brook point.

[Origin]

Nei, Li; Ting, courtyard. The point between the toes is like a doorway, from outside to inside, hence the name.

[Location]

Neiting acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "The second finger is also outside";
• Yixue Rumen: "The second finger and third finger of the foot are in the middle of the distal bone ";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Three points behind the two halves of the bone";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "The end of the toe pattern."

[Anatomy]

• Nerve: The second branch of the dorsal medial cutaneous nerve of the foot branches off from the dorsal digital nerve.
• Vessel: dorsal pedis venous network.

[Manipulation]

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

[Efficacy]

Clear stomach heat, resolving accumulation stagnation.

• Classical: Toothache, epistaxis, crooked mouth, stuttering, bad breath, stomach heat, pharyngitis, abdominal distension and fullness, intestinal hernia, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, swelling and pain on the dorsum of the foot, fever , dysphoria, epigastric upset, inability to digest food, shin pain that cannot be flexed and extended, malaria, inability to eat, aversion to food, urinary bleeding, fullness in the lower abdomen, stone fungus, cold malaria, swollen face, bowel sounds, urticaria, tinnitus.
• Modern: toothache, trigeminal neuralgia, acute and chronic enteritis, intestinal hernia, athlete's foot.

[Recipe]

• Tibial pain without flexion and extension: Neiting (ST44), Huantiao (GB30).
• Reversal: Neiting (ST44), Zhangmen (LR13).
• Neiting (ST44), Dadu (SP2).
• Lower abdominal distension: Neiting (ST44), Lin Crying.
• Eye pain: Neiting (ST44), Shangxing (GV23).
• toothache, tonsillitis: Neiting (ST44), Hegu (LI4).