Extra Points Flashcards
Bai Hui
Location
A depression on the dorsal midline in the lumbosacral space
Bai Hui
Nerves
Mid- to caudal lumbar spinal nerves
Bai Hui
Indications
Lumbosacral pain, pelvic limb pain or neurologic dysfunction, pelvic organ or reproductive problems
Yintang
Location
On the dorsal midline of the head, between the eyebrow equivalents
Yintang
Nerves
Trigeminal nerve
Facial nerve
Yintang
Indications
Frontal sinusitis, frontal headache, epilepsy
Cervical spinal nerve points
Location
In the groove at the lateral aspect of the neck along the course of the omotransversarius (atlas to the cranial edge of scapula)
Cervical spinal nerve points
Nerves
Cervical spinal nerves
Cervical spinal nerve points
Indications
Cervical intervertebral disk disease, neck pain
Medial Xiyan
Location
In a depression medial to the patellar ligament
Xiyan describes a pair of points referred to as medial and lateral Xiyan
Medial Xiyan
Nerves
Femoral nerve
Saphenous nerve
Medial Xiyan
Indications
Stifle joint pain, patellar tendinitis
Baxie
Location
Points located on the dorsum of the front paw, distal to the metacarpophalangeal joints, proximal to the web margins
Baxie
Nerves
Digital nerves
Baxie
Indications
Thoracic limb neuropraxia, manus discomfort
