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[Category] _en.webp)
On the lateral part of the foot, at the red and white flesh margin below the 5th metatarsus, the midpoint of the line connecting the tip of the little toe and the rear edge of the heel sole.
source point.
[Origin]
Jing, tall. Jinggu (BL64) refers to the protruding trochanter of the fifth metatarsus bone, and the point is below it, hence the name.
Jinggu (BL64) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Lingshu‧Benshu: "Under the big bone on the outside of the foot",
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing added: "The red and white flesh is trapped in the middle ";
- Zhenjiu Juying: "The name of the large bone behind this section of the little finger is Jinggu (BL64), and its point is under the bone."
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Use the rope to measure from the little finger (toe) to the middle of the heel and fold it";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng: "Three inches in front of Shenmai (BL62)".
- Muscles: Above is the abductor digiti minimi muscle.
- Nerve: lateral cutaneous nerve of the dorsum of the foot, deep layer of the lateral plantar nerve.
- Vessels: Lateral plantar artery and vein.
Inward and downward oblique insertion 0.5~1 inch. moxa cone moxibustion 1 to 3 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.
dispelling wind is hot, clears the head and eyes, and sharpens the waist and knees.
- Classical: Pain in the head, Hanre, red eyes, white eyes, canthus rot, vertigo, stuffy nose, epistaxis, madness, strong neck, pain in the back and spine that cannot be tilted down, Abdominal distension and fullness, diarrhea, heart pain, patellar pain, foot congestion, knee pain, foot cramps, palpitations, cold-dampness, athlete's foot, dry cracked or wet itchy feet and sores.
- Modern: acute lumbar sprain, Laozhen, myocarditis, pleurisy.