yin qiao/motility vessel

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  • • originates below the medial malleolus at Zhàohăi KID-6,

    • ascends along the medial malleolus and the postero-medial surface of the lower leg and thigh to the external genitalia, then ascends the abdomen and chest to the supraclavicular fossa,

    • ascends through the throat and emerges anterior to Rénying ST-9,

    • ascends beside the mouth and nose to the inner canthus where it meets with the Yang Motility vessel and Bladder channel at Jingming BL-1,

    • then ascends with them to enter the brain.

    Coalescent points: Zhàohăi KID-6, Jiãoxin KID-8 and Jingming BL-1.

    Pathological symptoms of the Yin Motility vessel: Night-time epilepsy, eye diseases, chills and fever, painful obstruction of the skin due to damp-heat, hypogastric pain, internal urgency, pain of the genitals, contracted sinews, shan disorder, uterine bleeding, leucorrhoea, flaccidity of the muscles of the lateral leg and tightness of the muscles of the medial leg.

    • master yin qiao

    • in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus

    • nourishes kidney yin, promotes body fluids, cools blood, clears heat, benefits eyes, calms mind. insomnia, hypersomnia, irregular menses, uterine prolapse, asthma, epilepsy, sore throat, eye diseases

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • xi cleft of yin qiao

    • 0.5 cun anterior to kd7, posterior to the medial border of the tibia

    • removes obstructions from the channel. abdominal pain, low back pain, irregular menses. allows to trust oneself and others

    • perpendicular 0.5-0.7

    • in depression slightly above inner canthus

    • expel wind, clears heat, brightens eyes, lacrimation, night and color blindness, blurred vision

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.7