Differential Diagnosis
:Hand pain includes the following:
Treatment
- Acupuncture:
- Lu-5 (pain of shoulder, upper arm, tennis elbow, hand - relaxes sinews and activates channel
[PIHMA]).
- Liv-3 (corresponding leg point for radial hand pain) [Backer2010, pg 132].
- GB-41 (corresponding leg point for ulnar hand pain) [Backer2010, pg 132].
- St-41 & St-4 (corresponding leg point of dorsum of hand and outer arm)
[Backer2010, pg 132].
- Sp-6 (corresponding leg point of palm of hand and inner arm) [Backer2010, pg 132].
- TB-5 (local point for carpal tunnel) [PIHMA].
References