Name

足通谷

• Zu Tong Gu
• Tong Gu
• Valley of Communication
• Communicating with the Valley

Location

In front of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the fifth toe, where the skin changes color.

Nature

• Ying-Spring Point
• Water Point
• Ben Point

Functions

• Drains Fire from the upper body: epistaxis, dizziness, blurred vision, heat in the head, nasal problems, headache and neck pain
• Drains Heat in the Bladder: cystitis, burning urination, dark and scanty urine
• It would be a distal point of the BL-3 to BL-7 points

Treatment

• Needling: 0.2 CUN

Interactions

• Precordial pain: CV-14, CV-12, CV-17, CV-15, BL-15
• Rhinitis and epistaxis: LI-4, LI-6, LI-3, BL-60