Jiexi ST41 : Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Nomenclature:

Jie: Separating            Xi: stream
Xi refers to minor depression on the body surface. The point is in the anterior articular depression of the ankle joint.

Point: ST-41
Chinese Name: 解溪
Name: Jiexi
English Name/Meaning: Stream Divide
Pinyin: jiě xī
Han Geul 한글: hae gye 해계
Romaji: kai kei
Vietnamese:Giải khê

Location:

At the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint, between the tendons of m. extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus.

Functions of jiexi:

• Supports spleen qi and transforms damp.
• Clears stomach heat.
• Calms the spirit.

Indications of Jiexi:

• Clears heat:
  • ST organ (ST heat): excessive hunger, bad breath, constipation, burning ST ache – worse after spicy food
  • ST Channel:
    • gum: bleeding, swollen;
    • nose: red, bleeding;
    • face: burning pain or acne;
    • Ht: psycho-emotional signs: dream-disturbed sleep, mania
• Atrophy and paralysis of the legs, pain in the ankle and wrist;
• Headache, vertigo, psychosis, epilepsy.

Method:

Perpendicular 0.5 cun;
Oblique insertion beneath the tendons to join with SP5 or GB40.
Caution: the anterior tibial vessels and nerve lie deep to this point.

Remarks:

Jing-River Point.
Mother point of stomach channel – act primarily to reduce excess pathogenic factors from the ST channel and zang

Precaution:

The anterior tibial vessels and nerve lie deep to this point.