Acupuncture Point Jinmen (BL63)
Location:
Sit upright, hang down two shanks, with two feet touching the ground or lie supinely; 0.5 cun anteriorly and inferiorly apart from ShenmaiBL62(Shenmai (BL62) The Eight Confluent Point), in the depression on the lateral side of cuboid bone.

Function:
Inducing resuscitation, and relaxing the muscles and tendons.

Regional Anatomy:
Skin-subcutaneous tissue-tendon of long peroneal muscle and abductor muscle of little toe.
There are the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot (the small saphenous vein) in this area.

Indications:
Epilepsy, Infantile Convulsions, pain in the waist and legs, plantalgia, pain in the forehead ache, vomiting, peritonitis, and gonitis.

Prescription:
Combined use with QiuxuGB40 (Qiuxu (GB40) Yuan-Primary Point) for treatment of acute pain due to hernia; with PucanBL61 (Pucan (BL61)) for treatment of epilepsy; with PucanBL61 (BL61), ChengshanBL57 (Chengshan (BL57)), and ChengjinBL56 (Chengjin (BL56)) for treatment of cramp in cholera morbus.

Methods:
Insert the needle perpendicularly, 0.3-0.5 cun deep; needling response: local distension and pain; moxibustion: using 3-5 moxa-cones, or mild moxibustion for 5-20 min.