Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
UB-67
Zhiyin
Reaching *Yin*
Autres nomsEnd of *Yin* · Extremity of *Yin*
- Méridien
- Vessie
- Classification
- Jing-Puits, Cinq Phases, Tonification, Sortie
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Localisation
- 01On the top of the little toe, where a line along the nail's lateral edge meets a line along its base, roughly 0.1 cun from the nail's corner.
- 02About 0.1 cun from the outer corner of the fifth toenail.
- 03On the little toe, 0.1 cun from the lower, lateral corner of the toenail's cuticle.
- 04On the outer side of the little toe, approximately 0.1 cun from the nail's corner.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicularly or obliquely toward the proximal end, 0.1–0.2 cun, which produces local pain; alternatively, prick to bleed.
- 02Needle superficially to 0.1 cun.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
Fonctions du point
- Jing-Well point
- Metal point
- Tonification point
- Exit point
Actions
- Expels Wind
- Clears the head and eyes
- Clears the brain
- Turns the fetus
- Eases labor
- Regulates pregnancy and childbirth
- Frees obstructions from the channel
- Invigorates the Blood
Indications
- Headache at the vertex
- Occipital headache
- Head heaviness
- Neck pain
- Nasal congestion
- Epistaxis
- Eye pain
- Pain at the inner canthus
- Superficial visual obstruction
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Pain of the lateral costal region and chest
- Restlessness of the Heart
- Malarial disorders without sweating
- Itching over the entire body
- Parietal headache
- Lochioschesis
- Retained placenta
- Stroke
- Infantile convulsions
- A patient who has physically given up
- Difficulty affecting all internal secretions
- Disorders throughout the endocrine and lymphatic systems
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Anhidrosis
- Nervousness
- Headache
- Nasal obstruction
- Epistaxis
- Dermatosis
- Whole-body itching
- Hemiplegia
- Ankle joint pain
- Irritability
- Difficult urination
- Nocturnal emissions
- Retained placenta
- Fetal malposition
- Delayed labor
- Prolonged labor
- Difficult labor
- Difficult urination
- Painful urinary dysfunction
- Seminal emission
- Cold-type malaria
- Wind-Cold beginning at the little toe
- Anhidrosis
- Heat in the soles of the feet
- Clonic spasm
- Swollen knees
- Nasal obstruction
- Clear nasal discharge
- Dim vision
- Nebula
- Membrane over the eye
- Fear
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Severe Blood Deficiency or Blood over-saturation
- Hormonal disorders
- Spinal trouble
- Bi syndrome
- Cramps
- Ophthalmalgia
- Nervous headache
- Nasal blockage
- All types of skin lesions
- Syncope
- Emergency care
- Swollen feet
- Pain that shifts between the chest and the flanks
Précautions
Contraindicated for needling during pregnancy.
Associations
- ST-36
Speeds up delivery
Seminal emission
Difficult urination together with seminal emission
Itching accompanied by significant pain
Paralysis of the lower limb
Migrating pain of the chest and lateral costal region
Headache at the vertex
Occipital headache
Notes
- It clears fullness and Heat from the far end of the channel.
- It works best for acute conditions.
- It can relieve pain anywhere in the body.
- It is best known for turning a malpositioned fetus (moxa is used until the fetus turns, then stopped).
- This is a general balancing point.
- It influences hormones broadly, with a particular effect on the ovaries.
- It governs all disorders affecting the head and face.