T.55.01

Huo Bao

Star

火包 (Huǒ Bāo) — Fire Wrap (Foot)

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 5 — Sole and Foot (五五部位) · point 55.01

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Menstrual & women's health
Heart & circulation

Location

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

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

Body map, front: T.55.01 · Foot — Fig. — T.55.01 · Foot After Albinus, 1747

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

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Needling

Depth: Prick to bleed

Angle: Prick with a three-edged needle

Bleeding technique: Bled rather than needled, in acute cardiac pain or severe period pain.

⚠ Cautions: Acute chest pain requires urgent medical assessment.

Functions

Opens the chest and relieves acute cardiac pain
Regulates menstruation

Indications

Acute cardiac pain and anginasevere dysmenorrhoeachest oppression

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 5 — Sole and Foot (五五部位)

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