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Zuqiaoyin

*Yin* Portals of the Foot

Also known as*Yin* Cavity on the Foot · Foot's *Yin* Aperture · Foot Hole *Yin* · Cavity of *Yin* · Foot Extreme *Yin* · Foot Opening *Yin* · Foot Orifice *Yin* · Foot Cavity of *Yin*

Channel
Gallbladder
Classification
Jing-Well, Five Phase

Location

  1. 01Roughly 0.1 cun from the lateral corner of the fourth toenail.
  2. 02On the dorsum of the fourth toe, where a line along the nail's lateral border meets one along its base, about 0.1 cun from the nail corner.

Needling

  1. 01Insert straight, 0.1 to 0.2 cun.
  2. 02Puncture shallowly, about 0.1 cun.
  3. 03Moxibustion may be used.
  4. 04Needle perpendicularly or obliquely toward the proximal direction, 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.

Point functions

  • Jing-Well point
  • Metal point

Actions

  • Clears and benefits the head
  • Benefits the chest and hypochondrium
  • Calms the Shen
  • Subdues Liver Yang
  • Clears Heat
  • Benefits the temples

Indications

  • Headache
  • Hypertension
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Intercostal neuralgia and asthma
  • Pleurisy
  • Unilateral headache
  • Vertigo
  • Dyspnea
  • Inflammation on the dorsum of the foot
  • Sharp pain, particularly in the ribs
  • Difficulty breathing
  • General joint problems
  • Speech difficulties
  • Fright
  • Dreaming of ghosts
  • Dreaming of death
  • Dreaming of being chased and threatened with harm
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Hypochondriac pain with cough and difficulty catching the breath
  • Nightmares
  • Insomnia
  • Somnolence
  • Agitation with heat in the hands and feet
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Anhidrosis
  • Nervous headache
  • Hordeolum
  • Irritability
  • Emergency care
  • Migraine
  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Ophthalmalgia
  • Sleep disturbed by dreaming
  • Febrile diseases
  • Blurred vision
  • Redness, pain and swelling of the eyes
  • Dry mouth
  • Throat Bi
  • Inability to raise the arms
  • Inability to bend the knees
  • Cardiac dilatation
  • Cerebral anemia
  • Chronic cough
  • Headache with agitation
  • Stabbing head pain
  • Dizziness
  • Sudden-onset deafness
  • Outer canthus pain
  • Tongue stiffness or curling with dry mouth
  • Tongue stiffness with loss of speech
  • Sinew contraction
  • Contraction of the sinews in the four limbs
  • Inability to raise the elbow
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Sadness
  • Syncope
  • Breast abscess
  • Hot-and-cold abscess

Combinations

  • Stabbing head pain with inability to move

  • Deafness

  • Throat Bi with tongue curling and dry mouth

Notes

  • This point is said to restore essential trace minerals.
  • It treats disorders of the tongue, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.