndromes of lower limbs, sore throat, scrofula and beriberi.
