Yongquan KI1 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication

Nomenclature:

Yong: To gush Quan: Spring
Water weiling up is called a gushing spring. Yongquan is on the depression of the sole and the Qi of the meridian flows upwards like a gushing spring.

Point: KI 1
Chinese Name: 涌泉
Name: Yong Quan
English Name/Meaning: Gushing Spring
Pinyin: yǒng quán
Han Geul 한글: yong cheon 용천
Romaji: yu sen
Vietnamese: Dũng tuyền

Location:

On the sole, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, and in the anterior depression when the foot is flexed, approximately at the junction of the anterior 1/3 and posterior 2/3 of the sole.(excluding toe).

Functions:

• Clears kidney heat (Excess or deficiency heat).
• Opens sensory orifices (Loss of consciousness, bring back Yangqi, clears brain).
• Calms the spirit (For live yang rising problems, irritability, angry, high blood pressure, drains heat from heart).

Indications of Yongquan:

• Yongquan is main point to activate the brain-energy for waking up a patient from unconsciousness: syncope, hysteria, etc.
• Headache, dizziness;
• Sore throat, loss of voice;
• Insomnia, psychosis, infantile convulsions;
• Feverish sensation in the sole;
• Constipation, difficulty in urination.

Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 cun

Remarks:

Jing-Well Point
Entry Point
Son (reducing) point

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