LOCATION
With knee flexed, below the patella in a depression lateral to the patellar ligament.
Features
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Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
Knee joint arterial and venous branches, lateral sural cutaneous nerve and joint branch of common peroneal nerve.
Indication
Knee arthritis，Knee neuralgia or numbness，dermatophytosis，paralysis of the lower limbs，calcaneus pain。Knee problems. Often used withheding and the medial xiyan extra points. Weakness and/or motor control issues of the lower leg, atrophy. Beriberi (Thiamine, B1 deficiency).
Combinations
Knee and below-knee disease：ST 35 & GB 33 & ST 36 & GB 34.
knee arthritis：ST 35 & ST 34 & GB 34.
Infrapatellar fat pad lesion：ST 35 & GB 34 & BL 40 & BL 57.
穴位
屈膝，在膝部，髕骨與髕韌帶外側凹陷中。
特點
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同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸，
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
膝關穴節動、靜脈網，腓腸外側皮神經及腓總神經關節支。
適應症
膝關節炎，膝部神經痛或麻木，腳氣，下肢癱瘓，足跟痛。
穴位配伍療法
膝及膝下病：1.犢鼻 2.膝陽關 3.足三里 4.陽陵泉
膝關節炎：1.犢鼻 2.梁丘 3.陽陵泉
髕骨脂肪墊勞損：1.犢鼻 2.陽陵泉 3.委中 4.承山