ACUPUNCTURE
Jing Gu: TCM Acupoint Guide
JINGGU
Name
Jing Gu (Jinggu)
Location
On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression anterior and inferior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Needling
- Slanted insertion pointed downward and medially, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Yuan-source point
Actions
- Clears the head and eyes
- Eliminates Wind
- Calms the Shen
- Relaxes the sinews
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Clears Heat
- Clears the brain
- Clears the head
- Strengthens the back
- Calms fright
Indications
- Painful and heavy head with cold feet
- Splitting headache
- Heat in the head
- Shaking of the head
- Redness of the inner canthus
- Redness and inflammation of the inner canthus with lesions
- Superficial visual obstruction
- Visual dizziness
- Rhinitis with ceaseless nosebleed
- Chills and fever
- Malaria
- No pleasure in eating
- Seizures
- Tidal fever
- Headache
- Atrocious headache
- Dizziness
- Corneal opacity
- Chronic lower backache
- Insanity
- Wasp or bee stings on the tongue or throat
- Dimness of vision
- Dyspnea
- Difficulty flexing the lumbar region
- Alternating chills and fever
- Epigastric pain
- Pain in the lower back and thigh
- Pain in the lower back and legs
- Atrocious pain in the renal region
- Pain in the hip, calf and foot
- Infantile convulsions
- Mental disorder
- Fear
- Pain in the Heart with eye dizziness
- Incessant epistaxis
- Pain in the knee and contracture of the foot
- Pain in the back and sides, cannot bend
- Deviation of the spinal column
- Scoliosis
- Palpitations
- Heart pain
- Heart pain due to a disturbance of Kidney qi
- Mania-depression
- Propensity to fright
- Epilepsy
- Stiff neck
- Torticollis
- Pain of the back and sides
- Lumbar pain
- Aversion to Cold and pain of the back
- Cracked and dry feet
- Cold-Damp leg qi
- Back pain with inability to lie supine
- Depressive psychosis
- Epistaxis due to Wind-Heat
- Red eyes
- Burning pain on urination
- Myocarditis
- Meningitis
- Pneumonia
- Cataracts
- No desire for food or drink
- Vertigo
- Fright
- Anorexia
- Migraine
- Lumbago
- Pain in the renal region with a sensation of breaking
- Nebula
- White membrane covering the conjunctiva
- Cardiac diseases
- Does not eat or drink
- Heaviness in the head with Cold in the legs
- Stiff body
- Muscular contractures
- Joint pains
- Spasms of the calf
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| UB-60 Kunlun, UB-58 Feiyang, UB-57 Chengshan, SP-1 Yinbai | Heat in the head, rhinitis with nosebleed |
| UB-65 Shugu | Redness and erosion of the inner canthus |
| SI-2 Qiangu | Superficial visual obstruction |
| KI-2 Rangu, UB-23 Shenshu | Cold of the lower extremities |
| UB-56 Chengjin, UB-57 Chengshan, SP-5 Shangqiu | Contraction of the legs |
| UB-23 Shenshu, UB-52 Zhishi, LIV-3 Taichong | Pain of the genitals |
| N-UE-5 Xishang, PC-6 Neiguan, HT-5 Tongli, HT-8 Shaofu | Myocarditis |
Notes
This point creates strong tendons. It is good for the appetite and is used as a first aid point for wasp or bee stings on the tongue or throat.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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