ACUPUNCTURE
Yong Quan: TCM Acupoint Guide
YONGQUAN
Name
Yong Quan (Yongquan)
Location
On the sole of the foot, in the depression produced when the foot is plantar flexed, approximately at the junction of the anterior one third and posterior two thirds of the line connecting the base of the second and third toes and the heel.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun, causing local pain and distention, possibly extending throughout the ankle.
- Do not bleed.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Jing-well point of the Kidney channel
- Wood point of the Kidney channel
- Sedation point
- Courage point
- Taoist yoga power point
- Primary sedation point
- Entry point
- Dispersion point of the Kidney channel
Actions
- Tonifies the Kidneys, especially Yin and Jing
- Enriches Yin
- Calms the Shen
- Calms the Heart
- Calms the Mind
- Restores collapsed Yang
- Revives consciousness
- Clears the brain
- Opens the sensory orifices
- Transforms Heart Phlegm
- Clears Fire and Heat, especially in the head
- Subdues Wind
- Descends Excess from the head
- Corpse Receiver, an emergency point for high Blood pressure
Indications
- Yin Deficiency
- Heart and Kidney Unable to Communicate
- Liver Yang Rising
- Liver Fire
- Liver Wind
- Headache
- Headaches with vertigo
- Blurred vision
- Cloudy vision
- Dizziness
- Visual dizziness
- Sore throat
- Dryness of the mouth and tongue
- Loss of voice
- Dysuria
- Infantile convulsions
- Feverish sensation in the sole
- Loss of consciousness
- Loss of consciousness due to Windstroke
- Edema
- Chest disorders
- Fullness of the chest and ribs
- Infertility
- Impotence
- Anorexia
- Anorexia with its origin in the Heart
- Borborygmus
- Back pain with abdominal distention
- Kidney pain
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Scrotal inflammation
- Throat Bi
- Hypertension
- Epistaxis
- Incessant epistaxis
- Sore, dry or swollen throat
- Pale face
- Suffocation
- Fright
- Nervousness
- Painful diarrhea
- Diarrhea with shivering
- Likes to lie down
- Burning sensation in the chest
- Stiffness of the tongue
- Angina
- Pain in the foot when it touches the ground
- Urinary retention
- Loss of memory
- Calm madness
- Pain and Cold sensations in the neck
- Cold
- Chills
- Laryngitis
- Headache at the vertex
- Fainting
- Heat exhaustion
- Pain in the tips of the toes
- Myocarditis
- Psychosis
- Colic
- Beriberi
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Cholera with muscular spasms
- Diarrhea or constipation with renal pains
- Stroke
- Insanity
- Agitation
- Heart pain
- Wind rash
- Contracted sinews
- Diminished Qi
- Night sweats
- Hot flashes
- Deficiency fear
- Wants to walk about all the time in bare feet and does not like shoes
- Hot, dry feet (Deficiency)
- Hot, wet feet (Excess)
- Hyperdrosis
- Red face like a beet
- Major effect on the loins
- Low back pain
- Lower abdominal pain
- Water retention
- Oliguria
- Aching in any part of the body
- Seizures
- Hysteria with fainting
- Closed-type Windstroke
- Cardiovascular stroke
- Heatstroke
- Collapsing syndrome due to Excess
- Convulsions
- Shock
- Childhood fright Wind
- Aphonia
- Aphonia due to near drowning
- High fever
- Hypersomnia
- Cough
- Thirst
- Vision problems
- Dyspnea
- Dyspnea with great thirst
- Epigastric pain
- Pain in the inner thigh
- Epilepsy
- Five types of epilepsy
- Leg pain
- Urticaria
- Torticollis with headaches
- Pain of the tips of the fingers
- Swollen belly like a pregnant woman
- Pain in the vertebral column radiating to the flanks
- Intestinal Wind
- Fevers
- Lassitude
- Cramps due to diarrhea and vomiting (sudden turmoil disorder)
- Extremely painful headache
- Nervous headache
- Cadaveric syncope with a face black like charcoal
- Dyschesia
- Inflammation of the Heart
- Running piglet Qi
- Uterine prolapse
- Jaundice
- All types of hernia
- Paralysis of the lower limbs
- Hematemesis
- Hemoptysis
- Abdominal distention with pain on both sides of the navel
- Hungry but does not wish to eat
- Insomnia
- Mental illness
- Pain in the tips of the toes
- Dark complexion
- Running piglet Qi
- Rage with a desire to kill people
- Abdominal pain in pregnant women with inability to urinate
- Disorders due to excessive sexual activity
- Pain of the five toes with inability to stand
- Shan disorders
- Mouth ulcers
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| ST-36 Zusanli | Septic shock |
| LI-4 Hegu, ST-40 Fenglong | Consumptive cough |
| KI-4 Dazhong | Swollen, painful throat with difficulty swallowing |
| ST-2 Sibai, UB-11 Dazhu | Headache and visual dizziness |
| KI-4 Dazhong | Pain of the throat with inability to eat |
| PC-8 Laogong | The five types of epilepsy |
| HT-7 Shenmen, LU-11 Shaoshang, UB-15 Xinshu | Dementia |
| LI-4 Hegu, GB-35 Yangjiao | Loss of voice |
| DU-6 Jizhong or DU-24 Shenting, DU-25 Suliao | Wind epilepsy |
| KI-2 Rangu | Throat Bi with chills and fever; pain of the toes with inability to walk on the ground |
| GB-30 Huantiao | Wind rash |
| LIV-2 Xingjian | Severe thirst from wasting and thirsting disorder |
| UB-32 Ciliao, SP-5 Shangqiu | Infertility |
| LI-4 Hegu, LI-11 Quchi, GB-39 Xuanzhong, ST-36 Zusanli, DU-14 Dazhui | Injury by Cold with great Heat that does not recede |
| DU-24 Shenting, DU-23 Shangxing, UB-45 Yixi, LU-10 Yuji, SP-2 Dadu | Visual dizziness |
| DU-2 Yaoshu, UB-40 Weizhong, UB-27 Xiaochangshu, UB-28 Pangguangshu | Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region |
| LIV-3 Taichong, HT-6 Yinxi, REN-4 Guanyuan | Menopausal hot flashes |
Contraindications
Forbidden after the seventh month of pregnancy.
Notes
This point brings in earth energy. It is good to moxa this point to strengthen the whole body. Walking in cold, wet grass stimulates the circulation and is good for cancer patients. In Korea, a month before his wedding, a man would stand on hot coals to stimulate his sexual energy. This point sedates Qi and is used for Excess conditions. It tonifies Yin and reduces Empty Fire. It is recommended to massage KI-1 before bed to treat insomnia. It is frequently used for Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat in the Heart, that is, Heart and Kidney not harmonized.
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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