bubble_chart Etymology "Fu" (伏), prostrate. The acupoint is located on anterior thigh, where the quadriceps muscle bulges, resembling the shape of a crouching rabbit.Zhenjiu Dacheng: "There is a raised muscle resembling the shape of a rabbit."
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Futu (ST32) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On anterior thigh, along the line connecting anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and lateral border of patellar base, 6 cun above patellar base, at the belly of rectus femoris muscle.
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- Muscle: bely of rectus femoris muscle.
- Nerve: anterior cutaneous branch of femoral nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
- Vessels: branches of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and vein.
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Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.
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Eliminate cold and damp, benefit waist and knees.
- Classical: cold pain in waist and knees, numbness and paralysis of lower limbs, beriberi, cold hernia, manic speech or delusions, wind fatigue and qi counterflow, shortness of breath.
- Modern: lower limb paralysis, knee arthritis, urticaria, lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis.
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