Ying-spring (water) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Xia" (俠, interchangeable with 夾), to flank or to be sandwiched between; "Xi" (溪), stream or river, refering to space between toes. The point is located between fourth and fifth toes on instep.

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Xiaxi (GB43) acupoint (改編自"Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Between little finger and second finger of foot";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the depression anterior to the joint of little toe and second toe, between two bones";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "At the junction of the web and bone".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: medially, extensor digitorum longus and brevis tendons to fourth toe; laterally, extensor digitorum longus tendon to fifth toe.
• Nerve: dorsal toe nerve.
• Vessels: dorsal digital artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert obliquely toward the posterior aspect of the web, 0.5 to 1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clear head and eyes, benefit chest and body.

• Classical: dizziness, jaw pain, febrile diseases, madness, redness and pain at outer canthus, itchy eyes with tearing, tinnitus, deafness, fullness the chest and flanks, pain on lateral knee, acute mastitis with swelling and ulceration, swelling and pain in lower abdomen, amenorrhea, swollen instep.
• Modern: numbness of toes.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Swollen jaw and lockjaw: Yanggu (SI5), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Swelling of the jaw and cheek: Heliao, Jiache (ST6), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Swelling in armpit and scrofula: Yangfu (GB38), Taichong (LR3), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Pain on lateral knee: Xiyangguan (GB33), Xiaxi (GB43).
• Fever: Hegu (LI4), Yanggu (SI5), Wangu (SI4), Laogong (PC8), Shangyang (LI1), Xiaxi (GB43), Lidui (ST45) bleeding.