Yuan-source point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Qiu" (丘), high place; "xu" (墟), large hill, referring to external malleolus. The point is located below it, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Qiuxu (GB40) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the dorsum of foot, anterior and inferior to external malleolus, lateral to extensor digitorum longus tendon, in the depression between talus and calcaneus joints.

• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "In the bone gap three fen anterior and slightly inferior to the tip of malleolus, opposite Shangqiu (SP5)";
• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Anterior and inferior to external malleolus, in the depression";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun away from Linqi (GB41)";
• Beiji Qianjin Yaofang‧ corrects this to "three cun".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: origin of extensor digitorum brevis, lateral talocalcaneal ligament.
• Nerves: branches of medial cutaneous nerve of dorsum of foot and branches of superficial peroneal nerve.
• Vessels: branches of anterior lateral malleolar artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothe sinews, benefit chest and ribs, improve vision, clear heat.

• Classical: chest fullness, frequent sighing, distension in chest, eye pain, blurred vision, eye nebula, pain in lower back and both flanks, soreness and cramping in feet, inability to retract the foot, lameness, hip joint and foot pain , pain in dorsum of foot, weakness and flaccidity, straw sandal wind.
• Modern: pain in the chest and flanks, biliary colic, cholecystitis, gallstones, axillary lymphadenitis, foot inversion, ankle sprain, hypertension.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Opacity or clouding in eye: Tongziliao (GB1), Qiuxu (GB40).
• Hypochondriac pain: Zhongdu (GB32), Qiuxu (GB40).
• Tarsal pain: Qiuxu (GB40), Jiexi (ST41), Shangqiu (SP5), Xingjian (LR2) .
• Pain in ankle and heel: Jiegu, Qiuxu (GB40), Kunlun (BL60).