Location: In a depression 5 fen anterior to and below me-dial malleolus (Fig. 2-32).
Indications: Increased intestinal gurgling, abdominal distension, diarrhea, jaundice, indigestion, pain in foot and ankle, convulsions in children, hysteria, and stiff tongue.
(11) Dadun ( LR 1 ) :
Location: This is 0.1 cun beside the lateral corner of nail of big toe (Fig. 2-33).
Indications: Hernia, redness, swelling and pain in eye, profuse uterine bleeding, prolapse of uterus, incontinence of urine, eczema of scrotum, and constipation.
Fig. 2-33 Acupoints on liver meridian on foot
1-Dadun (LR 1) 2-Xingjian (LR 2) 3-Taichong (LR 3) 4-Zhongfeng (LR 4)
(12) Xingjian (LR 2):
Location: At the tip of a crease between 1st and 2nd metatarsophalangeal joints (Fig. 2-33).
Indications: Parietal headache, pain in flank, hernia with pain, night blindness, deviation of mouth, epilepsy, irregular menstruation, pain in urethra, incontinence of urine, difficult urination, constipation, hernia, irritability due to fever, insomnia, and knee joint pain.
(13) Taichong ( LR 3) :
Location: In a depression anterior to the junction of 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones (Fig. 2-33).
Indications: Diseases of liver and gallbladder, hypertension, hernia, profuse uterine bleeding, epilepsy, insomnia, vertigo, parietal headache, red eye, deviation of mouth, pain in flank, convulsions in children, difficult urination, and thrombocytopenia.
(14) Zhongfeng (LR 4) :
Location: This is 1 cun anterior to medial malleolus and on the medial border of anterior tibial muscle (Fig. 2-33).
Indications: Hernia with pain, emission of sperm, anuresis, pain in penis, hepatitis, and ankle joint pain.
