Name
解谿
- Jie Xi
- Water that Circulates
- Understand the Torrent
Location
In the crease of the ankle, between the extensor tendon of the big toe and the extensor tendons of the other toes. Where you tie your shoes.
Nature
- Jing-River Point
- Fire Point
- Tonification Point, Mother Point
Actions
- Descends Yang to the feet: unblocks the channel and frees the circulation of Blood from the foot to the toes. Cold feet, relaxes the feet.
- Disperses heat and helps descend fire from the head: headache, clears the mind and vision. For example: ST-41 + LI-4 for red face, congested eyes, superciliary pain, frontal headache, thirst, sore throat.
- Disperses Stomach-Heat: nausea, vomiting, burning sensation in the epigastrium.
- Sadness, anxiety
Comments
Important point for frontal headache, disperses Stomach heat. Used more if the person is overweight. But ST-45 if they are thin
Treatment
- Needling: 0.3 CUN perpendicular