Meaning

Sunken Valley.

Localization

The dorsum of the foot, between the second and third metatarsal bones, in a depression 1 cun proximal to Neiting ST.44..

Functions

Cleans heat, removes water, unblocks channels.

Indications

- Digestive system: feeling of distension and abdominal pain, stomach rumble, ascites, loss of appetite, intestinal colic, hiccups.
- 5 holes diseases: face swelling, red eyes, upper eyelid ptosis.
- Disorders of the mind: hysteria.
- Channel diseases: redness and swelling of the back surface of the foot, paralysis of the foot, hanging foot when walking.
- Features: night sweating, lack of sweating in heat syndrome, aching pain in ribs, the initial presentation of hernia.

Needling Method

Puncture subcutaneously and obliquely 0.3 - 0.5 cun. Cauterization.