(正六穴,其支二穴,共计八穴)
关冲 为井金。在小指次指端,去爪甲角如韭叶。治头痛、喉痹,目痛,臂急肘疼。
液门 为荥水。在小指次指间陷中,握拳取。治五痫,惊悸,头痛目赤,齿出血,手臂
中渚 为输木。在小指次指本节后间陷中。治脊间心后疼,头痛,耳聋,目赤,喉痹,
肘臂挛急,五指难伸及小儿目涩羞明。
阳池 为原。在手表腕上陷中。治疟疾寒热,心痛,胸满,臂疼,身沉步难,腕劳。
支沟 为经火。在腕后三寸,两骨间陷中。治伤寒无汗,胸满,肩背胁肋疼痛,口噤,
暴哑,霍乱吐泻。
天井 为合土。在肘后大骨一寸,两筋骨间,叉手按膝上取。治五噎十膈,翻胃吐食,
风痹筋挛骨痛,咳嗽上气,心疼惊悸,小腹胀疼及羊痫。
外关 通阳维,少阳络。在腕后二寸,前踝骨尖后,两筋中,覆手取。治伤寒,自汗盗
汗,发热恶风,百节酸疼,胸满,拘急,中风半身不遂,腰脚拘挛,手足顽麻冷痛,偏正头风,
眼中冷痛冷泪,鼻衄,耳聋,眼风。
会宗 通支沟,三阳络,在腕后三寸空中。治风痫,肌肤痛,耳聋。
(正五穴,其支二穴,共计七穴)
大敦 为井木,在足大趾端,去爪甲如韭叶,及三毛中。治七疝,阴肝心痛,腹胀,脐
下急,中热,尸厥,血崩。
行间 为荥火。在足大趾间动脉中。治水蛊、胀满,心疼咳逆,吐血咽干,寒疝,溺难
太冲 为输土。在足大趾本节后二寸骨罅间,动脉中,系太冲脉。治腹中诸疾,胸胁支
满,
水不通,漏下,贲中疼,阴挺出,马刀腋肿。
中封 为经金。在踝内前一寸。斜行小脉上,伸足仰趾取。治疟寒热,腹痛寒疝,足痛
曲泉 为合水。在膝内辅骨下两筋间,屈膝横纹头中。治中风、腰脚冷痛,腹痛,泄利
蠡沟 别走少阳,在内踝五寸。治项急,腹痛,足寒腿酸,卒疝,小便不利,肾脏风痒
,妇人月水不调,赤白带下,脐下积疼。
中都 在内踝上七寸, 骨中,与少阴相直。治肠癖,遗疝,小腹疼,足寒胫寒,行难
,妇人血崩,恶露不止。
(There are six principal acupoints and two branch acupoints in this meridian, totaling eight points.)
Guanchong (TE1) is the Jing-Well point, corresponding to Metal. It is located at the ulnar side of the tip of the ring finger, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. It treats headache, throat obstruction (sore throat with swelling and difficulty swallowing), eye pain, arm stiffness, and elbow pain.
Yemen (TE2) is the Ying-Spring point, corresponding to Water. It is located in the depression between the ring finger and the little finger, found when making a fist. It treats five types of epilepsy, palpitations due to fright, headache with red eyes, bleeding gums, and arm pain.
Zhongzhu (TE3) is the Shu-Stream point, corresponding to Wood. It is located in the depression distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint of the ring finger. It treats pain between the spine and behind the heart, headache, deafness, red eyes, throat obstruction, spasm of the elbow and arm, difficulty extending the five fingers, and dry, light-averse eyes in children.
Yangchi (TE4) is the Yuan-Source point. It is located in the depression on the dorsal aspect of the wrist. It treats malaria with alternating chills and fever, heart pain, chest fullness, arm pain, heaviness of the body with difficulty walking, and wrist strain.
Zhigou (TE6) is the Jing-River point, corresponding to Fire. It is located three cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease, in the depression between the radius and ulna. It treats cold damage with no sweating, chest fullness, pain in the shoulder, back, and hypochondrium, trismus (lockjaw), sudden loss of voice, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.
Tianjing (TE10) is the He-Sea point, corresponding to Earth. It is located one cun posterior to the olecranon, between the tendons and bones, found by crossing hands and pressing on the knees. It treats five types of dysphagia and ten types of chest diaphragm obstruction, regurgitation and vomiting, wind-bi with tendon spasms and bone pain, cough with rebellious qi, heart pain with palpitations, lower abdominal distension and pain, and sheep epilepsy.
Waiguan (TE5) connects with the Yang Linking Vessel (Yang Wei Mai) and is the Luo-Connecting point of the Hand Shaoyang. It is located two cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease, posterior to the styloid process of the radius, between the two tendons, found with the palm facing down. It treats cold damage, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, fever with aversion to wind, soreness and pain in all joints, chest fullness, stiffness, hemiplegia due to stroke, stiffness and spasm of the waist and legs, numbness and cold pain in hands and feet, migraine and tension-type headache, cold pain and tearing in the eyes, epistaxis, deafness, and wind affecting the eyes.
Huizong (TE7) connects with Zhigou and the Three Yang Linking Vessel. It is located in the hollow three cun proximal to the wrist. It treats wind epilepsy, skin and muscle pain, and deafness.
(The Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin has five principal acupoints and two branch acupoints, totaling seven points.)
Dadun (LR1) is the Jing-Well point, corresponding to Wood. It is located at the radial side of the tip of the great toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail, and within the tuft of hair on the dorsum of the toe. It treats seven types of hernia, liver-related heart pain, abdominal distension, urgency below the umbilicus, internal heat, corpse-like fainting (shijue), and uterine bleeding.
Xingjian (LR2) is the Ying-Spring point, corresponding to Fire. It is located in the depression where the pulse beats between the first and second toes. It treats ascites, abdominal distension, heart pain with cough and rebellious qi, hematemesis with dry throat, cold hernia, and difficult urination.
Taichong (LR3) is the Shu-Stream point, corresponding to Earth. It is located two cun proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe, in the depression between the bones where the pulse beats, which is the site of the Taichong vessel. It treats various diseases of the abdomen, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, urinary retention, leukorrhea with bleeding, pain from rising qi (ben teng), prolapse of the uterus, scrofula in the axilla and neck (mar knife and armpit swelling).
Zhongfeng (LR4) is the Jing-River point, corresponding to Metal. It is located one cun anterior to the medial malleolus. It is found along the oblique small vessel, with the foot extended and toes dorsiflexed. It treats malaria with chills and fever, abdominal pain from cold hernia, and foot pain.
Ququan (LR8) is the He-Sea point, corresponding to Water. It is located between the two tendons below the medial condyle of the tibia, at the head of the popliteal crease when the knee is flexed. It treats stroke, cold pain in the waist and legs, abdominal pain, and diarrhea/dysentery.
Ligou (LR5) diverges to connect with the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. It is located five cun above the medial malleolus. It treats neck stiffness, abdominal pain, cold feet and sore legs, acute hernia, difficult urination, kidney wind itching, irregular menstruation in women, red and white vaginal discharge, and accumulation pain below the umbilicus.
Zhongdu (LR6) is located seven cun above the medial malleolus, on the medial border of the tibia, aligned with the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. It treats intestinal dysentery, lingering hernia, lower abdominal pain, cold feet and calves, difficulty walking, uterine bleeding in women, and prolonged lochia.