ACUPUNCTURE
Jiao Xin: TCM Acupoint Guide
JIAOXIN
Name
Jiao Xin (Jiaoxin)
Location
On the medial side of the lower leg, 2 cun superior to KI-3 Taixi and 0.5 cun anterior to KI-7 Fuliu, posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Master point of Blood
- Xi-cleft point of the Yin Qiao channel
- Meeting point of the Spleen channel
Actions
- Regulates the Chong and REN channels
- Regulates menstruation
- Stops uterine bleeding
- Clears damp-heat from the Lower Jiao
- Removes obstructions from the channel
- Alleviates abdominal pain
- Removes masses
Indications
- All menstrual disorders
- Heavy periods
- Red or white vaginal discharge
- Uterine prolapse
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- Excessive perspiration
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Dysenteric disorder
- Difficult urination
- Difficult defecation
- Qi painful urinary dysfunction
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal swelling
- Kidney pain
- Pain on the medial aspect of the lower limb
- Uterine bleeding
- Irregular menstruation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Amenorrhea
- Swelling and pain of the testicles
- Genital itching
- Shan disorder
- Night sweating
- Lumbar pain
- Pain of the inner aspect of the leg
- Urinary retention
- The five types of painful urinary dysfunction
- Malarial disorders
- Difficulty bending forward and backward
- Inability to flex the foot
Notes
This point strengthens and calms. This point harmonizes the body and mind.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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