Source [出處 chū chù]:
Dr. Hu Wen Zhi (1987)
• Name【名稱 mīng chéng】
tǔ xìng yī [土興一]
tǔ xìng èr [土興二]
Tǔ [土]: earth
xìng [興]: encourage promote
yī [一] first or one
èr [二]: second or two
• Zone: 1-1
Dao ma [11-09] the third point of this point set is Huo Xing Xia
* Source: Advanced Tung Style Acupuncture, James H. Maher
• Location【部位 bù wèi】:
this is a set of two points, located on the palmar aspect of the middle finger, along the midline of the proximal phalanx. (Line C)
Divide the phalanx into 3 section, the middle point is Huo Xing Shang. Upper and lower are Tu Xing first and second.
• Needling【針法 zhēn fǎ】:
0.2-0.5 cun perpendicular.
• Reaction area:
Spleen and stomach
• Indications:
adenocarcinoma of the stomach, gastritis acute enteritis, splenomegaly, spleenitis, stomach pain, acute/chronic enteritis, bilateral hypochondria pain, toothache due to stomach fire, frontal headache, gingivitis.
• Combination: 11-09,11-06, 77-05, 88-06, 66.06, 66.07 to treat thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.
