Jinggu

1. 01On the foot's outer side, in the hollow in front of and below the fifth metatarsal tuberosity.
2. 02Behind and beneath the fifth metatarsal tuberosity, at the red-white skin junction.
3. 03On the lateral aspect of the foot's dorsum, beneath the fifth metatarsal tuberosity, at the boundary of the red and white skin.

1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.3–0.5 cun.
2. 02Angle the needle downward and toward the midline, 0.5–1 cun; this produces a local sensation of distention and soreness.
3. 03Moxibustion may be used.

Yuan-Source point

• ·Clears the head and eyes
• ·Dispels Wind
• ·Settles the Shen
• ·Loosens the sinews
• ·Frees the channel
• ·Relieves pain
• ·Clears Heat
• ·Clears the brain
• ·Clears the head
• ·Strengthens the back
• ·Settles fright

• ·Heavy, aching head accompanied by cold feet
• ·Severe splitting headache
• ·Heat sensation in the head
• ·Head tremor
• ·Redness at the inner corner of the eye
• ·Inflamed, red inner canthus with lesions
• ·Superficial visual obstruction
• ·Dizziness with blurred vision
• ·Rhinitis accompanied by unrelenting nosebleeds
• ·Chills with fever
• ·Malaria
• ·Lack of appetite
• ·Seizures
• ·Tidal fever
• ·Headache
• ·Excruciating headache
• ·Dizziness
• ·Corneal opacity
• ·Chronic low back pain
• ·Insanity
• ·Stings from wasps or bees on the tongue or throat
• ·Dim vision
• ·Dyspnea
• ·Difficulty bending the lower back
• ·Chills alternating with fever
• ·Epigastric pain
• ·Pain in the lower back and thigh
• ·Pain in the lower back and legs
• ·Excruciating pain in the kidney region
• ·Pain in the hip, calf, and foot
• ·Infantile convulsions
• ·Mental disorder
• ·Fear
• ·Heart pain with dizziness affecting the eyes
• ·Unrelenting epistaxis
• ·Knee pain with contracture of the foot
• ·Pain of the back and flanks with inability to bend
• ·Deviation of the spine
• ·Scoliosis
• ·Palpitations
• ·Heart pain
• ·Heart pain arising from disturbed Kidney Qi
• ·Manic depression
• ·Tendency to become easily frightened
• ·Epilepsy
• ·Stiff neck
• ·Torticollis
• ·Pain of the back and flanks
• ·Lumbar pain
• ·Back pain with aversion to Cold
• ·Dry, cracked feet
• ·Cold-Damp leg Qi
• ·Back pain preventing lying on the back
• ·Depressive psychosis
• ·Nosebleed caused by Wind-Heat
• ·Red eyes
• ·Burning pain when urinating
• ·Myocarditis
• ·Meningitis
• ·Torticollis
• ·Pneumonia
• ·Cataracts
• ·No desire to eat or drink
• ·Vertigo
• ·Fright
• ·Anorexia
• ·Migraine
• ·Lumbago
• ·Kidney-region pain with a breaking sensation
• ·Nebula
• ·White membrane over the conjunctiva
• ·Cardiac disease
• ·Refuses food and drink
• ·Head heaviness with cold legs
• ·Bodily stiffness
• ·Muscular contractures
• ·Joint pain
• ·Calf spasms

• ·This point strengthens the tendons.
• ·It benefits the appetite.
• ·It serves as a first-aid point for bee or wasp stings to the tongue or throat.