ST-45 (Li Dui) Severe Mouth
  Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
 Jing-Well & Metal Point
Actions:
- Clears heat from the Stomach channel
- Clears heat, calms the spirit and restores consciousness
Indications:
- Facial swelling, deviation of the mouth, epistaxis, toothache, sore throat and hoarse voice, abdominal distension, coldness in the leg and foot, febrile diseases, dream-disturbed sleep, mania.
Location
CAM:
- On the lateral side of the 2nd toe, 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
AMOA:
- On the dorsal aspect of the second toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Needling Method:
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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- Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss
- Cheng Xinnong
- Peter Deadman
- Shanghai College of TCM