Name

懸鐘

• Xuan Zhong
• Suspended Bell

• Juegu
• External Bone

Location

3 CUN above the external malleolus, at midpoint between the tibia and fibula. Palpating upward from the external malleolus along the fibula, where you stop feeling the bone.

Nature

• Hui-Gathering Point: Meeting point of the Marrow
• Meeting point of the three Yang of the foot

Actions

• Tonifies Marrow and Kidney Essence: can be used to tonify Blood and strengthen immune function
• Pain of spine, lumbar, cervical, in context of Kidney deficiency GB-39 + KI-3 + KI-7
• Bi Syndrome: Pain with weakness and heaviness of the legs
• Wei Syndrome: Hemiplegia, paresthesias, weakness in the leg
• Acute torticollis radiating downward unable to turn head, trapezius blockage, neck rigidity: GB-39 + BL-60 + BL-65 + SI-3
• Disease reaching bone or marrow (meningitis)

Comments

Meeting point of the three Yang of the foot. Similar points:

• TE-8 meeting of the Yang of the hand
• SP-6 of the Yin of the leg
• PC-5 meeting of the Yin of the hand

Treatment

• Needling: 0.5 CUN perpendicular

Interactions

• Heat in the stomach: LI-8
• Flaccidity in the legs: ST-38, ST-42
• Cold and pain of the marrow: BL-11, BL-62, BL-23, KI-7, ST-45