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LV2

Xingjian

Star

行間 (Xíngjiān) — Moving Between

Liver channel · point 2

Not yet clinically reviewed

Ying-Spring pointFire pointFire point of the Liver channelSedation (son) point

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Eye health
  • Urinary & fluids
  • Menstrual & women's health
  • Sleep
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Blood pressure
  • Skin

Location

On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, just proximal to the web margin, at the border between red and white flesh.

How to locate: Follow the gap between the first and second toes back towards the foot; the point lies just proximal to the web margin, where the darker skin of the dorsum meets the paler skin of the sole. ST44 and GB43 sit in the same position between the second/third and fourth/fifth toes.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: LV2 · Foot
Fig. — LV2 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: LV2 · Foot

LV2 · Foot · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the foot, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

  1. Oblique insertion — towards the heel
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–0.8 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 475 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–0.8 cun
Angle: Perpendicular, or oblique proximally

Functions

  • Drains Liver fire and subdues rising yang
  • Extinguishes internal Liver wind
  • Cools blood and stops bleeding
  • Spreads Liver qi and calms the spirit
  • Clears heat from the lower burner

Indications

Headache and dizziness with a red facered, painful and swollen eyesirritability, anger and insomniahypertensionuterine bleeding and painful periodspainful urination and genital itchingepilepsy and convulsionshypochondriac painbitter taste in the mouth

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LV2 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open LV2

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 乙丑 01:00–03:00 Na Jia Fa, 癸-day sequence · Ying-Spring (滎)

    「乙丑行間穴必然」

    Next: Sat 17 Oct, 01:00

  • 丑 01:00–03:00 Na Zi Fa, LV channel · reduce (瀉)

    「瀉用丑時，行間，為滎火」

    Next: Tue 13 Oct, 01:00

A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →

Clinical Notes

The Fire point and sedation point of the Liver — the strongest point in the repertoire for draining Liver fire, and the choice over LV3 where the presentation is hot and angry rather than merely stuck.

Similar Points

Qiangjian how are these connected? (Qiangjian) Xiongxiang how are these connected? (Xiongxiang)

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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