足通谷 (Zútōnggǔ) — Valley Passage
Bladder channel · point 66
Traditionally used for
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Nose & throat
- Cough & breathing
- Digestion
- Mood & calm
- Pain & joints
Location
On the little toe, in the depression distal and lateral to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the border between red and white flesh.
How to locate: Run a finger along the outer edge of the foot to the head of the fifth metatarsal at the base of the little toe. The point is in the depression just distal to this joint, at the red and white flesh border.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
3D view
3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.
Needling
Cited needling
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Perpendicular-oblique insertion — towards the soleDepth 0.2–0.3 cunskindeeper
Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.
Sources (1)
- Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 324 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Clears heat from the head and calms the spirit
- Descends rebellious Lung and Stomach qi
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, BL66 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese nameSmall Intestine channelHand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Lung channelHand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Lung channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairKidney channelFoot · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Kidney channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeLung channelHand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Lung channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourSmall Intestine channelHand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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6. Same channelBladder channelFoot · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Bladder channel →
Classical calendar method · 子午流注
When the tables open BL66
The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.
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壬午 11:00–13:00 Na Jia Fa, 庚-day sequence · Ying-Spring (滎)
「壬午膀胱通谷之」
Next: Fri 23 Oct, 11:00
A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →
Sources
- World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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