ACUPUNCTURE
JINJIN-YUYE: TCM Acupoint Guide
JINJIN-YUYE
Name
Jin Jin - Yu Ye (Jinjin-Yuye)
Location
On the veins on either side of the frenulum of the tongue: Jinjin to the left and Yuye to the right.
Needling
Prick to bleed.
Actions
- Clears heat
- Reduces swelling
- Generates fluids
Indications
- Stomatitis
- Glossitis
- Tonsillitis
- Acute gastritis
- Emaciation
- Thirst
- Aphasia
- Vomiting
- Morning sickness
- Severe and unremitting nausea
- Vomiting of pregnancy
- Lotus flower tongue
- Pain and swelling of the tongue
- Mouth ulcers
- Throat bi
- Loss of voice
- Loss of voice following windstroke
- Wasting and thirsting disorder
- Diarrhea
- Parched mouth associated with wasting and thirsting disorder
Notes
These points may be used in severe and recalcitrant disorders of the tongue.
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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