T.66.04

Huo Zhu

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火主 (Huǒ Zhǔ) — Fire Master

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位) · point 66.04

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Dizziness
Heart & circulation
Liver & jaundice

Cautions & contraindications

Pregnancy

Location

On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second metatarsal bones, in the depression at the junction of the two bones — corresponding closely to LV3, needled slightly more proximally against the bone.

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

Body map, front: T.66.04 · Foot — Fig. — T.66.04 · Foot After Albinus, 1747

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 can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Pregnancy

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular, angled proximally against the bone

⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Functions

Regulates the Heart and relieves cardiac pain
Spreads Liver qi
Relieves vertex headache

Indications

Cardiac pain and anginavertex and one-sided headachedizzinesshepatitis and liver disordersdifficult labourcold hands and feetchest oppression

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位)

Correspondence: Images the Heart and the Liver.

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.66.03

Clinical Notes

With Huo Ying, one of the most-used Dao Ma pairs of the foot, and Tung's principal distal combination for cardiac pain and vertex headache.

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