The cubital fossa is located in front of the elbow joint and is a triangular fossa. Its lateral boundary is brachioradialis muscle, its medial boundary is pronator teres, its upper boundary is the connecting line of medial and lateral epicondylar of humerus, its lower lateral boundary is brachioradialis muscle, and its lower medial boundary is pronator teres.

Above is the skin, superficial fascia, deep fascia and aponeurosis of biceps brachii, and below is the brachial muscle, supinator muscle and elbow capsule. The main structures in the fossa are biceps brachii tendon, brachial artery and its branches, and median nerve from outside to inside.

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The function of cubital fossa: beating cubital fossa to purify blood, in addition to modern medical technology and drugs, the scraping process of Chinese medicine can also achieve the health care function of purifying blood. Elbow fossa and knee fossa are the only way of hand, foot and meridian.

Elbow and knee joints move frequently. When there are too many metabolites in the blood and the viscosity increases, the meridian qi and blood will easily stagnate here. Every once in a while, as long as the metabolites in the blood increase and cause microcirculation disorder, a rash will occur. It is the simplest way to purify the blood by eliminating the metabolites in the body in time by means of explosion.

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