| TRANSLATION: | Bubbling Spring |
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| TYPE: | Jing-well, Wood, Sedation |
| LOCATION: | On the sole of the foot, between the second and third metatarsal bones, approximately one third of the distance between the base of the second toe and the heel, in a depression formed when the foot is plantar flexed. |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
Kidney Meridian 肾经
| TRANSLATION: | Burning (Blazing) Valley |
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| TYPE: | Ying-spring, Fire |
| LOCATION: | Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Supreme Stream; Great Creek; Great Stream |
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| TYPE: | Yuan-source, Shu-stream, Earth |
| LOCATION: | In the depression between the medial malleolus and Achilles tendon, level with the tip of the medial malleolus |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) join with UB 60 |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.0 cun, b) 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Great Bell; Big Goblet; Large Bell |
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| TYPE: | Luo-connecting |
| LOCATION: | Approximately .5 cun posterior to the midpoint of the line drawn between KD 3 and KD 5, on the anterior border of the Achilles tendon |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 70° anterior insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Water Spring |
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| TYPE: | Xi-cleft |
| LOCATION: | 1 cun directly below KD 3, in the depression anterior and superior to the medial side of the calcaneal tuberosity, at the site of the insertion of the Achilles tendon into the calcaneum |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 70° insertion away from the bone |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Luminous (Shining) Sea |
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| TYPE: | Confluent point of the Yin Qiao vessel |
| LOCATION: | 1 cun below the tip of the medial malleolus, in the groove formed by two ligamentous bundles |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° superior insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |