Explanation
LlV-2 XINGJIAN TEMPORARY IN-BETWEEN
Nature:
Spring (Ying) point.
Fire point.
Drainage point.
Actions:
Drains Liver-Fire and subdues Liver-Yang.
Extinguishes interior Wind.
Cools Blood and stops bleeding.
Calms the Mind.
Resolves Damp-Heat in genitourinary system.
Indications:
Bitter taste, headache, thirst, dark urine, dry stools, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, red eyes, dizziness, tinnitus, eye pain, a feeling of heat.
Wind-stroke, deviation of eye and mouth, tetany, epilepsy, loss of consciousness.
Excessive menstrual bleeding, coughing of blood, vomiting of blood.
Propensity to outbursts of anger, sadness, fright, 'seeing ghosts ', manic behaviour, insomnia, palpitations.
Pain and itching of genitals, pain in the penis, Hernial and Genitourinary Disorders (shan), painful urination, retention of urine, difficult urination,
turbid urine, excessive vaginal discharge, constipation, abdominal distension.
BOX 65.3 LlV-2: SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS
• Drains Liver-Fire and subdues Liver-Yang (bitter taste, headache, thirst, dark urine, dry stools, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, red
eyes, dizziness, tinnitus, eye pain, a feeling of heat).
• Extinguishes interior Wind (wind-stroke, deviation of eye and mouth, tetany, epilepsy, loss of consciousness).
• Cools Blood and stops bleeding (excessive menstrual bleeding, coughing of blood, vomiting of blood).
• Calms the Mind (propensity to outbursts of anger, sadness, fright, 'seeing ghosts', manic behaviour, insomnia, palpitations).
• Resolves Damp-Heat in genitourinary system (pain and itching of genitals, pain in the penis, Hernial and Genitourinary Disorders (shan),
painful urination, retention of urine, difficult urination, turbid urine, excessive vaginal discharge, constipation, abdominal distension).