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.
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).