LV 2 Acupuncture Point - Xing Jian - Liver Meridian

Submitted by yyh_staff on Sun, 2006-05-21 19:00.
  • Chinese Name Xing Jian
  • English Name Moving Between

  • Location: On the dorsum of the foot between the 1st and 2nd toes, proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of the red and white skin.

  • Point Associations:
  • Ying Spring Point
  • Fire Point

  • Actions & Effects:
  • Generally, clears LV Fire - extreme irritability, red face/eyes/tongue.
  • Clears Heat from the Lower Jiao - burning urination.
  • Useful for "true heat, false cold" - lack of Qi flow to the extremities (cold hands/feet).

  • Liver Meridian Points (14):
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Sources and More Information

The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:

  • Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
  • Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes

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