Name
足竅陰
- Zu Qiao Yin
- Connection with the Yin
- Communication pathway with the Yin
Location
External nail angle of the 4th toe
Nature
- Jing-Well Point
- Point Metal
Actions
- Opens the orifices. Head, brain, ears, eyes, mouth, nose: pain, obstruction, nervousness, stiffness of the tongue, loss of vision and hearing
- Pain in hypochondrium, cough, sensation of heat in the hands and feet, absence of sweating
- Clears vision. Conjunctivitis on the inner surface of the eye. Red eyes
- Calms the Shen. Insomnia, nightmares from excess Heart-Fire, anxiety, agitation
- Excess Liver-Fire: headache, very dry mouth
Treatment
- Needling: 0.1 CUN horizontal