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EX-LE11

Duyin

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獨陰 (Dúyīn) — Solitary Yin

Extra point · Extra (Lower Extremity) · point EX-LE11

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Digestion
  • Menstrual & women's health
  • Heart & circulation

Cautions & contraindications

  • Pregnancy

Location

On the plantar surface of the second toe, at the midpoint of the crease of the distal interphalangeal joint.

How to locate: With the sole exposed, find the crease of the distal interphalangeal joint on the underside of the second toe; the point is at its midpoint.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: EX-LE11 · Foot
Fig. — EX-LE11 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: EX-LE11 · Foot

EX-LE11 · Foot · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the foot, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

  • Pregnancy
Depth: Moxibustion, or 0.1 cun
Angle: Shallow, or moxibustion
⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in pregnancy other than at term.

Functions

  • Regulates menstruation and the uterus
  • Descends rebellious qi

Indications

Irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhoearetained placenta and difficult labourchest painvomitinghernia

Sources

  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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