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POINT: GB-44 (GALL BLADDER-44)  

NAME: ZUQIAOYIN

English: 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

LOCATION:

  • About 0.1 cun from the lateral corner of the fourth toenail.
  • On the dorsal aspect of the fourth toe, at the junction of the lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion, 0.1 to 0.2 cun.
  • Puncture superficially about 0.1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally 0.1 to 0.2 cun or prick to bleed.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Jing-Well point
  • Metal point

ACTIONS:

  • Clears and benefits the head
  • Benefits the chest and lateral costal region
  • Calms the Shen
  • Subdues Liver Yang
  • Clears Heat
  • Benefits the temporal area

INDICATIONS:

  • Headache
  • Hypertension
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Intercostal neuralgia Asthma
  • Pleurisy
  • Unilateral headache
  • Vertigo
  • Dyspnea
  • Inflammation of the dorsum of the foot
  • Sharp pains, especially in the ribs
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Articular troubles in general
  • Speech problems
  • Fright
  • Dreams of ghosts
  • Dreams of death
  • Dreams of someone chasing you to hurt you
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Pain of the lateral costal region with cough and inability to catch the breath
  • Nightmares
  • Insomnia
  • Somnolence
  • Agitation and Heat of the hands and feet
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Anhidrosis
  • Nervous headache
  • Hordeolum
  • Irritability
  • Emergency care
  • Migraine
  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Ophthalmalgia
  • Dream-disturbed sleep
  • Febrile diseases
  • Blurred vision
  • Eye redness, pain and swelling
  • Dry mouth
  • Throat Bi
  • Can't raise the arms
  • Can't bend the knees
  • Dilatation of the Heart
  • Cerebral anemia
  • Chronic cough
  • Headache with agitation
  • Stabbing pain of the head
  • Dizziness
  • Sudden deafness
  • Pain of the outer canthus
  • Stiffness of the tongue or curled tongue with dry mouth
  • Stiffness of the tongue with inability to speak
  • Contracted sinews
  • Contraction of the sinews of the four limbs
  • Inability to raise the elbow
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Sadness
  • Syncope
  • Breast abscess
  • Hot and Cold abscess

COMBINATIONS:

DU-18
Qiangjian

SJ-1
Guanchong

SJ-1
Guanchong
SI-1
Shaoze

Stabbing pain of the head with inability to move

Deafness

Throat Bi

Curled tongue

Dry mouth

KI-7
Fuliu
PC-3
Quze
LU-10
Yuji
SI-1
Shaoze
DU-23
Shangxing
LIV-8
Ququan
UB-60
Kunlun
GB-43
Xiaxi

LI-10
Shousanli

 

Anhidrosis

Contraction and inability to extend the arm and elbow

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point replaces vital trace minerals.
  • This point treats conditions of the tongue, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.