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LIV-02 (Xing Jian) Moving Between

Acupuncture Points on the Liver Channel of Foot Jue Yin

  • Acupuncture Point Five Elements Ying-Spring & Fire Point
Clears Liver fire
  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Pacifies Liver wind
  • Clears heat and stops bleeding
  • Benefits the lower jiao
    • Pain in the hypochondrium, abdominal distension, headache, dizziness and vertigo, congestion, swelling and pain of the eye, deviation of the mouth, hernia, painful urination, retention of urine, irregular menstruation, epilepsy, insomnia, convulsion.

    Where is LIV-02 located?

    • A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 474): On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
    • Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 221-222): On the dorsum of the foot between the first and second toe, proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of the red and white skin.
    Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

    Sources & References

    Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

    The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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