Traditional Chinese Medicine

Foot therapy applies different stimulations including massage, acupuncture, massage bar, and the local application of drugs to certain locations on the foot for the prevention and treatment of diseases and the preservation of health. This is accomplished by adjusting the functions of internal organs and promoting the circulation of Qi and blood through the meridians.
The relationship between foot and the body
Do you believe that general diseases of the body can be cured by therapy applied to the foot? This is the foot therapy of traditional Chinese medicine. As part of the human body and in the same environment with other parts of the body, the foot is closely related to the internal organs. It can reflect pathological changes in the body, and can therefore be used to make diagnosis of disease. At the same time, various types of stimulations applied to specific reflecting areas or points on the foot can improve and preserve health, and prevent and treat diseases.
History and development
Foot therapy originated in China much earlier than other therapies. The ancients found that the pain and discomfort caused by external trauma or disease could be relieved by applying some of stimulation to certain areas of the foot; and that fatigue could be relieved by washing the feet with hot water. They eventually discovered many useful methods of foot therapy, and following their investigations over a long historical period, modern foot massage, foot acupuncture, and the local application of drugs were gradually established as independent therapies.
Ancient Chinese physicians began to treat diseases with foot massage about 2000 years ago. It spread to Japan during the Tang Dynasty, and to European and American countries in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Now, foot therapy has been widely adopted and steadily developed through study and research done by more and more medical workers.
How Does Foot Therapy Work
Firstly, it is safe and effective. Foot therapy belongs to non-wound treatment without any side-effects. Secondly, foot therapy produces speedy results, foot therapy is able to exclude toxins through urinary system and digestive system, thus recovering health. Thirdly, foot therapy can regulate the balance of yin and yang. It can produce biological information and transmit them to the corresponding organs through meridian and nerve systems. Fourth, foot therapy produces inner medicinal factors, therefore foot therapy can improve and strengthen the immune system of the body.

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For convenient learning, the nail and palm diagnosis techniques with the most specific diagnostic value are discussed in the following:
Nail diagnosis
Information about the health of the body can be obtained by observing, touching, pressing, and moving the nail, subungual tissue (nail matrix) and the conjunction of nail and skin. The value of nail diagnosis is briefly discussed as follows:
1) Normal nail:
Shape: The normal nail is an elliptic, ball-shaped plate with a small vertical and horizontal curvature. It has the proper thickness, an elastic hardness, a concealed pink color and a smooth, shiny, and semi-transparent appearance. The lunar zone is normal. The nail fold at the junction of the nail root and skin is red, smooth, soft and regular. There are no ridges or fissures on the surface of the nail plate and no stripes or petechiae on the subungual tissue. The soft red color may be quickly restored after pressure is applied and then released from the nail plate.
Indication: These indicate that both qi and blood are sufficient, meridians are clear, the function of the organs is normal, the body is healthy, and vital energy is plentiful.
2) Long nail :
Shape: The nail plate is bright and clean, but longer than normal and scattered with fine vertical grooves. The subungual tissue is bright, but slightly pale, and the lunar zone is normal. Sometimes, a small hangnail may appear in the nail groove.
Indication: This indicates the impairment of respiratory function, dysfunction of stomach and intestine, and an unsteady emotional condition.
3) Short nail:
Shape: The nail plate is shorter than normal and occupies only one-third of the distal phalanx of finger. The color of the nail plate and subungual tissue is normal and the lunar zone is very small or hiddened underneath the nail fold.
Indication: People with short nails are healthy and robust with a good bursting strength (strength instantly released). Their emotional condition is unstable. People with short nails are easily annoyed, quick to anger, and susceptible to hyperten-
4) Round nail:
Shane: This is a semicircular nail with its peripheral borders coincident with the edge of the distal phalanx, except the proximal border. The nail fold is irregular, but the color of the nail plate and subungual tissue is normal
Indication: People with round nails have a strong physique, good bursting strength, and an unstable emotional condition, and are susceptible to vertigo, migraine, and metabolic diseases.
