穴义

承，承受；山，山岭。
腓肠肌之二肌腹高突如山，穴在其下，有承受之势。

Meaning

Cheng, sustain; shan, mountain.
The two bellies of the gastrocnemius muscle are as prominent as a mountain. The point is below them, as though holding up a mountain.

定位

委中与平外踝最突出处的跟腱连线的中点。

Location

the midpoint of the line drawn from Weizhong to the heel tendon at the same level with the apex of the lateral malleolus.

主治

① 治腓肠肌痉挛的要穴；
② 治便秘，内痔脱出，脱肛等；
③ 腰背痛；
④ 坐骨神经痛，下肢瘫痪等。

Indication

1. main point to relieve cramp of the venter of gastrocnemius muscle.
2. constipation, collapse of the internal piles, collapse of anus.
3. pain of the back and the lumbar.
4. sciatic neuralgia, paraplegia, etc.

针法

直刺或针尖略向上斜刺1-2寸。

Method

puncture perpendicularly or obliquely upward 1-2cun.

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