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Indications: Headache, vertigo, psychosis, abdominal distension, constipation, and paralysis of lower limb.
Application: The needle is vertically inserted for 1.6-3.3 cm.
(2)Chongyang (ST 42):
Location:
On the dome of foot arch with the dorsal artery pulse of foot and
between the tendons of long extensor muscle of big toe and long extensor
muscle of other toes.
Indications: Deviation of mouth and eye, facial swelling, toothache, psychosis, epilepsy, stomachache and weakness of foot.
Application: The needle is vertically inserted for 1-1.6 cm and away from the artery.
(3)Xian'gu(ST 43): Location: On the dorsum of foot and in a depression anterior to the junction of 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones.
Indications:
Edema of face and body, redness, swelling and pain of eyes, abdominal
pain with gurgling sound, febrile diseases, and swelling and pain of
dorsum of foot.
Application: The needle is vertically or obliquely inserted for 1.6-3.3cm.
(4)
Neitirlg (ST 44): Location: On the dorsum of foot, between the 2nd and
3rd toes and on the dorsoplantar boundary of the web fold.
Indications:
Toothache, sore throat, deviation of mouth, nasal bleeding,
stomachache, regurgitation of sour fluid, abdominal distension,
diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, febrile diseases, and swelling and
pain of dorsum of foot.
Application: The needle is vertically or obliquely inserted for 1.6-2.6 cm.
PrefaceFoot
therapy is a branch of traditional Chinese medicine. It contains a
number of unique therapeutic methods established and developed over a
very long historical period of medical practice by many physicians of
successive dynasties. Because the foot is closely linked with the
internal organs through meridians, and fixed acupoints and corresponding
areas of the internal organs are located on the foot, different stimuli
applied to those acupoints and areas on foot can prevent and treat
diseases, and improve and preserve health. Foot therapy methods are easy
to learn and can cure many diseases, without any harmful side effects.
Employing
the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine and the modern
medical knowledge and rich clinical experience of the authors, this book
was written for the enlightenment of foreign readers so that they might
understand, learn, and use this wonderful traditional therapy of China.