An acupuncture point is designed to treat unhappiness, which can soothe the liver and gallbladder and relieve tendons, strengthen the waist and knees!

In martial arts novels, there are sometimes scenes that describe a certain acupuncture point on the body, and after being pointed at by a master, they will laugh and be unable to act normally, of course, this is only a literary creation based on imagination. However, although there are no laughing points in our body, there are acupuncture points that can make people feel comfortable, and it is the Yangling Spring Point.


The acupuncture point that makes people "happy" - Yangling Spring


The source of the name of the acupuncture point: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the outside of the knee belongs to yang, and the small head of the fibula is like a hill, and the depression in front of the hill flows into the deep valley spring like flowing water, so it is called Yangling Spring.


Key points: Located under the knee obliquely, in the slightly anterior depression of the fibula head on the outside of the calf.

When taking the acupoint, the body naturally sits upright, at this time the thigh and calf will form a right angle, and there is a protruding bone tip visible to the naked eye above the outside of the calf at the bend of the leg or touched by hand, which is the fibula, and the Yanglingquan acupoint is in the depression of about three horizontal fingers in front of and below the bone tip.

Yangling Spring acupoint is the acupuncture point on the foot less yang gallbladder meridian, what symptoms will be caused by the discomfort of the gallbladder meridian?


"Lingshu Sutra and Meridians" says: "The vein of gall and feet and young yang...... If you move, you will be sick and bitter, and you will not be able to turn to the side for ...... heart and hypochondriac pain."

"Good rest" means to sigh often, which is a sign of low mood. The liver and gallbladder are each other's surface and inside, the main drain, responsible for regulating the emotions, massaging the Yangling Spring acupoint can regulate the gallbladder meridians, invigorate the liver qi, and make people feel happy. Therefore, Yangling Spring Acupoint was described by ancient doctors as the "happy acupoint" on the body.

 Massage Yangling Spring

Operation method: When massaging Yangling Spring acupoint, you need to use the whole palm force, first use the thumb to designate the acupoint, put the thumb in the position of the Yangling Spring acupoint, the remaining four fingers together and hold the leg and belly, the thumb and fingertips press and knead hard, first press and knead in the clockwise direction for 3 minutes, and then press and knead in the counterclockwise direction for 3 minutes, and do it again for each leg. If you have moxa sticks at home, you can also moxibustion for 10 minutes, and the skin is slightly warm.

Every morning after getting up, use the method of massaging Yangling Spring acupoint described in this article to massage for 6 minutes, which can make a good mood accompany you all day. A good mood can please people's "divine sense", which in turn directly affects the entire state of the human body.

Special attention: Massaging Yangling Spring acupoint must produce a sense of qi, that is, a feeling of soreness and numbness.


Yangling Spring is also an important point for the treatment of bile diseases

Yangling Spring is the gallbladder meridian acupoint, the tendon acupoint. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "Hezhi Neigu", "Evil is in the gut, take the combination"; "Those who are gallbladder sick, those who are cold and hot, take Yangling Spring". Therefore, the combination of Yangling Spring can also be used to treat hepatobiliary diseases and gallbladder diseases.

Yangling Spring has the effect of soothing the liver and gallbladder, clearing dampness and heat, and soothing tendons and joints. For example, the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "The gallbladder patient, the good rest, the mouth is bitter, the vomit juice, the heart is surging, the fear that people will catch it, snort, count the saliva, in the foot of the young yang, but also depending on the pulse of the sinking of the moxibustion, its cold and hot, take the Yang Ling Spring." This acupoint is the key acupoint for the treatment of bile diseases.

The liver and gallbladder are on the inside and outside, so this acupoint has a good effect on the treatment of qi stagnation, blood stasis and flank pain caused by hepatobiliary diseases. "Song of Miscellaneous Disease Acupoints" contains: "Hypochondria only needs Yangling Spring".

For patients with severe cramping in the right upper abdomen caused by cholecystitis or gallstones, if they are far away from the hospital, they can also use the Yangling Spring Method to relieve the pain when it is difficult to use medication for a while.

Taichong + Yangling Spring is equal to Xiaoyao Pill

Xiaoyao Pill is one of the drugs for the treatment of liver depression and spleen deficiency, which has the effect of soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, and has a significant effect on depression and discomfort, chest and flank swelling pain, dizziness and loss of appetite caused by liver qi stagnation.

However, the medicine is poisonous, and Xiaoyao Pill cannot be taken uninterrupted for a long time. The elderly who have the need to relieve liver and depression may wish to massage the Taichong acupoint and Yangling Spring acupoint, whose efficacy is comparable to that of internal Xiaoyao pills.


The Taichong acupoint is the original acupoint of the Yin and Liver meridians of the foot syncope, which stimulates the Taichong acupoint to calm the liver and diarrhea, soothe the liver and nourish the blood. When insomnia, headache, chest and flank pain and other diseases caused by uncomfortable liver qi, you can massage the Taichong acupoint to soothe the liver and nourish the blood.

This acupoint is on the back of the foot of the human body, and when the acupoint is taken, it is pushed up along the horizontal stripes between the first and second toes to the dorsum of the foot, and it is felt that there is a depression that is the Taichong acupoint. During the massage, press the thumb on the Taichong acupoint, rotate and knead for 1~2 minutes, and press and knead 2~3 times a day.

Yangling Spring acupoint is the meeting point of the foot and less yang gallbladder meridian, and is the place where the meridian qi gathers, stimulating the acupoint can play a role in soothing the liver and gallbladder relieving the muscles, relieving tendons and activating the nerves, relieving spasmodic pain, strengthening the waist and knees, and can treat waist and leg pain, cholecystitis, knee arthritis, sciatica and other diseases.

We all know that "liver and gallbladder take care of each other", when the liver meridian is not smooth, the gallbladder meridian is naturally prone to problems. On the basis of massaging the Taichong acupoint, combined with the same technique to massage the Yangling Spring acupoint, it can play a complementary therapeutic role.