GB43 (Xiaxi, “Clamped Stream”) is the Ying-Spring Point point of the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. It is located on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression in the web margin between the fourth and fifth toes, just proximal to the margin and anterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint. It clears heat from the Gallbladder channel, subdues Liver Yang, benefits the ears, eyes, and head, and resolves damp-heat in the lower jiao.
On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression in the web margin between the fourth and fifth toes, just proximal to the margin and anterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint.
Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
Clears heat from the Gallbladder channel, subdues Liver Yang, benefits the ears, eyes, and head, and resolves damp-heat in the lower jiao.
Heat in the chest and hypochondrium, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to turn the body, pain in the chest, pain in the hypochondrium, cough with reversal, inability to catch breath, fever, chills and fever, sweating, absence of sweating in heat disease, malaria, wind-type conditions, cold limbs, shortness of breath, vertigo, headache, pain in the outer canthus, red eyes, cheek pain, jaw pain, tinnitus, deafness, ear pain, swelling in the axilla, scrofula (ma dao), pain along the outer aspect of the leg, foot pain, madness, epilepsy, amenorrhea, lower abdominal hardness, breast abscess, breast swelling and ulceration, preference for biting the cheeks.
As the Ying-Spring and Water point of the Gallbladder channel, Xiaxi is a primary point for clearing heat. It is especially effective for heat rising along the channel to the head, manifesting as migraine, tinnitus, vertigo, and red, painful eyes. Its ability to clear heat and resolve dampness also makes it a key distal point for flank pain, hypochondriac fullness, and inflammatory conditions like breast abscesses and axillary swelling.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
俠谿 在小指次指歧骨間，本節前陷中，針二分，灸三壯According to this text, GB43 lies between the forked bones of the fourth and fifth toes, in the depression in front of the base joint; needling is 2 fen, with 3 moxa cones.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
俠溪者，水也。 在足小指次指二歧骨間，本節前陷者中，足少陽脈之所溜也，為滎。 刺入三分，留三呼，灸三壯According to this text, GB43 is a water point, lying between the two forked bones of the fourth and fifth toes in the depression in front of the base joint, where the foot Shaoyang flows; it is the spring (ying) point. Needling is 3 fen, retained for 3 breaths, with 3 moxa cones.
《醫宗金鑑·刺灸心法要訣》 Yīzōng Jīnjiàn · Cìjiǔ Xīnfǎ Yàojué — Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essential Teachings on Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Wu Qian et al., 1742 · 卷七 · 足部主病針灸要穴歌 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
俠谿主治胸脅滿，傷寒熱病汗難出，兼治目赤耳聾痛，頷腫口噤疾堪除The text records that GB43 was used for fullness of the chest and flanks, febrile disease from cold damage with difficult sweating, as well as red eyes, deafness with pain, swelling of the jaw and lockjaw.
《類經圖翼》 Lèijīng Túyì — Illustrated Wings to the Classified Canon, Zhang Jiebin, 1624 · 卷六 · 經絡（四） · 手太陽小腸經穴 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
百證賦云：兼俠谿，治頷腫口噤The text, citing the Baizheng Fu, records that GB43 was used in combination for swelling of the jaw and lockjaw.
GB43 is one of 44 points on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
GB43 (Xiaxi) is located on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression in the web margin between the fourth and fifth toes, just proximal to the margin and anterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint.
GB43 clears heat from the Gallbladder channel, subdues Liver Yang, benefits the ears, eyes, and head, and resolves damp-heat in the lower jiao. Common clinical indications include heat in the chest and hypochondrium, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to turn the body, pain in the chest, pain in the hypochondrium, cough with reversal, inability to catch breath, fever, chills and fever, sweating, absence of sweating in heat disease, malaria, wind-type conditions, cold limbs, shortness of breath, vertigo, headache, pain in the outer canthus, red eyes, cheek pain, jaw pain, tinnitus, deafness, ear pain, swelling in the axilla, scrofula (ma dao), pain along the outer aspect of the leg, foot pain, madness, epilepsy, amenorrhea, lower abdominal hardness, breast abscess, breast swelling and ulceration, preference for biting the cheeks.
Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
GB43 is a point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dǎnjīng).