5) Oval nail:
Shape: This nail is a small oval plate with normal color and some fine vertical lines visible against the light. The color of subungual tissue is normal and the lunar zone is also normal
Indication: People with oval nails are healthy, but their emotional makeup is unstable with strong unsatisfied desires. They are susceptible to stomach diseases, headache, and insomnia.
6) Narrow nail:
Shape: The nail plate is narrow and occupys only one-third the width of the distal phalanx of finger. The skin fold beside the nail is almost as wide as the nail plate. The nail color is uneven and with careful observation some fine horizontal lines are visible on the nail plate. Indication: People with narrow nails are susceptible to cervical and lumbar spinal column diseases.

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According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, 6 regular meridians, including--the foot Yangming stomach, foot Taiyang uninary bladder, foot Shaoyang gallbladder, foot Shaoyin kidney, foot Jueyin liver, and foot Taiyin spleen meridians are connected with the foot, and 33 regular acupoints having important therapeutic functions are located at the original or terminal parts of these 6 meridians.
Through continuous clinical practice, 74 extra foot acupoints were discovered and put into therapeutic use. These holographic points and reflecting areas are widely distributed on the foot, produce stable therapeutic effects, and are not difficult to remember and use in clinical practice.
The acupoints and reflecting areas on the hand and foot can be used independently or in combination to produce an adjusting effect anywhere in the body depending on the time and place of treatment, the nature of the disease, and the experience of the practioner. Distribution of acupoints and reflecting areas on plantar side of foot:
The plantar side of the foot has 1 regular acupoint, 43 extra acupoints, and 32 holographic points and reflecting areas as follows:
1) Regular acupoint:
Yongquan (KI 1 ) :
Location: On the longitudinal midline and at the junction of anterior one-third and posterior two-thirds of the sole, at the tip of a V-shaped crease (Fig. 2-24). Indications: Fainting, psychosis, convulsions, sore throat, dryness in mouth, diarrhea, dryness and rhagades of foot, shock, hypertension, stroke, heat stroke, insomnia, heart palpitations, heart pain, vertigo, parietal headache, pro-lapse of uterus, infertility, aphonia, dysurination, constipation, and spasms due to cholera.
2) Extra acupoints:
(1) Insomnia (Anmian) acupoint (EX-PF 1) :
Location: At the center of the sole (Fig. 2-25).
Indication: Insomnia.
(2) Lineiting (inner Neiting) acupoint (EX-PF 2) :
Location: On the plantar side of foot and in the interosseous space between 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, and opposite to Neiting (ST 44) on dorsal side of foot (Fig. 2-25).
Indications: Pain of toes, convulsions in children, indigestion, and epilepsy.
(3) Nuxi acupoint (EX-PF 3) :
Location: At the midpoim of posterior heel border and on the dorsoplantar boundary of the foot (Fig. 2-25).
Indications: Alveolitis, alveolar abscess, convulsions, epilepsy, nasal bleeding, and nasal obstruction.
(4) No. 1 acupoint (EX-PF 4) :


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1-Kunlun (BL 60) 2-Pucan (BL 61) 3-Shenmai (BL 62) 4-Jinmen (BL 63) 5-Jinggu (BL 64) 6-Shugu (BL 65) 7-Tonggu (BL 66) 8-Zhiyin (BL 67)
Indications: Headache, stiff neck, pain in back and waist, pain in leg, heel swelling and pain, convulsions in children, epilepsy, prolonged labor, retention of placenta, vertigo, enlarged thyroid gland, nasal bleeding, and shoulder and arm spasms.
(26) Pucan (BL 61):
Location: This is 1.5 cun below Kunlun (BL 60) (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Heel pain, foot paralysis, swelling and pain in knee joint, beriberi, epilepsy, and psychosis.
(27) Shenmai (BL 62) :
Location: In a depression at the lower border of lateral malleolus (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Headache, vertigo, sore pain in waist and leg, epilepsy, stroke, meningitis, and beriberi.
(28) Jinmen ( BL 63) :
Location: On the lateral border of foot and in a depression above and posterior to the tuberosity of 5th metatarsal bone (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Epilepsy, convulsions in children, deafness, tinnitus, lumbago, pain of lateral malleolus, frontal headache, and toothache.
