Ying-spring point

bubble_chart Etymology

"Nei" (內), inner; "ting" (庭), courtyard. The acupoint is located between toes, resembling a gateway or courtyard, transitioning from the outer to the inner, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Neiting (ST44) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu-Benshu: "On the outer side of the second toe";
• Yixue Rumen: "In the depression at the junction of the bones of the second and third toes";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Three fen behind the bifurcation of bones";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "At the end of the toe web crease."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Nerve: dorsal medial cutaneous nerve of foot.
• Vessel: dorsal pedis venous network.

bubble_chart Manipulation

perpendicular or upward oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clear stomach heat, resolve accumulation stagnation.

• Classical: Toothache, epistaxis, crooked mouth, lockjaw, halitosis, stomach heat rising, pharyngitis, abdominal distension and fullness, intestinal hernia pain, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, swelling and pain on instep, fever , dysphoria, epigastric upset, indigestion, shin pain preventing flexion and extension, malaria, loss of appetite, aversion to food, bloody urine, fullness in lower abdomen, stony abdominal mass, facial swelling due to cold malaria, borborygmus, urticaria, tinnitus.
• Modern: toothache, trigeminal neuralgia, acute and chronic enteritis, intestinal hernia pain, beriberi.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Shin pain preventing flexion and extension: Neiting (ST44), Huantiao (GB30).
• Cold limbs: Neiting (ST44), Zhangmen (LR13).
• Fullness and distension in lower abdomen: Neiting (ST44), Lin Crying.
• Eye pain: Neiting (ST44), Shangxing (GV23).
• Toothache, tonsillitis: Neiting (ST44), Hegu (LI4).