(正穴五,支穴二,共计七穴)
隐白 为井木。在大趾端内侧,去爪甲如韭叶。治腹胀,喘吐血衄,肠滑,食不化,月
大都 为荥火。在大趾本节内侧白肉际。治热病遗热不解,足心发热,脾胃不和,胸膈
太白 为输土。在大趾内侧,核骨下陷中。治热病无汗,脾胃虚弱,腹肠鸣,呕吐,泻
泄,霍乱,不思饮食,身热,腿疼,手足冷,腰尻痛,大便难。
商丘 为经金。在内踝下微前陷中。治身体拘急,腿脚内廉疼,腹胀肠鸣,身寒气逆,
阴陵泉 为合水。在膝下内侧辅骨下陷中,屈膝伸足取。治霍乱,腹胀喘逆,七疝八瘕
公孙 通冲脉,别走阳明,在大趾本节后,去太白一寸。治妇人诸疾,产后血晕,胎衣
不下
风,七疝,脱肛。
三阴交 通三阴聚会处,在内踝上三寸,骨下陷中。孕妇勿用。治身重足痿,膝内廉疼
,七疝,小肠气,便毒,小便不利,五淋。
(正六穴,其支一穴,共计七穴)
厉兑 为井金。在大趾次趾端,去爪甲如韭叶。治热病无汗如疟,尸厥、口噤,腹胀,
多睡,面肿,喉痹牙疼。
内庭 为荥水。在大趾次趾外陷中。治腹胀久疟,四肢厥逆,牙疼,腿膝足跗红肿。
陷谷 为输木。在大趾次趾外间本节后陷中,去内庭二寸。治久疟无汗,面肿,腹胀肠
冲阳 为原。在足跗骨上,去陷谷三寸动脉。治偏风,口眼 斜,寒热如疟,牙疼。
解溪 为经火。在冲阳后一寸半,腕口系鞋处。治喘嗽上气,腹中积气游走,头昏目翳
三里 为合土。在膝下三寸, 骨外廉两筋间,以大指次指圈其膝盖,中指尽处是穴,
举足取。治男女百病,五劳七伤,脾胃诸气、诸疾,诸蛊,诸眼疾,喉痹,风寒诸疼痛。
丰隆 别走太阳,外踝上八寸下廉, 外廉陷中。治身体倦怠,腿膝酸痛,四肢不收,
心腹气痛,大小便难,寒喘嗽急,喉痹气逆。
(Primary acupoints: five; Branch acupoints: two; Total: seven acupoints)
Yinbai (SP1): Belongs to the Jing-Well Wood point. Located at the medial end of the big toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail margin. Indications include abdominal distension, asthma, hematemesis, epistaxis, intestinal slippage (diarrhea), indigestion, and menorrhagia.
Dadu (SP2): Belongs to the Ying-Spring Fire point. Located on the medial side of the first metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction with the white skin. Indications include unresolved residual heat after febrile diseases, heat in the soles of the feet, spleen and stomach disharmony, and chest and diaphragm discomfort.
Taibai (SP3): Belongs to the Shu-Stream Earth point. Located in the depression below the bony prominence on the medial side of the big toe. Indications include anhidrosis in febrile diseases, spleen and stomach deficiency, borborygmus, vomiting, diarrhea, cholera-like syndrome, loss of appetite, fever, leg pain, cold hands and feet, lumbosacral pain, and difficulty in defecation.
Shangqiu (SP5): Belongs to the Jing-River Metal point. Located in the slight depression anterior to the inferior border of the medial malleolus. Indications include muscle spasms and stiffness, pain along the medial aspect of the legs and feet, abdominal distension, borborygmus, chills, and rebellious qi.
Yinlingquan (SP9): Belongs to the He-Sea Water point. Located in the depression below the medial condyle of the tibia, taken with the knee flexed and foot extended. Indications include cholera-like syndrome, abdominal distension with wheezing and rebellious qi, seven types of hernia, and eight types of mass formations.
Gongsun (SP4): Connects with the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and branches to the Yangming channel. Located one cun posterior to Taibai, behind the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Indications include various gynecological disorders, postpartum syncope due to blood loss, retained placenta, wind pathogens, seven types of hernia, and rectal prolapse.
Sanyinjiao (SP6): The intersection of the three Yin meridians (Liver, Spleen, Kidney). Located three cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, in the depression behind the tibia. Contraindicated in pregnancy. Indications include heaviness of the body, flaccidity of the feet, pain along the medial aspect of the knee, seven types of hernia, Xiao Chang Qi (small intestine qi disorder), external abscesses in the genital/anal region, dysuria, and five types of Lin syndrome.
(Primary acupoints: six; Branch acupoint: one; Total: seven acupoints)
Lidui (ST45): Belongs to the Jing-Well Metal point. Located at the lateral end of the second toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail margin. Indications include febrile diseases with anhidrosis resembling malaria, corpse-like coma (Shi Jue), lockjaw, abdominal distension, hypersomnia, facial edema, throat obstruction (Hou Bi), and toothache.
Neiting (ST44): Belongs to the Ying-Spring Water point. Located in the depression between the second and third toes. Indications include abdominal distension, chronic malaria, cold extremities, toothache, and redness and swelling of the legs, knees, and dorsum of the feet.
Xian Gu (ST43): Belongs to the Shu-Stream Wood point. Located in the depression distal to the second metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side, two cun distal to Neiting. Indications include chronic malaria with anhidrosis, facial edema, and abdominal distension with borborygmus.
Chongyang (ST42): Belongs to the Yuan-Source point. Located on the dorsum of the foot where the pulse is palpable, three cun proximal to Xian Gu. Indications includes hemiplegia, facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eye), alternating chills and fever resembling malaria, and toothache.
Jie Xi (ST41): Belongs to the Jing-River Fire point. Located 1.5 cun proximal to Chongyang, at the ankle crease where shoelaces are tied. Indications include cough, asthma, rebellious qi, wandering accumulation of qi in the abdomen, dizziness, blurred vision, and ocular nebula.
Zusanli (ST36): Belongs to the He-Sea Earth point. Located three cun below the knee, between the two tendons on the lateral aspect of the tibia. To locate: circle the kneecap with the thumb and index finger; the point is at the tip of the middle finger when the foot is lifted. Indications include various diseases in both men and women, injuries from the Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries, various Qi disorders and diseases of the spleen and stomach, various gu poison conditions, various eye diseases, throat obstruction, and various pains caused by wind-cold.
Fenglong (ST40): Branches to the Taiyang channel. Located eight cun above the lateral malleolus, in the depression on the lateral aspect of the lower leg. Indications include physical fatigue, soreness and pain in the legs and knees, inability to move the four limbs, Qi pain in the heart and abdomen, difficulty in urination and defecation, acute cold-type asthma and cough, throat obstruction, and rebellious qi.