(29) Jinggu (BL 64):
Location: On the dorsoplantar boundary below the tuberosity of 5th metatarsal bone (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Headache, stiff neck, epilepsy, pain in waist and leg, myocarditis, meningitis, blurred vision, pain in knee joint, foot spasms, and nasal bleeding.
(30) Shugu (BL 65):
Location: On the lateral border of foot and in a depression above and posterior to 5th metatarsophalangeal joint (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Epilepsy, dizziness, headache, eye diseases, fever, deafness, stiff neck, pain in lumbar and hip region, severe calf muscle pain, dysentery, and hemorrhoids.
(31) Tonggu (BL 66) :
Location: On the lateral border of foot and in a depression anterior to and below 5th metatarsophalangeal joint (Fig. 2-36).
Indications: Headache, vertigo, nasal bleeding, stiff neck, congestion of blood in uterus, and psychosis.
(32) Zhiyin (BL 67):
Location: This is O. 1 curt beside the lateral comer of nail of little toe (Fie. 2-36).
Indications: Headache, eye pain, abnormal position of fetus, difficult labor, retention of placenta, nasal obstruction and bleeding, stroke, and emission of sperm.
2) Extra acupoints:
(1) Tip of medial malleolus acupoint (EX-DF 1) :
Location: At the tip of medial malleolus (Fig. 2-37) :
Indications: Toothache of lower jaw, muscle spasms on medial side of foot, aphasia in babies and prolonged discharge of lochia.
(2) Tip of external malleolus acupoint (EX-DF 2) :
Location: At the tip of lateral malleolus
Indications: Muscle spasms on the lateral side of foot, toe spasms, toothache, stranguria, inflammation of sublingual soft tissues in children, and beriberi.
(3) Bafeng acupoints ( EX-DF 3)
Location: They are slightly posterior to the web borders between each of 2 neighboring toes, 8 in all on both feet (Fig. 2-39).
Indications: Redness and swelling of foot dorsum, beriberi, headache, neuralgia of dental nerves, intermittent fever, congestion of blood in lungs, irregular menstruation, malaria, and snake bite.
(4) Hypotensing acupoint (EX-DF 4):
Location: On big toe and at the midpoint between Dadun (LR 1) and Taichong (LR 3) (Fig. 2-40).
Indication: Hypertension.
(5) Zhiping acupoints (EX-DF 5) :
Location: They are on the dorsal side of toes and at the dorsal midpoints of each metatarsophalangeal joints, 10 in all on both feet (Fig. 2-41).
Indications: Sequelae of poliomyelitis and paraplegia.
(6) No. 15 acupoints (EX-DF 6):
Location: These are 2 acupoints on each foot, 5 fen distal to the midpoint of dorsal crease of ankle joint and in the depressions (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Pain in waist and leg and gastrocnemius muscle spasms.
(7) No. 16 acupoint (EX-DF 7) :
Location: On the medial side of foot and in a depression above the process of navicular bone (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Hypertension, parotitis, and acute tonsillitis.
(8) No. 17 acupoint (EX-DF 8) :
Location: This is 2.5 cun anterior to the midpoint of dorsal crease of ankle joint (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Angina pestoris, asthma, and common cold.
(9) No. 18 acupoint (EX-DF 9) :
Location: In a depression anterior and medial to the caput of 1st metatarsal bone (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Chest pain and distress, and acute waist sprain.
(10) No. 19 acupoint (EX-DF 10):
Location : This is 3 cun posterior to the junction of 2nd and 3rd toes (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Headache, otitis media, acute and chronic gastroenteritis, and peptic ulcer of stomach and duodenum.
(11) No. 20 acupoint (EX-DF 11):
Location: This is 3 cum posterior to the junction of 3rd and 4th toes (Fig. 2-42).
Indication: Stiff neck.
(12) No. 21 acupoint (EX-DF 12):
Location: This is 5 fen posterior to the junction of 4th and 5th toes (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Sciatic neuralgia, parotitis, and tonsillitis.
(13) No. 22 acupoint (EX-DF 13) :
Location: This is 1 cun posterior to the junction of 1st and 2nd toes (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Acute tonsillitis, epidemic parotitis, and hypertension.
