Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
KI-2
Rangu
Blazing Valley
También conocido comoBurning Valley · Light Valley
- Canal
- Riñón
- Clasificación
- Ying-Manantial, Cinco Fases, Sedación
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Localización
- 01On the foot's medial aspect, below and in front of the medial malleolus, in the hollow just distal and inferior to the navicular tuberosity.
- 02Anterior and inferior to the ankle's medial malleolus, in the depression beneath the navicular bone's tubercle.
- 03In the hollow along the lower border of the navicular tuberosity.
Punción
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Insert straight in, 0.5 to 1.5 cun; a sensation of distention and soreness may spread toward the sole of the foot.
- 03Needle perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Funciones del punto
- Ying-Spring point
- Fire point
- Beginning point of the Yin Qiao channel (some sources)
- Secondary sedation point
Acciones
- Cools the Blood
- Calms Fire
- Clears Deficiency Heat
- Regulates the Kidneys
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Strengthens the Yin Qiao channel
- Clears Fire from the throat
Indicaciones
- Throat swelling
- Dysphagia
- Tendency toward fear and fright
- Suffocation
- Ankle swelling
- Shan Disorder
- Swelling of the lower abdomen
- Chest oppression
- Throat disorder
- Coughing
- Leg lassitude
- Urinary difficulties
- Inability to stand
- One leg feeling Cold while the other feels Hot
- Nervousness
- Easy perspiration
- Thirst
- Epigastric pain
- Diarrhea
- Stagnant Blood in the abdomen
- Spermatorrhea
- Infertility
- Uterine prolapse
- Irregular menstruation
- Erosive lesions of the genital area
- Neonatal tetany
- Prostate disorders
- Genital itching
- Nocturnal emissions
- Seminal emissions
- Impotence
- Uterine prolapse
- Irregular menstruation
- Difficult urination
- Diarrhea of Cold or Damp origin
- Lower-leg pain that prevents prolonged standing
- Pain and swelling of the instep
- Restless feet
- Malar flush
- Evening sensation of Heat in the head
- Mental restlessness
- Thirst without a desire to drink
- Nighttime dryness of the throat and mouth
- Vulvar pruritus
- Acute omphalitis in infants
- Spitting Blood
- Trismus in nursing infants
- Uterine Blood congestion
- Abdominal distention
- Scrotal inflammation
- Night sweats accompanied by Cold
- Urethritis
- Rigidity
- Difficulty moving
- Joint pain, particularly along the spine
- Feet that are very hot and sweaty
- Night sweats
- Polyuria
- Dehydration
- Coldness
- Dry feet with no moisture
- Absence of perspiration
- Edema
- Marked ankle swelling
- Burning diarrhea with the entire anus inflamed
- Five to six bowel movements a day, often with high fever
- Constipation
- Cystitis
- Painful eyes
- Red eyes
- Impotence
- Frigidity
- Jerky movements
- Paralysis
- Loss of speech
- Throat Bi
- Not enough saliva to moisten the throat
- Spontaneous sweating
- Diminished Qi
- Hemoptysis
- Wasting and thirsting disorder
- Jaundice
- Tongue protrusion
- Fear as if about to be seized
- Stabbing Heart pain
- Pharyngitis
- Diabetes
- Tetanus
- Congested throat
- Thirst with emaciation
- Jaundice
- Diarrhea with intestinal pain and rumbling
- Tidal fevers
- Painful, syrupy urinary dysfunction
- Dysenteric disorders
- Clenched jaws
- Pain and swelling on the top of the foot
- Acute diarrhea
- White vaginal discharge
- Urinary incontinence
Precauciones
- Some sources hold that bleeding this point is forbidden.
- Some sources hold that needling this point is forbidden after the eighth month of pregnancy.
Combinaciones
Throat swelling internally, with febrile disease marked by agitation, cold feet, and heavy perspiration (needle KI-2 Rangu first, then KI-3 Taixi)
Throat Bi accompanied by chills and fever
Loss of voice
Tongue stiffness
Drooling
Wasting and thirsting disorder with intense thirst
Wasting and thirsting disorder
Stabbing Heart pain
Apprehension and fear as though about to be seized
Moxa for stony edema of the upper abdomen
Seminal emission with retraction of the penis
Impotence
Notas
- According to some sources, tenderness of the point on palpation points to prostate involvement.
- As an emergency measure after a kick to the testicles, needle bilaterally with stimulation for three minutes; this point is regarded as calming.
- It exerts a hormonal effect on the ovaries.
- It is the principal point for clearing Heat that arises from Kidney Yin Deficiency.
- Moxa can be applied for spontaneous sweating, cold feet and legs, cold-type diarrhea, edema, and impotence.