Meaning

Yellow Emperor.

Localization

On the medial side of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the base of the first metatarsal bone.

Functions

Moves spleen and stomach Qi, normalizes the vessel Chong Mai.

Intersection

One of the points of fusion of eight extraordinary vessels linked with the vessel Chong Mai.

Indications

- Digestive system: acute pain and abdominal distension (full syndrome), abdominal distension (failure syndrome), loss of appetite, digestive disorders, diarrhea, vomiting.
- Reproductive system: dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, habitual abortion, copious leucorrhoea.
- Disorders of the mind: sadness, insomnia, extreme weakness (emptiness Qi syndrome ), epilepsy.
- Features: superficial swelling of the face, jaundice, a pronounced feeling of heat in the center of the sole, pain in the sole when walking.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun. Cauterization.