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rx
point
St-44: XI-44: nei ting
acupuncture
definition
nei ting = inner courtyard
Ying Spring and Water point of the Foot Yang Ming (Stomach) channel
location: 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals.
actions: dispels Wind from face; harmonizes the Stomach; cools Heat and drains Dampness from the Stomach and Intestines; regulates Rebellious Qi; stops pain, esp. abdominal pain with fever; facilitates bowel movements; descends the Turbid
indications: nightmares; fearful trembling; aversion to human voices; melancholy; facial paralysis; conjunctivitis; trigeminal neuralgia; epistaxis; sinusitis; asthma; anorexia; toothache; gingivitis; tonsillitis; sore throat; throat numb; stomachache; distending pain of the abdomen, esp. around the navel; acute and chronic enteritis; appendicitis; dysentery; diarrhea; dysmenorrhea; skin rash and pustules with intermittent fever
needle technique: perpendicular or slanted insertion, toward ankle, 0.2 - 0.4 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with GV-26, CV-12, CV-6, LI-11, LI-4, PC-9 and St-36 for heat exhaustion or sunstroke (Shanghai, p. 570);
» with GB-20, GV-16, GV-14, GB-1, LI-11, St-36, TW-6, UB-36/41 and UB-37/42 for common cold (Shanghai, p. 575);
» with GV-23 for eyeball pain (Shanghai, p. 275);
» with LI-4 descends and disperses heat of Yang Ming and reduces heat of eyes (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with St-43 clears and disperses the vicious Heat of Yang Ming and channels the flow of Qi to the hollow organs and distributes coolness to the Stomach channel (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with LI-4, GB-10, GB-14 and LI-3 for toothache (Shanghai, p. 692);
» with ya tong, St-6, St-7 and LI-4 for toothache (Shanghai, p. 156);
» with LI-4 for toothache or tonsillitis (Shanghai, p. 275);
» with LI-4 and LI-11 for acute tonsillitis (Shanghai, p. 691);
» as supplementary point, along with PC-6 and St-36 as principal points (other supplementary points include: CV-12, UB-21, CV-14, St-40, Sp-6, Lv-3, CV-11, Sp-4, UB-20, UB-17, CV-4, St-43, Sp-9 and jia ji of T8 to T12) for stomachache (Shanghai, p. 599);
» with St-36 has a "wondrous effect" on diseases of the abdomen (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 138);
» with St-40 regulates and harmonizes Spleen and Stomach and promotes Qi circulation of Fu organs (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with Sp-4, St-36 and PC-6 for bleeding of the upper digestive tract (Shanghai, p. 289);
» with St-41 activates warmth in the Stomach (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with St-40 regulates and harmonizes Spleen and Stomach and promotes Qi circulation of Fu organs (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with GB-39 for swollen and distended abdomen (Shanghai, p. 278);
» with Lv-13 removes Food Accumulation and abdominal distension; promotes digestion (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with GB-41 for distension of the lower abdomen (Shanghai, p. 275; Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 138);
» with Sp-9 and LI-11 (-) eliminates and expels Damp-Heat in Spleen and Large Intestine channels (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with Sp-9 and LI-4 (-) eliminates and expels Damp-Heat in Stomach, Spleen and Large Intestine (Finkelstein, p. 23);
» with LI-4 and GB-34 clears Damp-Heat of Stomach and Intestines to treat Damp-Heat diarrhea (Finkelstein, p. 23).
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