meridian point.

[Origin]

Jie refers to the bone solution (骱); Xi refers to the depression. The point is in the depression between the two anterior tendons of the ankle joint.

[Location]

Jiexi (ST41) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "On Chongyang (ST42), the person who sinks an inch and a half is the middle one";
• Taiping Shenghui Fang : "At the place where shoes are tied";
• acupuncture and moxibustion Jade Dragon Sutra: "On the wrist, outside the big tendon, Wanwanzhong";
• Yixue Rumen : "Go to Neiting (ST44) for six and a half inches";
• Zhenjiu Dacheng: "Go straight up to the second finger of the big finger, and the supratarsus is sunken "Zhe Wan Wan Zhong";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Living between Xunjing Tao";
• Donggong Anmo Mijue: "Go to Xiangu (ST43) Four and a half inches".

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: Between the tendons of extensor pollicis longus and extensor digitorum longus.
• Nerve: The superficial layer is the superficial peroneal nerve, and the deep layer is the deep peroneal nerve.
• Vessels: Anterior tibial artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

Puncture shallowly 0.3~0.5 inches. Direct moxibustion is prohibited, moxibustion with moxa stick is prohibited for 5 to 10 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Regulate the spleen, resolving dampness, clear stomach heat.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, eye disease, head and face edema, abdominal distension and fullness, constipation, foot and knee pain or wilting impediment, epilepsy, cholera, muscle cramp, Rebing inability to sweat , good pee, stomach heat, deirious speech, malaria, diarrhea, palpitations, heavy thighs and knees, sinew impediment, red face, sore mouth, biting tongue, swollen feet and shins, qi counterflow.
• Modern: nephritis, tympanites, enteritis, foot drop, ankle and surrounding soft tissue disease, thrombotic vessel inflammation obliterans, thrombophlebitis.

[Recipe]

• Knee femoral thrombotic phlebitis, hypsinic acid, muscle cramp: Jiexi (ST41), Tiaokou (ST38), Qiuxu (GB40), Taibai (SP3).
• Epilepsy: Jiexi (ST41), Yangqi.
• wind dizziness headache vomiting irritating: Jiexi (ST41), Chengguang (BL6).
• Toe swelling and rot: Jiexi (ST41), Bafeng (EX-LE10), Yongquan (KI1).
• Nephritis: Jiexi (ST41), Shenshu (BL23), Fuliu (KI7), Yinlingquan (SP9).
• Ankle pain: Jiexi (ST41), Shangqiu (SP5), Qiuxu (GB40), Kunlun (BL60) , Taixi (KI3).