LOCATION
On the lateral side of the foot, directly below the anterior of the external malleolus and below the border of the femur.
Features
Xi cleft point. Crossing point with Yangwei Vessel.
Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
The lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot, the lateral plantar nerve and the lateral plantar artery and vein.
Indication
Headache,vertigo,dizziness,fainting,epilepsy,waist and knee pain,lateral malleolus pain,arthralgia in lower limb.
Combinations
Headache a headache:BL 62 & BL 63.
Headache b:BL 63 & EX-HN5 & LI 04.
Caused by a colddeafness:GB 02 & BL 63.
Muscle cramp:GB 40 & BL 63.
Epilepsy,scared,crazy:HT 07 & ST 41 & BL 60 & BL 61 & BL 63.
Increase the pain threshold (anesthesia):BL 63 & BL 59 & BL 40 & GB 30.
穴位
當外踝前緣直下,骰 骨下緣處。
特點
郄穴。
同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
足背外側皮神經,足底外側神經及足底外側動、靜脈。
適應症
頭痛,眩暈,癲癇,腰膝痛,外踝痛,下肢痹痛等。
穴位配伍療法
頭痛 a 頭風:1.申脈 2.金門
頭痛 b:1.金門 2.太陽 3.合谷
傷寒耳聾:1.聽會 2.金門
轉筋:1.丘墟 2.金門
驚癎如狂:1.神門 2.解溪 3.崑崙 4.僕參 5.金門
提高痛閾、麻醉止痛:1.金門 2.跗陽 3.委中 4.環跳