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POINT: ST-45 (STOMACH-45)  

NAME: LIDUI

English: Strict Exchange
Also Known As: Evil's Dissipation
Hard Bargain
General Exchange
Hard Payment
Exchange of Wilderness
Bitter Exchange
Sick Mouth

LOCATION:

  • On the dorsal aspect of the second toe, at the junction of the lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
  • About 0.1 cun from the lateral corner of the second toenail.
  • On the lateral side of the second to, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
  • Straight insertion 0.1 to 0.3 cun.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Jing-Well point
  • Metal point
  • Sedation point

ACTIONS:

  • Clears Heat from the Stomach channel
  • Clears Heat
  • Calms the Shen
  • Restores consciousness
  • Brightens the eyes
  • Clears the Heart
  • Relieves Food Retention

INDICATIONS:

  • Swelling of the face
  • Heat in the head
  • Epistaxis
  • Yellow nasal discharge
  • Rhinitis with nosebleed
  • Toothache
  • Lockjaw
  • Throat Bi
  • Cracked lips
  • Deviation of the mouth
  • Sensation of Cold in the shin
  • Cold of the lower limbs and feet
  • Swelling and pain of the knee
  • Withdrawal
  • Psychosis
  • Resuscitation
  • Gingivitis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Hepatitis
  • Indigestion
  • Abdominal Heat
  • Epigastric pain
  • Sore throat
  • Hoarse voice
  • Lack of tolerance, understanding or compassion
  • Inguinal neuralgia
  • Tetany
  • Periorbital furuncle
  • Gonad pain
  • Pain in the buttocks
  • Bulimia
  • Fullness and distention of the chest and abdomen
  • Excessive hunger
  • Anorexia
  • Inversion counterflow
  • Malaria
  • Febrile disease with absence of sweat
  • Yellow urine
  • Jaundice
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Excessive dreaming
  • Easily frightened with a desire to sleep
  • Insomnia
  • Dizziness
  • Mania-depression
  • Desires to ascend to high places and sing
  • Discards clothing and runs around
  • Ischemia of the brain
  • Neurasthenia
  • Hysteria
  • Depression
  • Disorientation
  • Deviation of the mouth
  • Hangover
  • Liver abscess
  • Cerebral anemia
  • Bell's palsy
  • Agitation
  • Cervical adenopathy
  • Pain in the chest and breast

COMBINATIONS:

ST-42
Chongyang
ST-40
Fenglong
ST-25
Tianshu
ST-43
Xiangu

SP-1
Yinbai

LIV-1
Dadun

or

KI-3
Taixi
KI-6
Zhaohai
DU-20
Baihui
GB-21
Tianjing
LI-2
Erjian
LI-3
Sanjian
UB-18
Ganshu

Facial swelling

Nightmares

Somnolence

LI-3
Sanjian
SJ-8
Sanyangluo
SJ-10
Tianjing
LIV-10
Zuwuli

LI-2
Erjian
HT-6
Yinxi
PC-5
Jianshi

LIV-3
Taichong
GB-31
Fengshi

Somnolence with no desire to move the four limbs

Excessive fright

Weakness of the legs (moxa all points)

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • Forbidden during the sixth month of pregnancy.

NOTES:

  • The primary functions of this point are to clear Heat in the Stomach channel and to clear Heat and calm the Shen.
  • This is probably the best point for insomnia.
  • Use with direct moxa for Heart Fire.