STOMACH – Foot YangMing Acupuncture Meridian (jing luo)

STOMACH – Foot Yang Ming

ST 1 (chengqi)

local (i.e. nosebleed, paralysis, eye problems)

Location: directly below the pupil, between the pupil & the infraorbital ridge.

ST 2 (sibai)

local

Location: 1 cun below the pupil in the depression of the ingraorbital foramen.

ST 4 (dicing)

local, inability to eat

Location: 4 fen lateral to the corner of the mouth.

ST 5 (daying)

local (i.e. ear problems, jaw problems)

Location: 1.3 cun anterior to the angle of the mandible.

ST 6 (jiache)

Ghost point

local

Location: at the prominence of the masseter muscle anterior superior to the angle of the mandible.

ST 7 (xiaguan)

local

Location: in the depression directly below the zygomatic arch, anterior to the condyloid process.

ST 8 (touwei)

any headache

Location: 4.5 cun lateral to the midline, .5 cun within the hairline (corner of hair), or 3.5 cun above the eyebrow.

ST 9 (renying)

sore throat, dyspnea

Location: at the level of the adam’s apple on the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (caution major blood vessels)

ST 12 (quepen)

cough, sore throat

Location: in the supraclavicular fossa, on the nipple line.

ST 15 (wuyi)

mastitis, cough, local

Location: 4 cun from the midline in the 2nd intercostals space.

ST 16 (yingchuang)

local, mastitis

Location: 4 cun from the midline in the 3rd intercostals space.

ST 18 (rugen)

mastitis, lactation, placenta delivery

Location: directly below the nipple in the 5th intercostals space.

ST 21 (liangmen)

nausea, vomit, loose stool

Location: 2 cun lateral to the midline, 4 cun above the umbilicus.

ST 25 (tianshu)

Alarm Mu of LI

diarrhea/constipation, edema, abdominal pain

Location: 2 cun lateral to the umbilicus.

ST 28 (shuidao)

urinary blockage, hernia, dysentry

Location: 2 cun lateral to the midline, 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus.

ST 30 (qichong)

meeting point of Chong Mai

genital pain, menstrual problems, hernia

Location: 2 cun lateral to the midline, level with the superior border of the pubic symphysis.

ST 32 (futu)

lumbar pain, cold knees, local paralysis

Location: in the middle of the anterior thigh, 6 cun above the patella.

ST 34 (liangqiu)

Xi Cleft

pain, knee swelling, Stomach pain, mammary Yong

Location: 2 cun superior to the lateral border of the patella.

ST 36 (zusanli)

Command point of abdomen, 9 needle to return Yang

harmonize mid Jiao, internal stagnation, thoracic Blood Stasis, Wind/Damp, Yuan Qi, expels & prevents

Location: 3 cun below the inferior border of the patella, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia.

ST 37 (shangjuxu)

Lower He of LI

intestinal Yong, abdominal pain, Damp/Heat

Location: 3 cun inferior to zusanli, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia.

ST 38 (tiaokou)

shoulder pain, wind/damp

Location: 2 cun below shangjuxu

ST 39 (xiajuxu)

Lower He of SI

constipation, Damp/Heat, mammary Yong, pinched spinal nerve testicular pain

Location: 1 cun below tiaokou.

ST 40 (fenglong)

Connect to SP

Spleen Lung Heart Phlegm, wheezing

Location: 1 cun lateral to tiaokou.

ST 41 (jiexi)

Stomach Heat, food stagnation, facial swelling, constipation

Location: at the level of the tip of the external malleolus, between extensor hallucis longus & extensor digitorum longus.

ST 44 (neiting)

Stomach Heat, food stagnation, nosebleed, diarrhea

Location: on the dorsum of the foot, between the 2nd & 3rd toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.

ST 45 (lidui)

excess dreaming/mania, facial swelling/paralysis

Location: 1 fen proximal to the lateral corner of the nail of the 2nd toe.