Jing Well: Metal
LOCATION: On the lateral side of the 2nd toenail, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
IMAGE: Also translated as "Evil's Dissipation," or "Severe Mouth." Implies a cleansing of
unpleasant words or bad Qi from the mouth and replacing them with better ones. This may relate to
St 45's effect on sore throat, toothache, & sinus infections, in terms of "clearing" that part of the
body. Dr. Liao says the name also implies calming the spirit and reducing wind.
FUNCTIONS:
Calms Spirit
Clears Food Stagnation,
Clears the Heart,
Clears Yang Ming Heat
Harmonizes the Stomach
Moves Qi
Opens the Channels
Opens the Orifices
Regulates Stomach
Sedates Pain
Stimulates the Mind
Transforms Damp Heat
INDICATIONS:
hepatitis
hysteria
indigestion
ischemia of the brain
neurasthenia
tonsillitis
NEEDLING: Subcutaneously 0.1 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
dream disturbed sleep
confusion
Mann: Like a corpse, madness, nightmares
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: hangovers
sedation point on the stomach channel
