| acupoint | Yongquan |
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| alias | Dichong |
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Well (wooden) hole. Lingshu‧Genjie: "Shaoyin is rooted in Yongquan (KI1)".
[Origin]
Describes water emerging from the ground. The point is a well point on the kidney meridian. Located at the sole of the foot, foot shaoyin meridian qi rises from it, gushing out like spring water. Also known as Di Chong (see Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing), it has the same meaning.
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(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")
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(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
The bottom of the foot, the depression in the front of the foot when the foot is curled. Approximately the first 1/3 inflection point of the line connecting the head end of the toe suture of the 2nd to 3rd toes on the sole of the foot and the back end of the heel.
- Lingshu‧Benshu: "Heart of the foot";
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In those with sunken center of the foot, bend the foot and curl the fingers Wanwanzhong";
- acupuncture and moxibustion Jade Dragon Sutra: "In the center of the sole of the foot, turn the three seams of the foot; and use two fingers to the end of the heel to break the point.";
- Zhenfang Liuji: "The third seam of the rolled foot is equal to the section of the big finger."
- Muscles: In the metatarsus tendon membrane, there are the flexor digitorum brevis tendon, the flexor digitorum longus tendon, the second lumbrical muscle, and the interosseous muscles deep inside.
- Nerve: lateral common nerve of digital metatarsus.
- Vessel: The deep layer is the plantar arch where the lateral plantar artery and the anterior tibial artery anastomose.
Perpendicular insertion is 0.3~0.5 inches. If you want to increase blood pressure, it is appropriate to use strong stimulation, long-term retaining needle, continuous or intermittent needling manipulation. Direct moxibustion is prohibited and warm moxibustion with moxa sticks is allowed for 10 to 15 minutes. Commonly used drug application methods.
Dispels heat, reduces fire, resuscitation, and relieves symptoms.
- Classical: dyspnea, pharyngitis, body heat, consumptive disease, epilepsy, madness, fainting, sleepiness, fear, rising of qi, vexation, vomiting, abdominal distension and fullness, hypochondriac fullness , jaundice, difficulty in defecation, constipation, difficulty in urination, blood stranguria, gas pain, hernia, vaginal throbbing, impotence, childlessness, headache, dizziness, blurry vision, epistaxis, blood in the saliva, Pain in the throat, dry throat, swollen tongue, muteness, rapid tongue, yin deficiency toothache, flaccidity, shoulder and back pain, waist and spine pain, muscle cramp, muscular spasm, knee pain that cannot bend or extend, feet that cannot touch the ground, rubella , infantile convulsion.
- Modern: hemoptysis, shock, hypotension, hypertension, aphasia, schizophrenia, hysteria, trigeminal neuralgia, pain wind, tongue ulcer, tonsillitis, mumps, prolonged labor, salivation in children, night crying in children, prevention common cold.
