Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
UB-66
Zutonggu
Foot Connecting Valley
Autres nomsConnecting Valley of the Foot · Passing Valley · Penetrating Valley · Through the Valley · Bursting of the Valley
- Méridien
- Vessie
- Classification
- Ying-Source, Cinq Phases, Horaire
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Localisation
- 01On the foot's lateral aspect, in the hollow in front of and below the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint.
- 02In front of the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the red-white skin junction.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicular-obliquely toward the sole, 0.2–0.3 cun.
- 02Needle perpendicularly, 0.2–0.3 cun.
- 03Moxibustion may be used
Fonctions du point
- Yin-Spring point
- Water point
- Horary point
Actions
- Clears the head
- Descends Lung and Stomach Qi
- Clears Heat
- Frees obstruction from the channel
- Dispels Wind
Indications
- Head heaviness
- Neck pain
- Dizziness with blurred vision
- Red eyes
- Epistaxis
- Sweating with no aversion to cold
- Malaria
- Headache
- Neck rigidity
- Asthma
- Insanity
- Fear
- Dreaming of falling
- Dreaming of water
- Rhinorrhea
- Vomiting
- Undigested food present in the stool
- Cough
- Dyspnea
- Chest fullness with congested fluids
- Mania
- Tendency toward fright
- Blurred vision
- Vertigo
- Mental illness
- Acute cystitis
- Fear of the unknown
- Fear of drowning
- Dreaming that something is falling on you
Notes
- Its principal action is to clear pathological Qi that has risen to the head.
- It is especially effective for clearing Bladder Heat.