Yang Qiu pulse cleft point.

bubble_chart Etymology

Tarsus generally refers to the end of a strip. It burrows on the outer edge of the Achilles tendon, hence its name. Because the point is "in front of Taiyang (EX-HN5) and behind Shaoyang" and is attached to the Yang pulse, it is also called "Fuyang" (Suwen‧Qixue Lun Wang Bing's notes).

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• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Three cun above the outer ankle of the foot, in front of Taiyang (EX-HN5), behind Shaoyang, between the muscles and bones";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "Three cun above Kunkun";
• Taiping Shenghui Fang: "Two cun above the lateral malleolus, there is a lot of space between the posterior muscles and bones" middle".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: The outer edge of the Achilles tendon, and the deep layer is the flexor pollicis longus.
• Nerve: sural nerve.
• Vessel: small saphenous vein, deep layer is the terminal branch of peroneal artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

It sharpens the waist and legs and clears the head. Lingshu‧Weiqi: "The root of foot taiyang is in the five cun above the heel."

• Classical: heavy head, headache, vertigo, neck pain , Lumbago, patellar pain, muscle cramp, paralysis, external ankle redness and swelling, cold-dampness, athlete's foot, sores on both feet, callus pain, spasm and convulsion, inability to lift limbs, Rebing inability to sweat, weight , adverse qi, malaria, nosebleeds, and hemorrhoids.
• Modern: acute lumbar sprain, sciatica, trigeminal neuralgia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• 笛疭: Tianjing (TE10), Fuyang (BL59).