(14) No. 23 acupoint (EX-DF 14) :
Location: On the metatarsophalangeal joint medial to the tendon of long extensor muscle of big toe (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Acute tonsillitis, epidemic parotitis, hypertension, eczema, and urticaria.
(15) No. 24 acupoint (EX-DF 15) :
Location: On the medial side of proximal interphalangeal joint of 2nd toe and on the dorsoplantar boundary (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Headache and otitis media.
(16) No. 25 acupoint (EX-DF 16) :
Location: On the medial side of proximal interphalangeal joint of 3rd toe and on the dorsoplantar boundary (Fig. 2-42).
Indication: Headache.
(17) No. 26 acupoint (EX-DF 17) :
Location: On the medial side of proximal interphalangeal joint of 4th toe and on the dorsoplantar boundary (Fig. 2-42).
Indications: Headache and hypotension.
(18) No. 27 acupoint (EX-DF 18):
Location: At the midpoint between Taibai (SP 3 ) and Gongsun (SP 4) acupoints (Fig. 2-43).
Indications: Epilepsy, hysteria, and abdominal pain.
(19) No. 28 acupoint (EX-DF 19) :
Location: On the medial side of foot and in a depression be-low and posterior to the process of navicular bone (Fig. 2-43).
Indications: Dysmenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, and adnexitis.
(20) No. 29 acupoint (EX-DF 20) :
Location: This 2 cun directly below the center of medial malleolus (Fig. 2-43).
Indications: Functional uterine bleeding, bronchitis, and asthma.
(21) No. 30 acupoint (EX-DF 21) :
Location: This is 1.5 cun above and behind the lateral malleolus (Fig. 2-44).
Indications: Sciatic neuralgia, lumbago, and headache
Notice: These numbered acupoints are located on the dorsum of foot according to the surface anatomy of the foot; the distance between the tips of medial and lateral malleoli and the lower border of medial and lateral sides of foot is divided into 3 cun.
(22) Chongshen acupoint ( EX-DF 22) :
Location: At a point of intersection between a vertical line 5 fen anterior to the medial malleolus and the dorsoplantar boundary (Fig. 2-45).
Indication: Inguinal hernia in children.
(23) Jiegen acupoint (EX-DF 23) :
Location: On the medial side of foot, 5 fen below a depression underneath the tuberosity of navicular bone (Fig. 2-45).
Indications: Cancer of larynx, nasopharynx, esophagus, stomach, breast, uterus, liver, rectum and lung.
(24) Relaxing acupoint (EX-DF 24) :
Location: On the dorsum of foot, in a depression behind the posterior border of capitula of 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, but closer to the former bone (Fig. 2-46).

1-relaxing 2-Panggu 3-Qingtou 1 4-Qingtou 2 5-Qingtou 3 6-Zuzhongchong.
Indication: Contraction and pain of abdominal muscles during appendectomy.
(25) Panggu acupoint (EX-DF 25) :
Location: On the dorsal side of foot, at the junction between antedorone-fourth and posterior three-fourths of the interosseous space between 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones (Fig. 2-46).
Indication : Sequelae of poliomyelitis.
(26) Qingtou 1 acupoint (EX-DF 26) :
Location: On the dorsomedial border of distal interphalangeal joint of 2nd toe (Fig. 2-46).
Indications: Headache, common cold, neurasthenia, hysteria, acute otitis media, and lymphadenitis of lower jaw.
(27) Qingtou 2 acupoint (EX-DF 27) :
Location: On the dorsomedial border of distal interphalangeal joint of 3rd toe (Fig. 2-46).
Indications: Headache and hypotension.
(28) Qingtou 3 acupoint (EX-DF 28) :
Location: On the dorsomedial border of distal interphalangeal joint of 4th toe (Fig. 2-46).
Indications: Headache and neurasthenia.
(29) Zuzhongchong acupoint (EX-DF 29):
Location: At the tip of 3rd toe (Fig. 2-46).
Indications: Epilepsy, cardiac failure, and headache.
(30) Yejing acupoint (EX-DF 30) :
Location: At the lateral end of distal interphalangeal crease of small toe (Fig. 2-47).



