Kidney 1

KD 1 / Yong quan / Bubbling Spring

POINT LOCATION

On the sole of the foot, in the depression when the foot is in plantar flexion, approximately at the junction of the anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the line connecting the base of the 2nd and 3rd toes and the heel.

 

Associations

• Jing-Well Point of the Kidney Channel
• Entry Point of the Kidney Channel

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Loss of consciousness
• Lumbar pain
• Pain and contracture of the foot

• Headache

• Dizziness

• Blurry vision

• Sore throat
• Tidal fever
• 5 palm heat
• Epilepsy
• Anxiety
• Rage
• Insomnia
• Infantile convulsions

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Tonifies Yin
• Clears Heat
• Descends Yang counterflow
• Calms Shen
• Revives consciousness

 

TCM Patterns Treated

• Liver Yang Rising
• Liver Fire
• Kidney Yin Deficiency
• Heart Yang Deficiency