YONGQUAN KI-1

YONGQUAN KI-1 GUSHING SPRING

Jing-Well and Wood point of the Kidney meridian

Location: On the sole of the foot, between the second and third metatarsal bones, about one third of the distance between the base of the second toe and the heel, in a depression formed when the foot is plantar flexed.

Needling: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.

Actions: Descends excess from the head.

Soothes the spirit.

Revitalizes consciousness and rescues yang.

Signs and symptoms: Loss of consciousness from windstroke, loss of consciousness.

Epilepsy, childhood fright wind, dizziness, visual dizziness, cloudy vision, vertex headache, hypertension, throat painful obstruction, throat pain with no ability to swallow, loss of voice, dry tongue, nosebleed, dark complexion, running piglet qi.

Agitation, insomnia, poor memory, tendency to fright, anger with wish to harm individuals, insanity, Heart pain.

Cough, dyspnea, vomiting and coughing blood.

Wind rash, sudden turmoil disorder with cramps, contracted sinews.

Constipation, lumbar pain with difficult bowel movement, difficult urination, lower abdominal pain in pregnant women with no ability to urinate, lower abdominal fullness, periumbilical pain, shan disorder, infertility, impotence, disorders caused by excessive sexual activity, fullness of the lateral costal region, jaundice, diminished qi.

Lower limb paralysis, chronic leg qi, pain and swelling of the leg, cold sensation of the feet and shins, heat in the soles of the feet, chronic pain and numbness of the foot, pain of the five toes with no ability to stand.

Reference: A Manual of Acupuncture by Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafaji and Kevin Baker