ACUPUNCTURE
Nei Ting: TCM Acupoint Guide
NEITING
Name
Nei Ting (Neiting)
Location
Proximal to the web margin between the second and third toes, in the depression distal and lateral to the second metatarsal joint.
Needling
- Oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Slanted insertion toward the ankle, 0.3 to 0.8 cun, causing local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Ying-spring point
- Water point
- Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star point
Actions
- Clears Heat
- Eliminates fullness
- Regulates qi
- Harmonizes the Intestines
- Clears Damp-Heat
- Calms the Shen
- Stops pain
- Promotes digestion
- Eliminates Wind from the face
- Cools and drains Heat from the Stomach
- Clears the Stomach
- Relieves fullness in the Stomach
- Removes obstruction for the Intestines
Indications
- Bleeding gums
- Gingivitis
- Pain along the Stomach channel
- Pain in the lower jaw
- Facial paralysis
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Lack of saliva
- Lack of digestive juices
- Constipation
- Pharyngitis
- Skin disorders
- Weeping and dry eczema
- Rashes
- Facial edema
- Febrile diseases
- Acute and chronic enteritis
- Epigastric pain
- Hiccups
- Abdominal pain and distention
- Morning sickness
- Urticaria
- Lockjaw
- Pain due to intestinal hernia
- Anorexia
- Stomach ache
- Inflammation of the upper gums
- Cholera
- Malaria with loss of appetite
- Borborygmus
- Contracture of the four limbs
- Facial atony
- Toothache of the lower teeth
- Facial pain
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
- Throat Bi
- Thirst
- Depressive type disorders
- Food Stagnation
- Sensation of Cold in the limbs
- Swelling in the limbs
- Shivering
- Pain or deviation of the mouth
- Dental caries in the upper teeth
- Cutaneous pain on the cranium
- Epistaxis
- Anhidrosis
- Dysentery
- Intermittent fevers
- Hernia
- Bell's palsy
- Neuralgia
- Toothache
- Sore throat
- Gastric pain
- Acid regurgitation
- Abdominal distention and pain
- Diarrhea
- Swelling and pain of the dorsum of the foot
- Diaphragmatic spasms
- Fever without sweating
- Frontal headache
- Dysmenorrhea
- Tonsillitis
- Beriberi
- Eye pain
- Throat blockage
- Tinnitus
- Hematuria
- Wind-rash
- Skin of the head painful
- Dreads noise
- Aversion to Cold
- Hot inversion
- Pain of the skin of the chest
- Frequent yawning
- Vomiting
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| LI-4 Hegu | Wind in the face, facial paralysis and trigeminal neuralgia, toothache, tonsillitis, acupuncture analgesia for surgery |
| GB-41 Zulinqi | Lower abdominal distention |
| DU-23 Shangxing | Eyeball pain |
| SJ-3 Zhongzhu, SJ-6 Zhigou | Throat pain |
| LI-4 Hegu (reinforce), KI-7 Fuliu (reduce), M-HN-30 Bailao | Injury by Cold with absence of sweat, reduce ST-44 |
| LI-4 Hegu (reduce), KI-7 Fuliu (reinforce), M-HN-30 Bailao | Injury by Cold with sweating, reduce ST-44 |
| DU-26 Renzhong, LI-4 Hegu, DU-20 Baihui, REN-3 Zhongji, REN-6 Qihai | Loss of consciousness from Summerheat stroke |
| ST-25 Tianshu, SP-1 Yinbai, REN-6 Qihai, KI-6 Zhaohai, PC-6 Neiguan | Red, bloody dysenteric disorder |
| ST-36 Zusanli | All types of diarrhea and abdominal disorders |
| ST-45 Lidui, ST-25 Tianshu | Undigested food in the stool, no pleasure in eating, periumbilical pain |
| SP-4 Gongsun, ST-45 Lidui | Chronic malaria with no pleasure eating |
| SP-6 Sanyinjiao, LIV-6 Zhongdu, LI-4 Hegu, LI-11 Quchi, SJ-3 Zhongzhu, SJ-2 Yemen, LIV-2 Xingjian, SP-9 Yinlingquan | Edema of the four limbs |
| GB-39 Xuanzhong | Fullness and distention of the Heart and abdomen |
| ST-41 Jiexi | Facial edema |
Notes
A very important point on the Stomach channel for clearing Heat. Mostly used for Excess patterns, and probably the best point on the Stomach channel for abdominal disorders, especially when accompanied by pain and fear. Also a special point for food retention in the Stomach. Good for true Heat with false Cold, that is, a warm body with cold limbs.
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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