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| acupoint | Shenmai |
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| alias | Yangqiao |
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[Category] _en.webp)
On the outside of the foot, in the depression directly below the lateral ankle.
One of the confluence points of eight extraordinary meridians, connected to Yang Qi. Suwen‧Qixue Lun Wang Bing's note: "born of Yang Qi".
[Origin]
Shen, stretch; pulse, tendons. This point treats unfavorable flexion and extension of the tendons, hence its name. Also, the acupoint belongs to foot greater yang bladder meridian (BL). This meridian belongs to the "Shen" position, hence the name.
Shenmai (BL62) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "For those with subtracted lateral ankles, claw nails are allowed";
- Bronze Man's acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustration >Supplementary: "White flesh border";
- Suwen ‧On thorn lumbagoWang Bing's note: "Five minutes below the lateral malleolus";
- Zhenjiu Dacheng: " There are tendons on the front and back, the ankle bone on the top, and cartilage on the bottom. The hole is in the middle of the depression on the lower edge of the lateral malleolus.
- Zhenjiu Daquan: "Slightly in front of the outer ankle of the foot, between the red and white flesh is a point";
- Zhenfang Liuji: "Fang Fangyun: Take Waihuaijian (EX-LE9) Two inches below, at the edge of the red and white flesh. That is, on the outside of the heel, below the trochlear process of the calcaneus. ”
- Muscles: peroneus longus tendon, peroneus brevis tendon.
- Nerve: sural nerve.
- Vessel: Lateral malleolar artery network.
perpendicular insertion or upward oblique insertion 0.3~0.5 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.
It sharpens the waist and legs and clears the head.
- Classical: Lumbago, shin cold, head wind, headache, palpitations, tinnitus, epistaxis, chest fullness, spontaneous sweating, red eyes, numbness in hands and feet, breast blowing, deafness, madness, leprosy, retained placenta, vertigo, redness and swelling of athlete's foot, apoplexy, hemiplegia, crooked mouth and eyes.
- Modern: encephalomyelitis, Meniere's syndrome, schizophrenia, ankle arthralgia.
