T.66.12

Huo San

Star

火散 (Huǒ Sàn) — Fire Dispersal

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位) · point 66.12

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Eye health
  • Ears & hearing
  • Blood pressure

Cautions & contraindications

  • Pregnancy

Location

On the medial border of the foot, on the plantar aspect of the first metatarsal bone, at the junction of its proximal and middle thirds.

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

Body map, front: T.66.12 · Foot
Fig. — T.66.12 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: T.66.12 · Foot

T.66.12 · 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

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Needling

  • Pregnancy
Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun
Angle: Perpendicular
⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Functions

  • Subdues rising yang
  • Benefits the eyes and the head

Indications

Hypertensiondizziness and headacheeye disorderstinnitus

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 6 — Foot and Dorsum (六六部位)
Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.66.10, T.66.11

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