Name
丘墟
- Qiu Xu
- Ruins of the Mound
- Confluence of the Hill
Location
In a depression anterior and inferior to the lateral malleolus
Nature
Yuan-Source Point of the Gall Bladder
Actions
- Strengthens Gall Bladder Qi to promote courage and confidence. Indecisiveness, cowardice, lack of purpose in life
- Disperses excess in Liver and Gall Bladder: pain with swelling in the hypochondrium, anger, red eyes, pain, inflammation along the channel pathway, swollen lymph nodes in the axillae
- Descends Fire from the head: migraine, headaches, throat, vocal cords, teeth, eyes, ears
- Hip, knee and ankle pain, ankle sprain: GB-40 + BL-57 + BL-63 + KI-2 + SP-4
Comments
Promotes Qi Ji of the Liver and Gall Bladder
Treatment
- Needling: 0.2 CUN
- Moxa