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POINT: KI-1 (KIDNEY - 1)  

NAME: YONGQUAN

English: Gushing Spring
Also Known As: Bubbling Spring

LOCATION:

  • On the sole of the foot, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the line connecting the base of the second and third toes and the heel.
  • In the depression produced on the sole when the foot is plantar flexed, approximately one-third the distance from the base of the second toe to the back of the heel.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5 cun.
  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5-1 cun causing local pain and distention, possibly extending throughput the ankle.
  • Do not bleed
  • Moxibustion is applicable

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Jing-Well point of the Kidney channel
  • Wood point of the Kidney channel
  • Sedation point
  • Courage point
  • Taoist yoga power point
  • Primary sedation point
  • Entry point
  • Dispersion point of the Kidney channel

ACTIONS:

  • Tonifies the Kidneys, especially Yin and Jing
  • Enriches Yin
  • Calms the Shen
  • Calms the Heart
  • Calms the Mind
  • Restores collapsed Yang
  • Revives consciousness
  • Clears the brain
  • Opens the sensory orifices
  • Transforms Heart Phlegm
  • Clears Fire and Heat, especially in the head
  • Subdues Wind
  • Descends Excess from the head
  • "Corpse Receiver" - emergency point for high Blood pressure

INDICATIONS:

  • Yin Deficiency
  • Heart and Kidney Unable to Communicate
  • Liver Yang Rising
  • Liver Fire
  • Liver Wind
  • Headache
  • Headaches with vertigo
  • Blurred vision
  • Cloudy vision
  • Dizziness
  • Visual dizziness
  • Sore throat
  • Dryness of the mouth and tongue
  • Loss of voice
  • Dysuria
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Feverish sensation in the sole
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Loss of consciousness due to Windstroke
  • Edema
  • Chest disorders
  • Fullness of the chest and ribs
  • Infertility
  • Impotence
  • Anorexia
  • Anorexia with its origin in the Heart
  • Borborygmus
  • Back pain with abdominal distention
  • Kidney pain
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Scrotal inflammation
  • Throat Bi
  • Hypertension
  • Epistaxis
  • Incessant epistaxis
  • Sore, dry or swollen throat
  • Pale face
  • Suffocation
  • Fright
  • Nervousness
  • Painful diarrhea
  • Diarrhea with shivering
  • Likes to lie down
  • Burning sensation in the chest
  • Stiffness of the tongue
  • Angina
  • Pain in the foot when it touches the ground
  • Urinary retention
  • Loss of memory
  • Calm madness
  • Pain and Cold sensations in the neck
  • Cold
  • Chills
  • Laryngitis
  • Headache at the vertex
  • Fainting
  • Heat exhaustion
  • Pain in the tips of the toes
  • Myocarditis
  • Psychosis
  • Colic
  • Beriberi
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Cholera with muscular spasms
  • Diarrhea or constipation with renal pains
  • Stroke
  • Insanity
  • Agitation
  • Heart pain
  • Wind rash
  • Contracted sinews
  • Diminished Qi
  • Night sweats
  • Hot flashes
  • Deficiency fear
  • Wants to walk about all the time in bare feet (doesn't like shoes)
  • Hot, dry feet (Deficiency)
  • Hot wet feet (Excess)
  • Hyperdrosis
  • Red face (like a beet)
  • Major effect on the loins
  • Low back pain
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Water retention
  • Oliguria
  • Aching in any part of the body
  • Seizures
  • Hysteria with fainting
  • Closed-type Windstroke
  • Cardiovascular stroke
  • Heatstroke
  • Collapsing syndrome due to Excess
  • Convulsions
  • Shock
  • Childhood fright wind
  • Aphonia
  • Aphonia due to near drowning
  • High fever
  • Hypersomnia
  • Cough
  • Thirst
  • Vision problems
  • Dyspnea
  • Dyspnea with great thirst
  • Epigastric pain
  • Pain in the inner thigh
  • Epilepsy
  • Five types of epilepsy
  • Leg pain
  • Urticaria
  • Torticollis with headaches
  • Pain of the tips of the fingers
  • Swollen belly like a pregnant woman
  • Pain in the vertebral column radiating to the flanks
  • Intestinal Wind
  • Fevers
  • Lassitude
  • Cramps due to diarrhea and vomiting (sudden turmoil disorder)
  • Extremely painful headache
  • Nervous headache
  • Cadaveric syncope with face black like charcoal
  • Dyschesia
  • Inflammation of the Heart
  • Running piglet
  • Uterine prolapse
  • Jaundice
  • All types of hernia
  • Paralysis of the lower limbs
  • Hematemesis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Abdominal distention with pain on both sides of the navel
  • Hungry but does not wish to eat
  • Insomnia
  • Mental illness
  • Pain in the tips of the toes
  • Dark complexion
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Rage with a desire to kill people
  • Abdominal pain in pregnant women with inability to urinate
  • Disorders due to excessive sexual activity
  • Pain of the five toes with inability to stand
  • Shan disorders
  • Mouth ulcers

COMBINATIONS:

ST-36
Zusanli

LI-4
Hegu
ST-40
Fenglong

KI-4
Duzhong

Septic shock

Consumptive cough

Swollen, painful throat with difficulty swallowing

ST-2
Sibai
UB-11
Dazhu

KI-4
Dazhong

PC-8
Laogong

Headache and visual dizziness

Pain of the throat with inability to eat

The five types of epilepsy

HT-7
Shenmen
LU-11
Shaoshang
UB-15
Xinshu

LI-4
Hegu
GB-35
Yangjiao

DU-6
Jizhong

or

DU-24
Shenting
DU-25
Suliao

Dementia

Loss of voice

Wind epilepsy

KI-2
Rangu

GB-30
Huantiao

LIV-2
Xingjian

Throat Bi with chills and fever

Pain of the toes with inability to walk on the ground

Windrash

Severe thirst from wasting and thirsting disorder

UB-32
Ciliao
SP-5
Shangqiu

LI-4
Hegu
LI-11
Quchi
GB-39
Xuanzhong
ST-36
Zusanli
DU-14
Dazhui

DU-24
Shenting
DU-23
Shang Xing
UB-45
Yixi
LU-10
Yuji
SP-2
Dadu

Infertility

Injury by Cold with great Heat that does not recede

Visual dizziness

DU-2
Yaoshu
UB-40
Weizhong
UB-27
Xiaochangshu
UB-28
Pangguangshu

LIV-3
Taichong
HT-6
Yinxi
REN-4
Guanyuan

 

Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region

Menopausal hot flashes

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • Forbidden after the seventh month of pregnancy

NOTES:

  • This point brings in earth energy.
  • It is good to moxa this point to strengthen the whole body.
  • Walking in cold, wet grass stimulates the circulation and is good for cancer patients.
  • In Korea, a month before his wedding, a man would stand on hot coals to stimulate his sexual energy.
  • This point sedates Qi and is used for Excess conditions.
  • It tonifies Yin and reduces Empty Fire.
  • It is recommended to massage KI-1 before bed to treat insomnia.
  • It is frequently used for Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat in the Heart (Heart and Kidney Not Harmonized).