| acupoint | Yongquan |
| alias | Dichong |
| meridian | foot shaoyin kidney meridian |
| international code | KI1 |
Jing-well (wood) point. Lingshu‧Genjie: "The root of shaoyin is at Yongquan (KI1)".
bubble_chart Etymology
The name describes water gushing from the ground. The point is the Jing-well point of kidney meridian. Located on sole of foot, the qi of foot shaoyin meridian rises from here, like a spring gushing forth. It is also called "Dichong" (地沖, as seen in Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing), which carries a similar meaning.
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(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On sole of foot, in the depression at front of foot when foot is curled. It is approximately at anterior one-third point of the line connecting tip of web between second and third toes and posterior end of heel.
- Lingshu‧Benshu: "At the center of sole";
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the depression at center of sole, in the hollow formed when toes are curled";
- Zhenjiu Yulong Jing: "At center of sole, in the third crease when foot is turned; also, when two fingers are placed at the end of heel, the midpoint is the point";
- Zhenfang Liuji: "In the third crease when foot is curled, level with base of big toe".
- Muscles: within plantar aponeurosis, including tendons of flexor digitorum brevis, flexor digitorum longus, and second lumbrical muscle; deep layer includes interosseous muscles.
- Nerve: common plantar digital nerve.
- Vessel: deep layer includes plantar arch formed by anastomosis of lateral plantar artery and anterior tibial artery.
Perpendicular insertion is 0.3~0.5 cun. For purpose of raising blood pressure, strong stimulation, prolonged needle retention, and continuous or intermittent needle manipulation are recommended. Direct moxibustion is contraindicated. Moxibustion with an moxa stick for 10~15 minutes. Herbal poultice application is commonly used.
Dispel heat, downbear fire, open orifice, resuscitate coma.
- Classical: wheezing, pharyngitis, fever, consumptive disease, epilepsy, manic and depressive psychosis, fainting, hypersomnia, frequent fear, ascending qi, irritability, vomiting, abdominal distension, hypochondriac fullness , jaundice, difficulty in defecation, intermittent diarrhea, difficulty in urination, blood stranguria with qi pain, hernia, genital throbbing pain, impotence, infertility in women, headache, intermittent dizziness, blurry vision, epistaxis, coughing or spitting blood, sore throat, dry throat and swollen tongue, loss of voice, stiff tongue, yin deficiency toothache, flaccidity and cold limbs, pain in shoulders, back, and neck, waist and spine being unhinged, muscle cramp, muscular spasm, knee pain with inability to bend or straighten, inability to stand on feet, rubella , infantile convulsion.
- Modern: hemoptysis, shock, hypotension, hypertension, aphasia, schizophrenia, hysteria, trigeminal neuralgia, gout, oral and tongue ulcer, tonsillitis, mumps, prolonged labor, infantile drooling, infantile night crying, prevention of common cold.