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The massage at acupoints on both hand and foot can adjust bodily functions, promote the circulation of qi and blood, and prevent and treat diseases; and the effect of this therapy is even better than that of body massage and other local massages.
The therapeutic effects of hand and foot massage can be summarized into the following items for further investigation and scientific explanation.
1. Adjustment of nervous system:
As mentioned above, the electrical properties of the hand and foot is similar to those of the brain, but the reflex mechanisms of the nervous system are more complicated. Hand and foot massage can apply stimulation to the skin receptors and nerve endings of the hand and foot to adjust the internal organs after the stimulating impulse is transmitted through the vegetative nervous system. The stimulating impulse evoked by the massage to the terminal receptors (with some specificity) of the skin is first transmitted to the posterior horn of the spinal cord through afferent somatic nerve fibers; it is then conducted to the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus through the spinothalamic tract and projected to the postcentral gyms through the occipital part of the internal capsule; the nerve impulse is again transmitted from the postcentral gyms through efferent fibers to the reticular structure; and finally it is conducted to the internal organs through three routes. The first is from the reticular structure through the spinal nucleus of the vagus nerve, and parasympathetic fibers in vagus nerve to the internal organs; the second route is through the nucleus of the solitary tract, spinal nucleus of vagus nerve, and nerve fibers of vagus nerve to the internal organs; and the third route is from the reticular structure through the nucleus of the solitary tract to the center of sympathetic nervous system and then through the reticulospinal tract to the internal organs. As with other stimulation, the strong stimulation at short intervals can produce a stimulating effect; and the moderate stimulation at long intervals can produce an inhibitory effect. This phenomenon is a result of the adjustment between stimulation and inhibition by the cerebral cortex. During the application of hand and foot massage, the EEG may show a general exaggeration of alpha waves, even more apparent than that caused by other massage therapies.
2. Adjustment of blood and lymph system:
Hand and foot massage can promote circulation of the blood and lymphs, because its effect on local microcirculation quickly spreads to the entire body. As shown by experimental study, this massage can affect blood composition and the consumption of oxygen. The WBC count and ratio of lymphocytes in the blood were markedly increased; the neutrophils and RBC counts were also slightly increased. Oxygen consumption of the limbs can also be elevated to produce a general energetic metabolism keeping the body healthy through the adjustment of Ying (nutrients) and Wei (defensive energy) and promoting qi and blood circulation. After persistent stimulation applied to acupoints and reflecting areas of the hand and foot, the heart rate and breath frequence as well as oxygen consumption in patients undergoing operations can also be increased by this massage.
3. Adjustment similar to physical exercise:
It is well known that persistent and coordinated physical exercise can improve the adaptation, health and defensive energy of the body. Massage at a certain frequence, with certain pressure and over a certain period of time can adjust the functions of various internal organs and enhance the body's immune system. Although hand and foot massage is not a physical exercise done by the patient, it can produce similar effects as physical exercise. Why? The sum of the stimulating information available to the hand and foot through exercise is same as that produced by local massage applied to the hand and foot. There-fore, it produces a similar result. After strenuous mental activity over a long period of time, physical exercise can relieve mental fatigue. If the opportunity for physical exercise is not available, a self-massage on the hand and foot for a few minutes with eyes closed in an environment with fresh air can also achieve the same goal of mental refreshment.
4. Adjustment of meridian system:
As mentioned above, 12 important regular meridians originate from or stop at the hand or foot, and according to traditional medical theory they are closely related to the body's organs and tissues. The acupoints near the origin or terminal of meridians are more sensitive in the adjustment of meridians and the whole body, just as the water flowing in lower reaches is under the control of the water source from the upper reaches of a river. As proven in clinical practice, stimulation of the acupoints can produce a remarkable adjusting effect to the meridians and the entire body. Massage applied to the reflecting areas may unavoidably stimulate the acupoints in those areas. Once the mechanism of this adjusting effect can be scientifically illustrated, for example through a nerve-like channel, temporarily com-posed of cells, a new system--the meridian system of the body--can be proven and established on a scientific basis to explain the secrets of the human body.

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