Meaning

Foot Portal Yin.

Localization

On the dorsal aspect of the 4th toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Functions

Subdues liver, expels wind of the liver, cleans the heat of the liver.

Indications

- Disorders of the mind: insomnia, plenty of dreams (heat syndrome), anxiety.
- Surgical diseases: mastitis with suppuration, suppuration of the gallbladder.
- Respiratory system: cough (liver fire hurts the lungs), choking, feeling of fullness and fullness in the chest, hemoptysis.
- 5 holes diseases: migraine with a feeling of heat, eye redness, tongue stiffness, ringing of the ears, sore throat, with nervous disorders, the tongue becomes constrained.
- Reproductive system: normalizes and causes menstruation especially in the setting of liver Qi stagnation or liver heat.
- Features: condition after stroke, pathology of IV and V lumbar vertebrae and IV and V toes.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.1 cun. Cauterization. Bloodletting.