Point location 1 Flashcards
ST 4 Earth Granary
Channel Convergences: Meeting Point of Yang Ming and Yang Qiao Vessel and Large Intestine Channel and Ren channel
Point Categories: None
Location: ST 4 lied in the lateral to the corner of the mouth, directly below the pupil of the eye
Actions: Eliminate wind
from the face, ACAP.
Indications: deviation of the mouth, eyelid twitch, trigeminal neuralgia, facial pain
ST 6 Jaw bones
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: Sun Si Miao ghost point
Location: Approximately 1 fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the angle of the jaw at the prominence of the masseter muscle (ask the patient to clench the jaw before locating)
Actions: Eliminate the wind and benefits the jaw and teeth, ACAP
Indication: Facial paralysis, inability to chew, inability to open the mouth.
ST 7 Below the joint
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of Stomach and Gall bladder Channel Point
Categories: None
Location: At the lower border of the zygomatic arch, in the depression anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible
Actions: Benefits the ears, jaw and the teeth, ACAP
Indications: Disorder of the jaw, cheek and facial pain and ear issues
ST 8 Head’s Binding
Channel Convergences: Meeting Point of the Stomach and Gall Bladder channels with Yang Wei Vessel
Point Categories: None
Location: At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to DU 24 and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline
Actions: Eliminates wind and AP; Benefits the eyes
Indications: Migraine, wind-heat headaches, vertex and temporal headaches, burst vision
ST 21 Beam Gate
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: None
Location: On the abdomen, 2cun lateral to midline and 4 cun superior to umbilicus
Action: Regulate Qi and alleviate pain, harmonize middle jiao and transform stagnation.
Indication: Gastric pain, vomit, anorexia
ST 25 Heaven’s Pivot
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: Front-Mu point of Large Intestine
Location: On the middle of abdomen, 2cun lateral to umbilicus
Action: Regulate intestine, spleen and stomach, resolve dampness, regulate qi and blood, eliminate stagnation
Indication: Abdominal pain/distention, borborygmus, umbilicus pain, constipation, diarrhea, irregular menstruation
ST 34 Ridge Mound
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: ST 34 is the Xi Cleft points of Stomach Channel
Location: On the thigh, on the line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and ASIS, in the depression 2cun proximal to the superior border of patella
Actions: Activates the channels and alleviate the pain, harmonize stomach, moderate acute conditions
Indication: Pain and numbness of the knee, gastric pain, mastitis, motor impairment
St 36 Leg Three Miles
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: Earth Point of Stomach Channel (He-Sea), point of sea of water and grain
Location: Below the knee, 3cun inferior to ST35, one fingerbreadth lateral to anterior chest of tibia
Actions: Tonifies Qi and Blood, harmonize the strengthen the Spleen and Stomach, activate the pain and alleviate the pain, resolve damp, support the zang qi, raise Yang, clear fire and calm spirit, restore consciousness
Indications: Gastric pain, vomiting, hiccup, abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, indigestion, constipation, dizziness, emaciation due to general deficiency, insomnia, mania, knee pain.
ST40 Abundant Bulge
Channel Convergences: None
Point Categories: Luo-Connecting point of Stomach Channel
Location: On the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint line (level with popliteal crease) and the lateral malleolus, two finger-breaths lateral to the anterior crest of tibia (one finger breath lateral to ST 38).
Actions: Transform phlegm and dampness, calm spirit, benefit chest, clear phlegm from the Heart and Lung and alleviate cough and wheezing, ACAP.
Indication: Cough with copious phlegm, wheezing, asthma, fullness of the chest, excess sputum, headache, dizziness, vertigo, constipation, epilepsy
(Main point for resolving phlegm)
ST41 Stream Divide
Channel Convergence: None
Point Categories: Jing River Point of the Stomach Channel
Location: On the ankle, level with the prominence of the lateral malleolus, in a depression between the tendons of the extensor hallucis longus and extensor digitorum longus
Actions: Clear the heat from Stomach Channel and Fu; Calm the Spirit; ACAP
Indications: Toothache, facial pain, frontal headache, eyebrow pain, redness of the face and eyes, mouth pain, abdominal distention and fullness, hunger with inability to eat, constipation, swelling and pain of the ankle joint, heaviness of the knee and thigh
ST44 Inner Courtyard
Channel Convergence: None
Point Categories: Ying-Spring and Water point of the Stomach channel.
Location: On the dorsum of the foot, between the second and third toes, 0.5cun proximal to the margin of the web
Actions: Clear the heat from Stomach Channel and alleviate pain, Harmonize the intestine and clears the damp heat, Calms the spirit
Indications: Toothache, facial pain, deviation of the mouth, sore throat, gastric pain, abdominal distention, borborygmus, pain and swelling of dorsum of foot.
