TB5 (Wàiguān, “Wàiguān”) is the Luo-Connecting point of the San Jiao channel point of the Triple Burner Meridian. It is located on the dorsal aspect of the forearm, in a depression between the radius and ulna, 2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease. It expels wind and resolves the exterior, clears heat, activates the channel and alleviates pain, soothes the sinews, opens the orifices, and connects with the Pericardium channel.
On the dorsal aspect of the forearm, in a depression between the radius and ulna, 2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun, or oblique insertion proximally or distally.
Expels wind and resolves the exterior, clears heat, activates the channel and alleviates pain, soothes the sinews, opens the orifices, and connects with the Pericardium channel..
Lockjaw, trismus, facial paralysis, elbow and wrist pain with difficult flexion and extension, pain of the five fingers, inability to grasp objects, arm weakness and numbness, elbow and arm aching and heaviness, arm cannot reach the head, deafness, tinnitus, toothache, chills and fever, headache, dizziness, limb joint pain, coldness in the shoulder and arm, hand and foot heat, hand and foot numbness and pain, epistaxis (nosebleed), red eyes, eye pain, eye film or opacity, watery eyes,night sweats, pain in the arms, head, and neck, pain in the lumbar and back, pain in the lumbar and hip, tetanus, postpartum body swelling, infantile malnutrition with sores..
As the Luo-connecting point of the San Jiao and the confluent point of the Yang Wei Mai, Waiguan is a primary point for expelling exterior pathogens, treating chills and fever, and addressing disorders along the entire Shaoyang channel, especially headache, ear problems, and pain in the neck, shoulder, and arm. Its connection to the Yang Wei Mai makes it effective for a wide array of systemic and channel-related pain and febrile conditions. It is frequently paired with Zulinqi (GB41) to open the Yang Wei and Dai Mai, powerfully treating pain and stagnation throughout the body's exterior and lateral aspects.
TB5 is one of 23 points on the Triple Burner Meridian. Nearby points:
TB5 (Wàiguān) is located on the dorsal aspect of the forearm, in a depression between the radius and ulna, 2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease.
TB5 expels wind and resolves the exterior, clears heat, activates the channel and alleviates pain, soothes the sinews, opens the orifices, and connects with the Pericardium channel. Common clinical indications include lockjaw, trismus, facial paralysis, elbow and wrist pain with difficult flexion and extension, pain of the five fingers, inability to grasp objects, arm weakness and numbness, elbow and arm aching and heaviness, arm cannot reach the head, deafness, tinnitus, toothache, chills and fever, headache, dizziness, limb joint pain, coldness in the shoulder and arm, hand and foot heat, hand and foot numbness and pain, epistaxis (nosebleed), red eyes, eye pain, eye film or opacity, watery eyes,night sweats, pain in the arms, head, and neck, pain in the lumbar and back, pain in the lumbar and hip, tetanus, postpartum body swelling, infantile malnutrition with sores.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun, or oblique insertion proximally or distally.
TB5 is a point on the Triple Burner Meridian (Sān Jiāo).