Xiaxi GB43: Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Nomenclature:

Xia: to press from both sides Xi: stream
Xiaxi is in the space between the 4th and 5th toes. The space like a stream.
Point: GB43
Chinese Name: 侠溪
Name: Xiaxi
English Name/Meaning: Clamped Stream
Pinyin: xiá xī
Han Geul 한글: hyeop gye 협계
Romaji: kyō kei?
Vietnamese: Hiệp khê

Location:

On the dorsum of foot, between the fourth and fifth toe, proximal to the margin of the web, at the junction of the red and white skin.

Functions of xiaxi:

• Clears heat.
• Extinguishes wind.
• Relieves pain.

Indications:

Headache, dizziness and vertigo, pain of the outer canthus, tinnitus, deafness, swelling of the cheek, pain in the hypochondriac region, distending pain of the breast, febrile diseases.

Method:

• Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
• Oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.

Remarks:

• Ying-spring point.
• Water point.
• Mother (Reinforcing ) point.
• Use for external wind heat affecting ears and eyes.
• Important for pain in outer canthus.