LR2 (Xíng Jiān, “Xíng Jiān”) is the Ying-Spring Point point of the Liver Channel of Foot Jueyin Meridian. It is located on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression located in the web between the first and second toes, just proximal to the web margin where a pulsation is palpable. It clears Liver fire, pacifies Liver wind, cools blood, subdues Liver yang, and regulates the lower jiao.
On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression located in the web between the first and second toes, just proximal to the web margin where a pulsation is palpable.
Perpendicular or slightly oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
Clears Liver fire, pacifies Liver wind, cools blood, subdues Liver yang, and regulates the lower jiao.
Chest and hypochondriac pain, abdominal fullness, cough with blood, penile pain, difficult urination, urinary retention, menstrual irregularities, excessive menstrual bleeding, uterine bleeding, infantile convulsions, epilepsy, shortness of breath, seven types of hernia, cold hernia, wind stroke, liver masses (Fei Qi), malaria, small intestine qi disorders, liver-heart pain with a deathly pale complexion and inability to breathe, pain in the chest and back, women's lower abdominal swelling, dusty and discolored face, eye diseases, mouth and throat dryness, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, lower abdominal pain, chills, white and turbid urine, seminal emission, genital odor, genital itching, uterine prolapse, amenorrhea.
As the Ying-Spring and Fire point of the Liver channel, Xingjian is a primary point for clearing all forms of Liver fire and heat. It is exceptionally effective for conditions where Liver fire harasses the head, such as headaches, dizziness, and red eyes, or disturbs the Heart and spirit, causing irritability and insomnia. It also powerfully cools the blood to treat bleeding disorders like epistaxis or excessive menstruation, and clears damp-heat from the lower jiao, addressing genital pain, itching, and urinary issues.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之七·陰陽臟腑部 · 刺虛實 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
邪在肝，則兩脅中痛，寒中，惡血在內，行善掣節，時腳腫，取之行間以引脅下The text records that when a pathogen is in the liver, with pain in both flanks, cold in the middle, bad blood inside, joints that jerk when walking and occasional foot swelling, LR2 is used to draw from below the ribs.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
行間 在大指本節前，上下有筋，前後有小骨尖，其穴正居陷中，有動脈應手， 針六分，灸三壯According to this text, LR2 lies in front of the base joint of the big toe, with tendons above and below and small bony points in front and behind, right in the depression where a pulse is felt; needle 0.6 cun, 3 moxa cones.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第二 · Source: Wikisource ↗
妊娠一月，足厥陰脈養，不可針灸其經（如大敦、行間、太沖、中封、五裡The text states that in the first month of pregnancy, when the foot jueyin channel nourishes the fetus, its points, including LR2, must not be needled or moxibusted.
《千金翼方》 Qiānjīn Yìfāng — Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions, c. 682 · 卷26 · Source: Wikisource ↗
重舌，灸行間，隨年，穴在足大指歧中，二穴The text records moxibustion at LR2 for 'double tongue' (swelling under the tongue), with as many cones as the patient's years; the bilateral point lies in the fork of the big toe.
LR2 is one of 14 points on the Liver Channel of Foot Jueyin Meridian. Nearby points:
LR2 (Xíng Jiān) is located on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression located in the web between the first and second toes, just proximal to the web margin where a pulsation is palpable.
LR2 clears Liver fire, pacifies Liver wind, cools blood, subdues Liver yang, and regulates the lower jiao. Common clinical indications include chest and hypochondriac pain, abdominal fullness, cough with blood, penile pain, difficult urination, urinary retention, menstrual irregularities, excessive menstrual bleeding, uterine bleeding, infantile convulsions, epilepsy, shortness of breath, seven types of hernia, cold hernia, wind stroke, liver masses (Fei Qi), malaria, small intestine qi disorders, liver-heart pain with a deathly pale complexion and inability to breathe, pain in the chest and back, women's lower abdominal swelling, dusty and discolored face, eye diseases, mouth and throat dryness, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, lower abdominal pain, chills, white and turbid urine, seminal emission, genital odor, genital itching, uterine prolapse, amenorrhea.
Perpendicular or slightly oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
LR2 is a point on the Liver Channel of Foot Jueyin Meridian (Zú Juéyīn Gānjīng).