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ST44

Neiting

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內庭 (Nèitíng) — Inner Court

Stomach channel · point 44

Not yet clinically reviewed

Ying-Spring pointWater pointWater point of the Stomach channel

Traditionally used for

  • Nose & throat
  • Teeth & mouth
  • Colds & fever
  • Digestion
  • Bowel health
  • Mood & calm

Location

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

How to locate: Just proximal to the web margin between the second and third toes, on the border where the skin of the sole meets the skin of the dorsum.

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

Body map, front: ST44 · Foot
Fig. — ST44 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: ST44 · Foot

ST44 · 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. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–0.5 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique insertion — directed proximally
    Depth 0.5–1 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. 171 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular or oblique proximally

Functions

  • Clears heat from the Stomach channel and from the Stomach itself
  • Expels wind and relieves pain of the face and teeth
  • Regulates the intestines and clears damp-heat
  • Calms the spirit

Indications

Toothache of the upper jawfacial pain and swellingsore throatnosebleedacid regurgitation and excessive hungerabdominal distensiondiarrhoea and dysenteryfebrile disease

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, ST44 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open ST44

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

  • 戊戌 19:00–21:00 Na Jia Fa, 丙-day sequence · Ying-Spring (滎)

    「戊戌內庭治脹康」

    Next: Mon 19 Oct, 19:00

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 Water point of the Stomach and its principal heat-clearing point — the distal choice for Stomach fire presenting as toothache, mouth ulcers or ravenous appetite.

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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