POINT: LIV-2 (LIVER-2)

NAME: XINGJIAN

English:	Moving Between
Also Known As:	Temporary In-Between Walking Space Between Walk Between Column in Between Active Internal Walking Space Travel Between

LOCATION:

On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, proximal to the margin of the web, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Located between the first and second toes , proximal to the margin of the web.
On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.

NEEDLING:

Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Slanted insertion 0.5 to 1 cun, causing distention and soreness extending through the foot.
0.5 to 1 cun, obliquely towards the heel, or perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

Ying-Spring point
Fire point
Sedation point

ACTIONS:

Clears Liver Fire
Subdues Liver Yang
Cools the Blood
Subdues Interior Wind
Spreads Liver Qi
Soothes the Liver
Pacifies Liver Wind
Clears Heat
Stops bleeding
Benefits the Lower Jiao

INDICATIONS:

Bitter taste in the mouth
Red face
Headache
Dream disturbed sleep
Scanty, dark urine
Constipation
Red and swollen eyes
A red tongue with a thick yellow coat
A Wiry and rapid pulse
Migraine headaches
Epilepsy
Acute convulsions
Childhood convulsions
Cough due to Liver Fire
Hypochondriac pain and distention
In severe cases the person is unable to turn the body and has a sensation of swelling and fullness below the ribs
Breathlessness
Angers easily
Easily agitated
Dry eyes
Eye pain
Dry and irritated throat
Menorrhagia
Hysteria
Insanity
Insomnia
Gastric pain
Swollen knee
Neurasthenia
First aid for cramping
First aid for spasms
First aid for uterine retention
Jaundice with a slight fever
Conjunctivitis
Dry throat and mouth
Diaphragmatic spasms
Early menstruation due to Heat in the Blood
Amenorrhea
Dysmenorrhea
Metrorrhagia
Red and white leukorrhea
Glaucoma
Orchitis
Night sweats
Cloudy urine
Urethral discharge
Dribbling urine
Headache with blurred vision and dizziness
Eye diseases
Epistaxis
Thirst
Burning Heat of the face
Dark green complexion (death-like green color)
Contracted sinews
Windstroke
Deviation of the mouth
Tetany
Itching of the genitals
Sudden involuntary erection
The seven kinds of Shan disorder
Cold Shan disorder
Painful urinary dysfunction
Enuresis
Cold Damp diarrhea
Counterflow Cold of the four limbs
Wasting and thirsting disorder with a desire to drink
Malaria
Lotus flower tongue in children
Heat in the shin
Leg Qi with redness and swelling
Severe anxiety
Hemorrhage during menstruation
Diabetes
Loves to drink
Peritonitis
Vomiting blood when coughing
Acute and chronic gastritis
Sensation of fullness and contracture in the four limbs
Swollen knee
Pain and swelling of the knee joint
Renal pain preventing bending forwards or backwards
Night sweats

Urinary incontinence
Urethral discharge
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Hemoptysis
Retention of urine
Swelling of the extremities
Cramping
Pain in the flanks and chest
Swelling of the lower abdomen
Hypertension
Pain in the penis
Lumbago
Swelling and pain in the epigastrium
Facial paralysis
Calm madness
Dyspnea
Cold limbs
Hiccups
Vision problems
Tearing
Dysuria
Direct Attack of Wind
Apoplexy
Alternating chills and fever
Swelling of the lower abdomen in women
Menoralgia
Abdominal distention
Dizziness
Blurred vision
Night blindness
Vertigo
Congestion
Swelling and pain of the eye
Hernia
Painful urination
Irregular menstruation
Seizures
Convulsions
Mumps
Nausea
Tinnitus
Intercostal neuralgia
Chest fullness and pain
Colic
Genital pain
Irascibility
Psychosis
Urticaria
Eczema
Clutching sensation in the throat
Heat in the body
Propensity to anger
Sadness
Propensity to fright
Closes eyes and has no desire to look
Excessive fright with little strength
Propensity to fear as if seeing ghosts
Palpitations
Loss of consciousness
Childhood fright Wind
Early menstruation
Abdominal masses in women
Difficult lactation
Pain of the Heart and Liver
Terrible pain in the Heart and Liver with a greenish complexion (pain impairs respiration)
Pain of the chest and back
Pain below the Heart
Rib pain
Much sighing
Inability to catch the breath all day long
Lumbar pain with difficulty flexing and extending the back
Pain of the inner aspect of the leg
Pain and swelling of the instep
Prolonged menstruation
Anuria
Great thirst - the more one drinks the thirstier one gets
Nausea and vomiting
Violent diarrhea
Paludism with cough due to Liver Qi problems
Infantile meningeal reaction due to Wind with a powdery or discolored complexion

COMBINATIONS:

GB-20 Fengchi LI-4 Hegu	KI-1 Yongquan	LIV-3 Taichong
Glaucoma	Thirst (severe thirst of wasting and thirsting) Emaciation	Parched throat with thirst Pain of the Liver and Heart Pain of the Heart with a green complexion like death Inability to catch the breath all day long
DU-24 Shenting	UB-1 Jingming	HT-6 Yinxi
Lachrymation	Liver Qi night blindness	Heart pain
DU-8 Jinsuo REN-2 Qugu KI-10 Yingu	LIV-8 Ququan	GB-25 Jingmen
Fright epilepsy Mad walking Madness	Retention of urine Pain of the penis	Lumbar pain with inability to stand for long or to move
GB-30 Huantiao GB-31 Fengshi	UB-39 Weiyang UB-37 Yinmen SP-3 Taibai SP-9 Yinlingquan	GB-31 Fengshi UB-40 *Weizhong*
Lumbar pain that radiates down the leg	Lumbar pain with inability to bend and extend	Lumbar pain with difficulty moving
UB-10 Tianzhu
Inability of the legs to support the body

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

This is the best point to clear Liver Fire.
It is used to sedate all Excess Liver patterns.
This point affects the pancreas.