火硬 (Huǒ Yìng) — Fire Hardness
Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位) · point 66.03
Traditionally used for
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Menstrual & women's health
- Heart & circulation
Cautions & contraindications
- Pregnancy
Location
On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second metatarsal bones, 0.5 cun distal to the junction of the two bones — just distal to LV3.
Needling
- Pregnancy
Depth:
0.5–0.8 cun
Angle:
Perpendicular
⚠ Cautions: Strictly contraindicated in pregnancy — Tung's texts record it as a point that can induce labour or miscarriage.
Functions
- Regulates the Heart
- Regulates the uterus and promotes delivery
- Moves qi and blood
Indications
Palpitations and cardiac paindysmenorrhoea and irregular menstruationdifficult labour and retained placentauterine prolapsedizzinessvertex headache
In Master Tung's System
Zone:
Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位)
Correspondence: Images the Heart and the uterus; lies on the Liver channel's territory between the first and second metatarsals.
Needled as a Dao Ma group with:
T.66.04
Clinical Notes
Needled with Huo Zhu as a two-needle Dao Ma. The pregnancy contraindication here is emphatic in every source.
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