Extra point · Head and Neck
Golden Fluid and Jade Fluid
金津 / 玉液Jīn Jīn / Yù YèAnatomical location
Two points on the sublingual veins, on either side of the frenulum of the tongue (left: Jinjin; right: Yuye).
Same point as CP20 · Jīn Jīn Yù Yè — Curious Points catalogMain function
Clears Heat, benefits the tongue, stops vomiting.
Therapeutic indications
- Stomatitis
- swelling of the tongue
- post-stroke aphasia
- vomiting
- thirst
Name and classical tradition
Jinjin and Yuye, 金津 and 玉液, are the “golden fluid” and the “jade fluid,” two points on the veins beneath the tongue, one on each side of the frenulum. The names come from the language of Taoist internal alchemy, in which 玉液 is one of the names for saliva, the precious fluid the practitioner swallows to nourish themselves.
The Zhenjiu Dacheng (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) presents them within the entry for EX-HN10, Juquan, and specifies which is which: “左金津右玉液二穴，在舌下兩旁紫脈上是穴，捲舌取之.” On the left, the golden fluid; on the right, the jade fluid, over the purple veins, with the tongue curled up. They were bled with a three-edged needle boiled in water, for a swollen tongue and a closed throat: “治重舌腫痛，喉閉，用白湯煮三稜針出血.”
