ST-44 Neiting - Inner Courtyard
More Spirit Names: Inner Court
| English: | Inner Courtyard |
| Also Known As: | Inner Yard Inner Court |
Location
- Proximal to the web margin between the second and third toes, in the depression distal and lateral to the second metatarsal joint.
- At the proximal end of the web between the second and third toes.
- On the dorsum of the foot, between the second and third toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Slanted insertion toward the ankle, 0.3 to 0.8 cun, causing local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion 0.5 cun,
- Oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Command Functions
- Ying-Spring point
- Water point
- Ma Dan Ying Heavenly Star point
Actions
- Clears Heat
- Eliminates fullness
- Regulates Qi
- Harmonizes the Intestines
- Clears Damp-Heat
- Calms the Shen
- Stops pain
- Promotes digestion
- Eliminates Wind from the face
- Cools and drains Heat from the Stomach
- Clears the Stomach
- Relieves fullness in the Stomach
- Removes obstruction for the Intestines
Indications
|
|
Combinations
| LI-4 | GB-41 | DU-23 |
Wind in the face, facial paralysis and trigeminal neuralgia Toothache Tonsillitis Acupuncture analgesia for surgery | Lower abdominal distention | Eyeball pain |
LI-4 (reduce) | ||
Throat pain | Injury by Cold with absence of sweat (reduce ST-44) | Injury by Cold with sweating (reduce ST-44) |
DU-26 | ST-25 | ST-36 |
Loss of consciousness from Summerheat stroke | Red (bloody) dysenteric disorder | All types of diarrhea and abdominal disorders |
SP-6 | ||
Undigested food in the stool No pleasure in eating Periumbilical pain | Chronic malaria with no pleasure in eating | Edema of the four limbs |
GB-39 | ST-41 | |
Fullness and distention of the Heart and abdomen | Facial edema |
- ST-44 + LI-11: Stomach Heat with bleeding gums
Contraindications
Notes
- This is a very important point on the Stomach channel, for clearing Heat.
- It is mostly used for Excess patterns.
- This is probably the best point on the Stomach channel for abdominal disorders, especially when accompanied by pain and fear.
- This is also a special point for Food Retention in the Stomach.
- This point is good for true Heat with false Cold (warm body with cold limbs).
- Used in the Yangming Fu stage.
- For Food Retention, compare ST-44 with Inner Neiting.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Inner Courtyard is the Water point, for someone who dislikes pain. It is good for anxiety and fear around symptoms, particularly when the fear far outweighs the pain: 'What is it, what's causing it?' The Stomach needs moisture and the Spleen needs dryness; Earth needs fluid Yin properties so it does not overreact to something. It is for someone who will not go outside and shuts the world away; this lets them feel safe, and their inner world gets stronger so they can go out. A filling, settling point, it lets a person fill their own inner space from within, going inside to be deeply nourished where all is still, somewhere peaceful and comfortable. It brings Water's quiet stillness to a busy mind that has become hard, dry, barren and unreceptive. It lets in close and dear friends who really listen and empathize: a quiet, contemplative place that calms a restless, distrustful mind and helps the person find compassion and let people in. Gentler than ST-9. |
|---|---|
| Worsley | Location: On the top of the foot between the 2nd and 3rd toes, a little distal to where the 2nd toe's proximal phalanx begins (its base). |
| When to Consider |
|
| Notes |
|