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POINT: UB-66 (URINARY BLADDER-66)

NAME: ZUTONGGU

English: Foot Connecting Valley
Also Known As: Connecting Valley of the Foot
Passing Valley
Penetrating Valley
Through the Valley
Bursting of the Valley

LOCATION:

  • On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression anterior and inferior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint.
  • Anterior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular-oblique insertion towards the sole, 0.2 to 0.3 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.2 to 0.3 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Yin-Spring point
  • Water point
  • Horary point

ACTIONS:

  • Clears the head
  • Descends Lung and Stomach Qi
  • Clears Heat
  • Removes obstruction from the channel
  • Eliminates Wind

INDICATIONS:

  • Heaviness of the head
  • Neck pain
  • Visual dizziness
  • Redness of the eyes
  • Epistaxis
  • Sweating without aversion to cold
  • Malaria
  • Headache
  • Neck rigidity
  • Asthma
  • Insanity
  • Fear
  • Dreams of falling
  • Dreams of water
  • Rhinorrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Undigested food in the stools
  • Cough
  • Dyspnea
  • Fullness of the chest with congested fluids
  • Mania
  • Propensity to fright
  • Blurred vision
  • Vertigo
  • Mental illness
  • Acute cystitis
  • Fear of the unknown
  • Fear of drowning
  • Dreams of something falling on you

COMBINATIONS:

LI-6
Pianli
LI-4
Hegu
LI-3
Sanjian
UB-60
Kunlun

SJ-6
Zhigou
SJ-8
Sanyangluo

SP-5
Shangqiu
KI-21
Youmen

Rhinitis with epistaxis

Sudden loss of voice

Vomiting

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • The principle function is to clear pathologically ascending Qi from the head.
  • It is particularly useful to clear Bladder Heat.