1. Foot Jue-Yin Liver Channel
By: Dr. Chuanxin Wang, DAOM, AP

4. LV-1, Da-Dun
Location: On the lateral side of the distal segment of tile great toe, 0. 1 cun from the corner of the toenail.
Jin-Well point
Wood point

7. Indications: Hernia. enuresis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, prolapse of the uterus, epilepsy. Method: Puncture subcutaneously cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein. Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve derived from the deep peroneal nerve.

8. LV-2, Xiang-Jian
Location: On the instep of the foot. between the 1st and 2nd toes. at the junction of the red and white skin proximal to the margin of the web.
Ying-Spring point
Fire point

11. Indications: Headache
Indications: Headache. dizziness, night blindness, thirst, hypochondriac pain. distention of the abdomen, pain due to hernia, dysuna, urodynia, irregular menstruation, epilepsy, insomnia, convulsion. Method: Puncture obliquely cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot and the first dorsal digital artery and vein. Innervation: The site where the dorsal digital nerves split from the lateral dorsal metatarsal nerve of the deep peroneal nerve.

12. LV-3, Tai-Chong
Location: On the instep of the foot. in the depression of the posterior end of the 1st interosseous metatarsal space.
Yuan-Source point
Shu-Stream point
Earth point

13. Indications: Headache, dizziness, insomnia, conjunctival congestion accompanied with swelling pain, melancholia, infantile convulsion, thirst, hypochondriac pain, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, hernia, enuresis, dysuria, epilepsy, pain in the anterior margin of the medial malleolus. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot, the first dorsal metatarsal artery. Innervation: The branch of the deep peroneal nerve.

14. LV-4, Zhong-Feng
Location: On the instep of the foot, anterior to the medial malleolus, on the line connection Shangqiu(SP5) and Jiexi(ST41), the depression medial to the tendon of the anterior tibial muscle.
Jing-river point
Metal point

17. Indications: Pain due to hernia, pudendal pain, emission, dysuria, distending pain in the chest and hypochondriac region. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal venous network of the foot and the anterior medial malleolar artery. Innervation:The branch of the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot and the saphenous nerve.

18. LV-5, Li-Gou
Location : On the medial side of the leg, 5 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia. Luo-Connecting point

21. Indications: Dysuria, enuresis, hernia, irregular menstruation, morbid leukorrhes, pruritusvuvae, flaccidity of the lower limbs. Method: Puncture subcutaneously cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: Posteriorly, the great saphenous vein. Innervation: The branch of the saphenous nerve.

22. LV-6, Zhong-Du
Location: On the medial side of the leg, 7 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the midline of the medial surface of the tibia.
Xi-Cleft point

25. Indications: Pain in the abdomen and hypochondriac regin, diarrhea, hernia, metrorrhagia and merrostaxis, lochiorrhea. Method: Puncture subcutaneously cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The great saphenous vein. Innervation: The branch of the saphenous nerve.

26. LV-7, Xi-Guan
Location: On the medial side of the leg, posterior and inferior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia,1 cun posterior to Yinlingquan(SP9), at the upper end of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle.

29. Indications: Gonalgia. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0. 5-1. 0 cun
Indications: Gonalgia. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: Deeper, the posterior tibial artery. Innervation: The branch of the medial sural cutaneous nerve; deeper, the tibial nerve.

30. LV-8, Qu-Quan
Location: On the medial side of the knee, at the medial end of the popliteal crease when the knee is flexed, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the instertions of the semimembranous and semitendinous muscles.

34. Indications: Pain in the lower abdomen , dysuria, emission, pain in the vulvae, prolapse of uterus, pruitus vulvac, pain in the medial portion of the thigh and knee. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: Anteriorly, the great saphenous vein, on the pathway of the genu suprema artery. Innervation: The saphenous.

35. LV-9, Yin-Bao
Location: On the medial side of the thgh,4 cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between the medial vastus muscle and sartorius muscle.

38. Indications: Lumbosacral pain radiating to the lower abdomen, dysuria, enuresis, irregular menstruation. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: Deeper, on the lateral side, the femoral artery and vein, the superficial branch of the medial circumflex femoral artery. Innervation: The anterior femoral cutaneous nerve, on the pathway of the anterior branch of the obturator nerve.

39. LV-10, Zu-Wu-Li
Location: On the medial side of the thigh,3 cun directly below Qichong(ST30),at the proximal end of the thigh below the pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of the long abductor muscle of the thigh.

43. Indications: Distention of the lower abdomen, retention of urine
Indications: Distention of the lower abdomen, retention of urine. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The superficial branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery and vein. Innervation:The genitofemoral nerve,the anterior femoral cutaneous nerve;deeper,the anterior branch of the obturator nerve.

44. LV-11, Yin-Lian
Location: On the medial side of the thigh,2 cun directly below Qichong(ST30),at the proximal end of the thigh below the pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of the long abductor muscle of the thigh.

48. Indications: Irregular menstruation
Indications: Irregular menstruation. morbid leukorrhage, pain in the lower abdomen, pain in the thigh. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery and vein. Innervation: The genitofemoral nerve,the branch of the medial femoral cutaneous nerve; deeper,, the anterior branch of the obturator nerve.

49. LV-12, Ji-Mai
Location: Lateral to the pubic tubercle, lateral and inferior to Qichong(ST30) , in the inguinal groove where the pulsation of the femoral artery is palpable, 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

53. Indications: Pain in the lower abdominal region, pain in the vulua, hernia. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The branches of the external pudendal artery and vein, the pubic branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein; laterally, the femoral vein. lnnervation: The ilioinguinal nerve; deeper, in the inferior aspect, the anterior branch of the obturator nerve.

54. LV-13, Zhang-Men
Location: On the lateral side of the abdomen, below the free end of the 11th rib.
Front-Mu point of spleen
Master point of Zang organ

57. Indications: Hypochondriac pain, distention of the abdomen, borborygmus, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion. Method: Puncture perpendicularly cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The terminal branch of the tenth intercostal artery. Innervation: Slightly inferiorly, the tenth intercostal nerve.

58. LV-14, Qi-Men
Location: On the chest, directly below the nipple, in the 6th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Front-Mu point of Liver

61. Indications: Hypochondriac pain, distention of the abdomen, hiccup, regurgitation of acid, mastitis, melancholia. Method: Puncture obliquely cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Regional anatomy Vasculature: The sixth intercostal artery and vein. Innervation: The sixth intercostal nerve.