Liver 3

LV 3 / Tai Chong / Great Surge

POINT LOCATION

On the dorsum of the foot in a depression distal to the junctions of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones.

 

Associations

• Yuan Source Point of the Liver Channel
• Shu-Stream Point of the Liver Channel

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Epilepsy
• Childhood convulsions
• Seminal emissions
• Foot pain
• Headache
• Red or painful eyes
• Blurry visions
• Vertigo
• Insomnia
• Hypochondriac pain or fullness
• Jaundice
• Depression
• Mania
• Irregular menstruation
• Uterine bleeding
• Hernia
• Lower abdominal or back pain
• Enuresis

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Spreads Liver Qi
• Clears Heat
• Calms Shen
• Tonifies Liver Yin
• Subdues Yang
• Calms internal Wind
• Clears Lower Jiao
• Regulates menses