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湧泉 (Yǒngquán) — Bubbling Spring

Kidney channel · point 1

Not yet clinically reviewed

Jing-Well pointWood pointWood point of the Kidney channelSedation (son) point

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Nose & throat
  • Bowel health
  • Urinary & fluids
  • Sleep
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Blood pressure

Cautions & contraindications

  • Pregnancy

Location

On the sole of the foot, in the deepest depression that appears when the toes are flexed, roughly at the junction of the anterior third and posterior two-thirds of a line from the heel to the web between the second and third toes.

How to locate: With the patient supine or prone, curl the toes; a hollow forms in the front third of the sole, just behind the ball of the foot between the second and third metatarsals. The point is at the deepest part of this hollow, roughly one third of the way from the web of the second and third toes to the heel, and is usually tender.

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

Body map, front: KI1 · Foot
Fig. — KI1 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: KI1 · Foot

KI1 · 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

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 336 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • Pregnancy
Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular
⚠ Cautions: Intensely sensitive — warn the patient. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Functions

  • Descends excess yang from the head and subdues wind
  • Revives collapsed yang, restores consciousness and calms the spirit
  • Nourishes Kidney yin and clears deficiency heat
  • Grounds and anchors the qi

Indications

Loss of consciousness and collapseheadache and dizziness at the vertexhypertensioninsomnia and severe anxietyepilepsy and childhood convulsionshot flushes and feverish solessore throatdifficult urination and constipation

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, KI1 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open KI1

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 癸亥 21:00–23:00 Na Jia Fa, 癸-day sequence · Jing-Well (井)

    「癸日亥時井湧泉」

    Next: Fri 16 Oct, 21:00

  • 酉 17:00–19:00 Na Zi Fa, KI channel · reduce (瀉)

    「瀉用酉時，湧泉，為井木」

    Next: Thu 15 Oct, 17:00

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 →

Clinical Notes

The lowest point on the body and the strongest descending point in the repertoire. Applying herbs or moxa here to draw fire downward is a classical technique for hypertension and insomnia.

Combinations Using This Point

Resuscitation Points — GV26 and the Jing-Well Bleeding

GV26 with strong stimulation, and the Jing-Well points bled, for collapse, fainting and loss of consciousness.

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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