阳陵泉穴的临床应用

Clinical Application of Yanglingquan Acupoint

阳陵泉为足少阳胆经之合穴,五行属土,又为胆之下合穴,八会穴之筋会,在小腿外侧上部,腓骨小头前下凹陷中取之。有疏肝利胆、强腰健膝、通利关节、舒筋活络的作用,临床常应用于黄疸、胁肋疼痛、呕吐等肝胆消化系疾患,膝髌肿痛、下肢痿痹、腰痛等筋的相关病症,或胆经循行所过之处的经脉病症,故临床运用甚广,并取得较好的临床疗效。本文以阳陵泉近几年的临床观察为基础,对其进行总结整理,以便于临床应用。

Yanglingquan is the He-sea point of foot-Shaoyang gallbladder meridian and belongs to earth in the five elements. It is the lower confluent point of gallbladder meridian and is also the influential acu-point of tendons, which can be taken from the upper part of the outer leg and the lower depression in front of the fibulae capitulum. It has the functions of soothing the liver and gallbladder, strengthening the waist and the knee, promoting the joints, relaxing the tendons and activating the collaterals. It is often used in the clinic for the liver and gallbladder digestive system diseases such as jaundice, flank pain, vomiting, knee patelatoma, lower limb paralysis, lumbago and other ten-don-related diseases, or the meridians in the place where the gallbladder meridian circulates, so it is widely used in the clinic and has achieved good clinical effects. Based on the clinical observation of Yanglingquan in recent years, this paper summarizes and collates it for clinical application.