Jing-well point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Li" (厲), shoe, refers to foot; "dui" (兌), means tip. The acupoint is at the front of toe, hence the name.

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Lidui (ST45) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "At the tip of the inner second toe of foot";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing : "A distance from the corner of toenail, about the width of a leek leaf";
• At the tip of the second toe, on the outer side, toward the middle toe, a distance from the toenail about the width of a leek leaf." That is, at the depression 1 fen lateral to the outer corner of the toenail of the second toe. bubble_chart Anatomy Nerve: dorsal digital nerve of superficial peroneal nerve. Vessels: the arterial network formed by dorsal digital arteries. bubble_chart Manipulation Perpendicular or upward oblique insertion for 2 to 3 fen, or prick to induce bleeding. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 ~ 3 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 3 ~ 5 minutes. bubble_chart Efficacy Revive consciousness, clear stomach heat.Classical: swollen face, crooked mouth, lockjaw, breathlessness, toothache, pharyngitis, excessive dreaming, distension and fullness in epigastrium and abdomen, fever, fainting, epistaxis, dizziness with falling, cold shin and feet, inability to lie down, chills, restless nightmares, excessive sleepiness, manic and depressive psychosis.Modern: neurasthenia, tonsillitis, hysteria. bubble_chart Combinations Unfavorable nasal with yellow discharge: Lidui (ST45), Jinggu (BL64), Qiangu (SI2). Coldness in shin and inability to lie down: Lidui (ST45), Tiaokou (ST38), Sanyinjiao (SP6). Malaria with loss of appetite and aversion to cold: Lidui (ST45), Neiting (ST44). Ximei: Lidui (ST45), Yinbai (SP1).