cleft point. crossing point: the Yang dimension belongs to.

[Origin]

Han Men·Yang Xiong Biography: "Licensing Jinmen (BL63), going to Yutang (CV18)". The point is named because there is bone lying across it. The alias "Guanliang" has a similar meaning.

[Location]

Jinmen (BL63) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Below the outer ankle of the foot";
• Waitai Miyao's first work: "One inch below the outer ankle",
• eight extra meridians test as: "One inch and five points";
• Zhenjiu Juying as "Shenmai (BL62) next inch";
• Shenying Jing: "Below the lateral malleolus, posterior to Qiuxu (GB40), anterior to Shenmai (BL62)."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: peroneus longus tendon, abductor digiti minimi.
• Nerve: lateral cutaneous nerve of the dorsum of the foot, and the deep layer is the lateral nerve of the plantar.
• Vessels: Lateral plantar artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Relax your muscles and clear your mind.

• Classical: headache, head wind, nuchal pain, shoulder pain, ankle pain, multiple arthralgia, muscle cramp, epilepsy, mania, vomiting, vertigo, malaria.
• Modern: gastrocnemius spasm.

[Recipe]

• head wind, headache: Shenmai (BL62), Jinmen (BL63).
• muscle cramp: Qiuxu (GB40), Jinmen (BL63).
• disease caused by cold deafness: Tinghui (GB2), Jinmen (BL63).
• Crazy with shock: Shenmen (HT7), Jiexi (ST41), Kunlun (BL60), Pucan (BL61), Jinmen (BL63).