Neiting (ST44)
Neiting (ST44), “Inner Courtyard”, is a point on the Stomach meridian. It is point 44 of the 45 on the channel. Clears Stomach heat, stops pain, cools blood, treats heat syndromes of the meridian.
Location
In the depression proximal to the web margin between the 2nd and 3rd toes.
Functions according to tradition
Clears Stomach heat, stops pain, cools blood, treats heat syndromes of the meridian.
Traditional indications
- Toothache
- Epistaxis
- Gastritis
- Heat diarrhea
- Facial pain
- Fever
- Tonsillitis
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
Second of the five transport points: the Qi “glides”. Tradition reserves it mainly for heat in the channel itself.
Precautions
No specific contraindications. Shallow needling between the metatarsals.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- LI4 Hegu (Large Intestine): Facial pain, Fever, Toothache
- LI2 Erjian (Large Intestine): Fever, Toothache
- LI1 Shangyang (Large Intestine): Fever, Toothache
- LI3 Sanjian (Large Intestine): Toothache
- SI5 Yanggu (Small Intestine): Fever, Toothache
- CV12 Zhongwan (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Gastritis
Point profile
- Code
- ST44
- Pinyin name
- Nèi Tíng
- Characters
- 内庭
- Translation
- Inner Courtyard
- Meridian
- Stomach
- Element
- Earth
- Classification
- Ying-Spring
- Topics
- Heat, Face, Digestion
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