LU 5 CHIZE
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: He-Sea and Water point of the Lung Channel.
Location: On the cubital crease of the elbow, in the depression at the radial side of the tendon of biceps brachii.
Actions: Clear heat from Lungs and descends rebellious Qi; Regulates water passages; Activates the channel; Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain.
Indication: Coughing, coughing with phlegm, asthma, wheezing, abdominal pain, sore throat.
LU 6 KONGZUI
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: Xi Cleft point of the Lung Channel
Location: On the flexor aspect of the forearm, 7 cun proximal to LU9, on the line connecting LU 5 and LU 9
Actions: Descends Lung Qi; Clear heat and moistens the Lung; Clear heat and stops bleeding and Moderate acute conditions
Indication: Coughing, wheezing, asthma, chest pain, sore throat.
LU 7 LIE QUE
Channel Convergences: Confluent point of Conception Vessel
Point Category: Luo-connecting point of Lung Channel, Guo Wu Command Point, Ma Dan Yang Heaven Star Point
Location: On the radial aspect of the forearm, approximately 1.5 cun proximal to LI5, in the cleft between tendons of brachioradialis and abductor
Actions: Release the exterior and expel wind; promotes the descending function of the Lung; Pacifies wind and phlegm; Benefits the head and nape; Opens and regulates the conception vessel; Regulates the water passage; Activates the channel and alleviate pain
Indication: Headache, migraine, chill and fever, nasal congestion, cough, wheezing, asthma, stiff neck, epilepsy, sore throat, hemiplegia
LU 9 TAI YUAN
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: Shu-stream point, Yuan Source Point and Earth point of Lung Channels, Hui Meeting point of the vessels
Location: At the wrist point, in the depression between the radial artery and the tendon of abductor polius longus, level with HT7
Actions: Tonifies the Lung and transform phlegm; Promotes the descending function of the Lungs; Regulates and harmonizes the one hundred vessels; Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Indication: Cough, asthma, dyspnea, wheezing, sore throat, palpitations, pain of the shoulder, chest or arm
LI 1 SHANG YANG
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: Jing Well & Metal point of the Large Intestine
Location: On the dorsal aspect of the index finger, at the junction of lines drawn along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail
Actions: Clears heat, reduce swelling and alleviates pain, revives consciousness
Indication: Toothache in lower jaw, sore throat, numbness of finger, loss of consciousness, febrile disease with the absence of sweat
LI 4 HE GU
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: Yuan Source point of the Large Intestine Channel, Gao Wu Command Point, Ma Dan Yang Heavenly Star Point.
Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the first and second metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone and close to its radial border.
Actions: Regulates the defensive qi and adjust sweating; Expels wind and release the exterior; Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears, Activates the channel and alleviates pain; Induces labor; Restores Yang.
Indication: Wind Cold or Wind heat; Headache; neck pain; eye pain, nasal bleeding, nasal obstruction, sore throat, toothache, constipation, amenorrhea, pain of four limbs
LI 5 YANGXI
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: Jing River Point and Fire Point of Large Intestine Channel.
Location: On the radial side of the wrist in the centre of the hallow formed by the tendons of the extensor polius longus and brevis.
Actions: Clears heat and alleviate pain, clears Yang Ming Fire, Calms the spirit; Benefits the wrist joint.
Indication: Tinnitus, deafness, toothache, sore throat, nasal bleeding, headache, wrist pain, bipolar disorder, eye redness, pain or swelling
LI 11 QU CHI
Channel Convergences: None
Point Category: He Sea and Earth point of Large intestine, Sun Si Miao ghost point, Ma Dan Yang Heavenly Star Point
Location: At the elbow, midway between LU5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease
Actions: Clears heat; Cools the blood; Eliminate wind; Drains damp and alleviate itching; Regulate Qi and Blood; ACAP
Indication: Sore Throat, toothache, eye redness and pain, hive, motor impairment of shoulder or arm, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, febrile disease, fullness of chest, headache.
LI 15 JIANYU
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with Yang Qiao Vessel
Point Category: None
Location: In the depression which lies anterior and interior to acromion, at the origin of the deltoid muscle.
Actions: Dispels wind-damp, alleviates pain and benefits the shoulder joint, eliminates wind and regulates Qi and Blood, regulates Qi and dissipates phlegm nodule
Indication: Shoulder or arm pain or impair, atrophy of the upper limb
LI 20 YING XIANG
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel and Stomach Channel
Point Category: None
Location: In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of lateral border of the ala nasi
Actions: Open the nasal passage, expels wind and clears heat.
