How to find the Yongquan point? Massaging the Yongquan point can treat enuresis, so how do you find the Yongquan point? Let’s take a look at the precise location of the Yongquan point together below.

How to find the Yongquan point

It is located at the bottom of the foot, in the indentation on the anterior side of the foot when the feet are curled. It is approximately at the intersection point of the front one-third and the back two-thirds of the line connecting the beginning of the webbing between the second and third toes with the heel.

Location

The Ling Shu Mang Gu Ben Shu says: "The kidney originates from the Yongquan. The Yongquan is the sole of the foot, known as the ‘meeting point of the five elements’.

Acupoint name analysis

涌泉穴. 涌，as it comes out externally. 泉，spring water. The name of this acupoint metaphorically refers to the body’s spleen meridian’s meridian water that rises from this point. This acupoint is the first point of the spleen meridian, and it connects the spleen meridian’s body surface meridian. The super-high water-damp of the spleen meridian body meridian rises from this point, hence the name.

Acupoint selection method

Lie flat, flex the five toes, select the acupoint in the center of the anterior side of the sole, about one-third in front of the sole (excluding the toes), where the front and middle one-third intersect, at the slightly waiting place of the second and third metatarsophalangeal joints.

Simple method

1. The depression one-third in front of the sole of the foot is the acupoint when the toes are plantar flexed.

2. Lie flat or prone, with the five toes curled, flex the sole of the foot, and the center of the depression in front of the sole of the foot (about one-third in front of the center line of the sole) is the acupoint.

Acupoint anatomy

It has short and long flexor tendons, second lumbrical muscle, and deep interosseous muscles; there is a foot arch from the anterior tibial artery; there are nerve branches on the inside of the sole.

Function

Nourish the kidney and Yin, calm the liver and subdue Yang.

Main treatment

Fainting, infantile convulsions, epilepsy, heatstroke, stroke-like, stroke coma, fear, nervous as if someone is going to catch you, forgetfulness, anger, throat swelling, laryngitis, nosebleed, yellow face, vomiting, nausea, chest stuffiness and pain, difficulty urinating, edema, lower abdominal pain, distension, impotence, barrenness in women, shoulder and back pain, lumbar pain, pain in the inner posterior part of the thigh, knee to foot coldness, knee pain, edema of the foot, cholera cramps, pain in the five toes, hot sole, running fetus, and more.

Acupoint combination

Complementing the Baihui point, among the population, it is mainly for fainting, epilepsy, shock; complementing the Sishencong and Shenmen points, mainly for dizziness, insomnia, hysteria.

Operation steps

Needle acupuncture therapy: straight needle 0.3-0.5 cun; moxa cone 1-3 moxa sticks, or soft moxibustion for 5-10 minutes.

Acupoint health preservation

As the saying goes, ‘If you want the elderly to be peaceful, 涌泉 should be warm.’ According to clinical medical observations, if you persistently rub the 涌泉穴 every day, it can make the elderly energetic, improve physical quality, and enhance the ability to prevent diseases. According to investigations, the treatment method of rubbing the 涌泉穴 can prevent more than fifty kinds of diseases such as asthma in the elderly, weak waist and legs, insomnia and dreams, neurasthenia, dizziness, headache, hypertension, deafness, tinnitus, constipation, and more.

1. Soak both 涌泉穴 in hot salt water. The water should be warm enough to be absorbed by the body, with a small amount of edible salt added, soak for 15-30 minutes before going to bed every day.

2. Use moxibustion or herbal medicine moxibustion at the 涌泉穴, once a day, until there is a breeze-like feeling at the 涌泉穴 and personal comfort level.

3. Push and rub, or knock the 涌泉穴 with massage techniques.

4. Lie on the bed and take a sitting posture, with your feet naturally separating upwards, or sit in a cross-legged position. Then, use your two index fingers to repeatedly push and rub from the heel to the toe towards the 涌泉穴; or use your hands to gently and quickly strike the 涌泉穴, best with a breeze-like feeling on the sole of the foot.

5. Take the natural posture, lying on your back or stomach, and use your own two feet to alternate in a mutual grinding posture. It is also possible to use the sole of your foot to蹬 and grind the bedroom bed or other equipment. This method can also massage the涌泉穴.