Acupoints for Heel Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大陵 (dà líng)

🎯 Location: In the middle of the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, fever, anxiety, palpitations, jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 合谷 (hé gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy; avoid in first trimester.

🛡️ Treats: fever, tinnitus, release:exterior, amenorrhea, wind

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute appendicitis; caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 飛陽 (fēi yáng)

🎯 Location: 7 thumb widths directly above the ub60 on the posterior border of the fibula about 1 thumb width lateral and inferior to the ub57.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, dizziness, pain:back, heaviness, swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水泉 (shuǐ quán)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly below kd3 in the depression of the medial side of the tuberosity of the calcaneum.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:abdomen, amenorrhea, prolapse:uterus, dysfunction:urination, dysmenorrhoea

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承山 (chéng shān)

🎯 Location: On the posterior midline of the leg between ub40 and ub60 in the pointed depression the formed below gastrocnemius belly when leg is stretched or heel is lifted.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, pain, prolapse:rectum, malaria, haemorrhoids