03 ST44 Neiting Inner Court 内庭 2.0
ST44 Neiting
Inner Court

內庭穴

LOCATION

Proximal to the web margin between 2nd and 3rd toes, at the junction posterior to the toe web of red and white skin.

Features

Ying/Spring point.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

Dorsal toe nerve and dorsal foot vein of the lateral branch of the medial cutaneous nerve branches.

Indication

Acute chronic gestritis,acute chronic enteritis,gingivitis,tonsillitis,fever,headache,toothache,facial hemiparalysis,nosebleed,diarrhea,dysentery,constipation,hematochezia,urticaria,toe metatarsal joint pain,dorsal foot pain and swelling… Ying Spring Point – Clears heat from the channel and organ – febrile disease with absence of sweating.  Useful for issues of the Face & Jaw along with LI 4 – toothache, facial pain, bell’s palsy, stroke, sore throat, eye pain. Damp Heat in the intestines – diarrha, dysentary, distention, abominal pain, constipation, GERD. Interior heat that presents with cold signs – Feel hot but hands/feet are cold or Red tongue w/cold extremities. Local point for pain and/or swelling of the dorsum of the foot.

Combinations

Eyes pain:ST 44 & GV 23.
Gingival pain and swelling,tonsillitis:ST 44 & LI 04.
Fever:ST 44 & LR 03 & LI 11 & GV 14.
Shin pain:ST 44 & GB 30.
Reversal cold of the extremities,cold hands and feet :ST 44 & LR 13.

穴位

在足背,當2、 3趾間,趾蹼緣後方赤白肉際處。

特點

滎(水)穴。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

足背內側皮神經外側支之趾背神經和足背靜脈網。

適應症

急慢性胃炎,急慢性腸炎,齒齦炎,扁桃體炎, 發熱,頭痛,牙痛,鼻出血,泄瀉,痢疾,便秘,便血,癮疹,趾跖關節痛,足背腫痛等。

穴位配伍療法

目痛:1.內庭 2.上星
牙齦腫痛,扁桃體炎:1.內庭 2.合谷 熱病:1.內庭 2.太衝 3.曲池 4.大椎
脛痛不可屈伸:1.內庭 2.環跳
厥逆,手腳冰冷:1.內庭 2.章門
腹脹,小腹痞脹:1.內庭 2.臨泣