5Large intestine channel of hand-yang ming (手陽明 大腸經)

The pathway of the large intestine channel starts at the tip of the index finger on the radial side (Figure 5.1).

● It runs upward along the radial side, passes through the space between the first and second metacarpal bones of the hand, and runs along the depression between the tendons of the extensor pollicis longus and the extensor pollicis brevis at the wrist.