LOCATION: On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at
the junction of the anterior third and posterior two-thirds of the sole.
IMAGE: This is the first point on a water meridian which is anatomically connected to the earth.
Also the activity of the channel Qi is like a "gushing spring" at this point, i.e., very strong when
needled.
FUNCTIONS: Opens the sensory orifices
Calms the Spirit
Calms the Spirit and Revives Consciousness, Clears Fire & Heat in the Head, Clears Kidney Heat,
Restores Collapsed Yang, Reduces Wind and Wind Heat, Sedates Deficient Fire, Sedates Fever &
Spasm, Sends Qi down, Stimulates energy, Tonifies Kidney Yin & Jing, Transforms Hot Phlegm
INDICATIONS:
blurred vision
colic
diarrhea
difficult urination & defecation
dry tongue
edema
headache at the vertex
heat exhaustion
hypertension
infantile convulsions
insanity
insomnia
mental illness
nosebleed
pain in tips of toes
paralysis of the lower limbs
psychosis
seizures
shock
soles of feet hot
stroke
swollen throat
vertigo
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: J.C. Darrus:
confused memory, uncommunicative, timidity, fear
Hyperactivity or mental illness from too much Qi in the head can be brought down.
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Sedation point for Kidneys: "Grounding" point
Brings the Qi down: because it's the lowest point on the body. Theoretically one of the most
important points on the body because of its location, but not used much because it can be painful to
needle.
Because of its painful location, try having person cough when you needle it.
Emergency point: for Shock
hypertension
Maciocia: heart & kidney not communicating
"The Kidney hates dryness"-- Su Wen. Associated with dry throat.
Dr. So: main point for cramping in the body (diarrhea, colic)
Sterility in women: brings the Qi back to the uterus
Good for bringing down Fire in the wrong places in the body-- such as hot flashes
Can be an energetically draining point-- may induce fatigue
J.C. Darrus:
lack of energy, syncope from low energy
hematuria, poor renal function with kidney pain
heart malaise, severe heart pain, palpitations, tachycardia, arterial hypertension esp. with high
diastolic, cerebral hemorrhage
diminished or absent smell and taste senses, dry throat with thirst, distended abdomen,
vomiting with muscle spasms, diarrhea or constipation with kidney pain
cerebral hemorrhage, apoplexy, epilepsy
eyelid ptosis, deafness, muteness
epigastric pain, vertical pains radiating to the sides, pain lateral to umbilicus, very painful low
abdomen, fullness at sides and chest with malaise
