LOCATION
On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, and in the anterior depression when the foot is flexed, approximately at the junction of the anterior 1/3 and posterior 2/3 of the sole.(excluding toe).
Features
Jing-Well Point. Entry Point. Son/reducing 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
Common nerve of the second toe, plantar arch.
Indication
Shock,motion sickness,cerebral hemorrhage,insomnia,hysteria,epilepsy,psychiatry,childCV convulsions,nervous headache,hyoid muscle paralysis;faucitis,acute tonsillitis;gastrospasm,jaundice;enuresis,urinary retention;foot pain,lower extremity muscle spasm;uterine prolapse,bronchitis,myocarditis,rubella. Descends excess from above, useful for LR Yang Rising or LR Fire – headaches, tinnitus, hypertension, epilepsy.Cooling KI empty heat – chronic sore throat, dry mouth, low back pain.Tonify KI/HT Yin – insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, poor memory, mania, rage w/desire to kill, hot flashes, night sweats.Loss of consciousness, yang collapse.Tong CV/Tam Healing System: Used to descend the energy in the body particularly after qi gong exercises, energy healing sessions, etc. Useful for headache, nausea, insomnia, etc.
Combinations
Thirst:LR 02 & KI 01.
Small intestinal pain:SP 09 & KI 01.
Shock:PC 06 & ST 36 & KI 01.
Epilepsy:PC 08 & KI 01.
Wind epilepsy:1.EX-HN1 & GV 18 & KI 01.
穴位
在足底心, 人字紋路的交叉部位. 卷足時足前部凹陷處,約當第2、3趾趾指縫間。
特點
井(木)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
第二趾底總神經,足底弓。
適應症
休克,暈車,腦出血,失眠,癔病,癲癇,精神病,小兒驚風,神經性頭痛,舌骨肌麻痺;咽喉炎,急性扁桃體炎;胃痙攣,黃疸;遺尿,尿瀦留;足底痛,下肢肌痙攣;子宮下垂,支氣管炎,心肌炎,風疹等。
穴位配伍療法
消渴:1.行間 2.湧泉
小腸連臍痛:1.陰陵泉 2.湧泉
休克:1.內關 2.足三里 3.湧泉
癲癎:1.勞宮 2.湧泉
風癎:1.神聰 2.強間 3.湧泉