Wai = External, Shu: point idea.
Location of Jianwaishu
3 cun lateral to the spine, on a horizontal line that passes between dorsals D1 and D2, is Jianwaishu.
Therapeutic functions and clinical indications
- Used for cervico-scapular pathologies ;
- Points in the angular syndrome which corresponds to the levator scapula muscle (the scapula).
This point will be massaged with Jianzhongshu.