ACUPUNCTURE
Xia Xi: TCM Acupoint Guide
XIAXI
Name
Xia Xi (Xiaxi)
Location
On the dorsum of the foot, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web between the fourth and fifth toes, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Ying-spring point
- Water point
- Tonification point
Actions
- Subdues Liver Yang
- Benefits the ears
- Benefits the head, ears and eyes
- Clears Heat
- Resolves Damp-Heat
- Reduces swelling
Indications
- Eye diseases
- Inflammation of the outer canthus
- Pain of the outer canthus
- Dizziness of vision
- Blurred vision
- Pain in the sides and ribs
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Febrile diseases
- Attack of Cold
- Anhidrosis
- Disorders due to perverse Heat
- Breast abscess with swelling and suppuration
- Mastitis
- Amenorrhea
- Irregular menstruation
- Hypertension
- Cerebral congestion
- Lower limb paralysis
- Otitis media
- Hardness and pain of the hypogastrium
- Swelling of the four limbs
- Pain of the whole body
- Copious sweating
- Malaria
- Mania
- Jaw swollen and hard
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Bell's palsy
- Swollen, puffy face
- Athlete's foot
- Toe spasm
- Dreams of drowning
- Spitting Blood
- Tinnitus
- Deafness
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Itching of the eyes
- Pain of the ears
- Swelling of the cheeks and chin
- Pain in the cheek and submandibular regions
- Pain in the costal and hypochondriac regions
- Dizziness with pain in the chin
- Vertigo
- Fullness and protrusion of the chest and sides
- Pulmonary congestion
- Neuralgia of the chest
- Fullness of the chest in pleurisy
- Pain in the chest preventing turning
- Edema of the legs
- Temporal headaches
- Migraine headaches
- Wandering pain
- Pain of the knee and thigh
- Swelling and pain of the lateral aspect of the knee
- Redness, swelling and pain of the dorsum of the foot
- Heat in the soles of the feet
- Damp erosion and cracks between the toes
- Contraction of the five toes
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Distending pain of the breast
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| DU-23 Shangxing, DU-20 Baihui, SI-5 Yanggu, LI-4 Hegu, SJ-1 Guanchong, UB-60 Kunlun | Head Wind |
| SJ-21 Ermen, GB-20 Fengchi, GB-2 Tinghui, SI-19 Tinggong | Impaired hearing and deafness |
| SI-4 Wangu, SI-5 Yanggu, SI-9 Jianzhen, GB-44 Zuqiaoyin | Pain of the submandibular region giving rise to tinnitus and difficult hearing |
| SI-5 Yanggu | Swelling of the submandibular region with lockjaw |
| GB-38 Yangfu, LIV-3 Taichong | Swelling and saber lumps of the axilla |
| SP-18 Tianxi | Abscess, ulceration and swelling of the breast |
| GB-26 Daimai | Pain and hardness of the hypogastrium |
| GB-34 Yanglingquan | Pain of the lateral aspect of the knee |
| UB-40 Weizhong, UB-57 Chengshan, UB-58 Feiyang, GB-38 Yangfu, KI-7 Fuliu, LIV-3 Taichong, REN-6 Qihai, REN-1 Huiyin, DU-1 Changqiang | The five types of hemorrhoids |
Notes
A major point for vertigo. It disperses and moistens, and is very good for cooling down anger.
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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