Ying (water) point.

[Origin]

Xia, Tongjia; Xi, between the fingers and toes. The point is between the fourth and fifth toes on the back of the foot.

[Location]

Xiaxi (GB43) acupoint (引自"Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Between the little finger and second finger of the foot";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Between the little finger and second finger of the foot" Refers to the space between the two bones, in the anterior part of this section."
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "The joint between the two bones."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: There are the extensor digitorum longus and extensor digitorum brevis tendons that go to the fourth toe on the tibial side, and the extensor digitorum longus tendon that goes to the fifth toe on the peroneal side.
• Nerve: dorsal toe nerve.
• Vessels: dorsal toe artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

Oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 inch behind the toe seam. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Clear the boss and sharpen the chest and body.

• Classical: dizziness, jaw pain, Rebing, madness, outer canthus red pain, itchy eyes, tinnitus, deafness, chest and hypochondrium fullness, outer knee pain, acute Mastitis is swelling and ulceration, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, amenorrhea, and swollen soles of the feet.
• Modern: Numbness of toes.

[Recipe]

• Swollen jaw and silent mouth: Yanggu (SI5), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Cheek swelling: Heliao, Jiache (ST6), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Arxillary swelling and saber fistula: Yangfu (GB38), Taichong (LR3), Xiaxi (GB43).
• External knee pain: Xiyangguan (GB33), Xiaxi (GB43).
• fever: Hegu (LI4), Yanggu (SI5), Wangu (SI4), Laogong (PC8), Shangyang (LI1), Xiaxi (GB43), Lidui (ST45) bleeding.