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| acupoint | Rangu |
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| alias | Longyuan |
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[Category] _en.webp)
On the medial edge of the foot, at the red-white flesh margin below the tuberosity of the navicular bone, 1 cun posterior to Gongsun (SP4).
Ying (fire) point.
[Origin]
The tuberosity of the scaphoid is called "Rangu", and the point is in the depression below it, hence the name "Gu". Or "ran" means "burn", the point belongs to the foot lesser yin kidney meridian (KI) Ying (fire) point, hence the name. The alias "Long Yuan" (see Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing) means that it has the image of dragon and fire in the water, and has the same meaning.
Rangu (KI2) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Lingshu‧Benshu: "The one under the bone";
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "The big bone rises in front of the medial malleolus of the foot.
- Qianjin Yaofang‧: "One inch straight in front of the medial ankle";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Go to Zhaohai (KI6) one inch, red and white flesh, opposite to the outer Jinggu (BL64)";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng: "In Gongsun (SP4) One inch behind.
- Muscle: abductor pollicis.
- Nerve: terminal branch of medial cutaneous nerve of calf, medial plantar nerve.
- Vessels: branches of the medial plantar and medial tarsal arteries and veins.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 inch, heat syndrome/pattern may cause bleeding. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.
It relieves heat, relieves swelling and calms the mind.
- Classical: sudden heart pain, bloating, fullness of the chest and hypochondrium, Rebing, vexation, heart-hanging feeling, fear, pharyngitis, swelling in the chest, wheezing, shortness of breath, cough Bloody saliva, hernia, less abdominal distension and fullness, no appetite, through-flux diarrhea, consumptive thirst, jaundice, flaccidity, epilepsy, stranguria, seminal emission, prolapse of uterus, sterility, Jingshui Fistula disease, neonatal tetanus in children, difficulty opening the mouth, being frightened, shin soreness and inability to stand for a long time, muscle cramp, inability to rest the feet, and toe pain.
- Modern: Tonsillitis, Pharyngitis, Bladderitis, Diabetes, Tetanus, Dysfunctional Zigong (EX-CA1) Bleeding.