Guest guest Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Not sure if this will help, but for pain or difficulty using the extensor and abductor tendons of the thumb (deQuervain's), I've had some success bleeding SP-1 (side) contralaterally. The point is located at the intersection of the line following the medial side of the great toe vertically and the horizontal line which bisects the nail (wrap to the medial side of the toe). Bleed with a lancet or 3-edge and " milk " several drops of blood. This seems to work best if the initial blood is dark and thick, then thins as blood is let out. The patient should test the thumb periodically and assign an analog pain scale number for reference. For non-deQuervain's, it doesn't work as well, so trigger finger may or may not respond... but for deQuervain's it seems to be one of those magic points. David O. In a message dated 12/18/2004 9:17:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Chinese Medicine writes: Message: 6 Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:46:01 -0700 " Dianne Darcy, LAc. " <aromaticacupuncture Trigger thumb Have a client with a " trigger " thumb: numbness and iintermittent lack of ability to flex thumb's most distal joint. Is acu effective for this????? THANKS! Dianne Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 > > For tigger finger I use moxa (as well as acupuncture). > > >Tatiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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