11 GB44 Zuqiaoyin Foot Opening to Yin 足竅陰
GB44 Zuqiaoyin
Foot Opening to Yin

足竅陰穴

LOCATION

On the dorsal aspect of the 4th toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Features

Jing/well point. Metal Point.

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

Dorsal toe nerves, dorsal toe arteries, veins and arteries and veins network formed by arteries and veins at the base of the toes

Indication

Nervous headache,neurasthenia,intercostal nerve pain;hypertension,sequelae of cerebral vascular disease,ankle pain and swelling;conjunctivitis,deafness,tinnitus;asthma,pleurisy. Insomnia especially with nightmares – LV/GB heat rising to effect the HT (fullness below the heart). Issues with the sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue) related to excesses a/or stagnation – pain, inflammation, speech disorders, stiff tongue.

Combinations

Migraine:GB 44 & ST 08 & EX-HN5.
Tinnitus,deafness:GB 44 & TE 17 &GB 02 & TE 05.
Throat paralysis:GB 44 & LU 11 & LI 01.
Throat paralysis,dry throat:TE 01 & SI 01 & GB 44.
Spasm of the elbow:LI 10 & GB 44.
Muscle crampno sweat:BL 19 & LU 09 & LU 06 & GB 34 & GB 44.
Dreaminess:BL 15 & PC 06 & HT 07 & ST 36 & GB 44.

穴位

在足第4趾末節外側,距趾甲角0.1寸。

特點

井(金)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

趾背神經,趾背動、靜脈和趾底動、靜脈形成的動、靜脈網。

適應症

神經性頭痛,神經衰弱,肋間神經痛;高血壓,腦血管病后遺癥,足踝腫痛;結膜炎,耳聾,耳鳴;哮喘,胸膜炎等。

穴位配伍療法

偏頭痛:1.足竅陰 2.頭維 3.太陽
耳鳴,耳聾:1.足竅陰 2.翳風3.聽會 4.外關
喉痹:1.足竅陰 2.少商 3.商陽
喉痹舌卷口乾:1.關衝 2.少澤 3.足竅陰
手臂肘攣不伸:1.手三里 2.足竅陰
轉筋汗不出:1.膽俞 2.太淵 3.孔最 4.陽陵泉 5.足竅陰
夜眠多夢:1.心俞 2.內關 3.神門 4.足三里 5.足竅陰