[Category]
Ying (fire) point.
[Origin]
Xing refers to the passage; the point is between the two toes, hence the name.
[Location]
Xingjian (LR2) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
The red and white fleshy margin of the dorsum of the foot behind the web edge of the first and second toes.
- Lingshu‧Benshu: "Between the big fingers of the foot",
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing added: "The arteries (hands) are trapped" "Middle";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng: "Five minutes behind the joint between the big finger and the second finger."
[Anatomy]
- Nerve: metatarsus of the deep peroneal nerve The dorsal nerve divides into the bifurcation of the dorsal digital nerve.
- Vessels: dorsal venous network of foot, dorsal artery and vein of first toe.
[Manipulation]
The needle tip is slightly upward and the oblique insertion is 0.5 to 1 inch. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 5 to 10 minutes.
[Efficacy]
clearing heat and improving vision, extinguishing wind calming fright.
- Classical: hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension and fullness, dizziness, dizziness, epilepsy, insomnia, crooked mouth, throat air obstruction, cough, pharyngitis, hernia, difficulty urinating, pain in the stem, drowning, ischuria, consumptive thirst, fluid retention, red and swollen eyes, vomiting, hematemesis, through-flux diarrhea, abdominal pain, heart fullness, chest and back pain, liver disease, abdominal distension and fullness, menstrual irregularities, metrorrhagia and Metrostaxis, leukorrhea, childhood cancer of tongue, acute infantile convulsion, knee swelling, lumbago, and toe swelling and pain.
- Modern: Hypertension, vision loss, conjunctivitis, glaucoma, tonsillitis, hemifacial spasm, intercostal neuralgia, dysfunctional Zigong (EX-CA1) hemorrhage, testicularitis, breast hyperplasia.
[Recipe]
- Glaucoma: Fengchi (GB20), Hegu (LI4), Xingjian (LR2).
- heart pain: Yinxi (HT6), Xingjian (LR2).
- Intercostal neuralgia: Quchi (LI11), Zhigou (TE6), Xingjian (LR2).
- consumptive thirst: Xingjian (LR2), Yongquan (KI1).
- Pain in the waist and feet: Huantiao (GB30), Fengshi (GB31), Xingjian (LR2).
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