Indication: Nasal obstruction, loss of sense of smelling, deviation of mouth, swelling, itching and paralysis of the face, sinusitis
CV4 Gate of Origin
Channel Convergences: Meeting Point of Conception Vessel with the Spleen, Liver and Kidney Channels
Point Category: Front-Mu point of the Small Intestine.
Location: On the midline of the lower abdomen, 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun superior to the pubic symphysis.
Actions: Fortifies original qi and benefits essence; Tonifies and nourishes Kidney; Warms and fortifies Spleen; Benefits uterus and assists conception; Regulates lower jiao and benefits Bladder; Regulates Small Intestine qi; Restores collapse
Indications: Enuresis/Frequent urination; Retention of urine; Nocturnal emission; Irregular menstruation; infertility; Leukorrhea; Dysmenorrhea; Uterine bleeding; Postpartum haemorrhage; Lower abdominal pain; Indigestion; Diarrhoea; Rectal prolapse
CV6 Sea of Qi
Channel Convergences: None Point Category: None
Location: On the midline of the lower abdomen, 1.5 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 3.5 cun superior to the pubic symphysis.
Actions: Fosters original qi; Tonifies qi; Tonifies Kidney and fortifies yang; Regulates qi and harmonises blood
Indications: Abdominal pain; Enuresis; Nocturnal emission; Impotence; Oedema; Abdominal masses (qi stagnation or blood stasis); Diarrhoea/Constipation; Uterine bleeding/Irregular menstruation; Dysmenorrhea/Amenorrhea/Leukorrhea; Asthma.
CV12 Middle Cavity
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Conception Vessel with the Small Intestine, Sanjiao and Stomach Channel
Point Category: Front Mu point of the Stomach
Location: On the midline of the abdomen, 4 cun superior to the umbilicus and midway between the umbilicus and sternocostal angle.
Actions: Harmonises middle jiao and descends rebellion; Tonifies Stomach and fortifies Spleen
Indications: Treats all diseases of Stomach or Spleen, Stomach-ache, Abdominal distension or fullness, Borborygmus, Indigestion/nausea/vomiting Acid regurgitation, Diarrhoea, Insomnia.
CV13 Upper Cavity
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Conception Vessel with the Stomach and Small Intestine Channels
Point Category: None
Location: On the midline of the abdomen, 5 cun above the umbilicus and 3 cun below the sternocostal angle
Actions: Harmonises the Stomach and regulates Qi; Descend rebellion and alleviates vomiting; Regulates Heart
Indications: Rebellious Stomach Qi, e.g. vomiting, nausea, reflux, stagnation in epigastrium and abdomen, heat, pain of heart and palpitations.
DU4 Gate of Life
Channel Convergences: None Point Category: None.
Location: On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra
Actions: Clears heat, Regulates the Governing vessel, Tonifies the Kidneys, Benefits the lumbar spine
Indications: Opisthotonos, epilepsy, stiffness and pain of lumbar region, seminal emission, leucorrhoea, prolapse of rectum, haemorrhoids, blood in the stool, cold in lower back, incontinence, impotence
DU14 Great Vertebra
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Governing Vessel with the six yang channels of the hand and foot
Point Category: Point of Sea of Qi
Location: On the midline of the base of the neck, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra
Actions: Expels wind and firms the exterior; Clears heat; Treat malaria; Tonifies deficiency; Pacifies Wind
Indications: Clear the pathogenic factors from Taiyang (chills and fever, aversion to wind, shivering, throat painful obstruction); YangMing (high fever with agitation); Shaoyang (alternation of chills and fever); steaming bone disorder, stiffness neck and upper back
DU20 Hundred Meeting
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Governing Vessel with the Bladder, Gall Bladder, Sanjiao and Liver Channels
Point Category: Point of Sea of Marrow
Location: At the vertex on the midline, in the depression 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 7 cun superior to the posterior hairline. The point can also be measured as 8 cun posterior to the glabella and 6 cun superior to the external occipital protuberance
Actions: Pacifies Wind and subdues yang; Raise yang and counters prolapse; Benefits the head and sense organs; Nourishes the sea of marrow; Benefits the brain and calm the spirit
Indications: Windstroke, dizziness, tinnitus, headache, vertex headache, heaviness of head, opisthotonos, loss of consciousness, vertigo, prolapse of rectum, uterus and vagina, diarrhoea, poor concentration or memory.
DU24 Courtyard of the Spirit
Channel Convergences: Meeting point of the Governing Vessel with the Bladder and Stomach Channels
Point Category: None
Location: At the top of the head on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and
0.5 cun anterior to DU 23
Actions: Benefits the brain and calm the spirit; Eliminate wind and benefits the head; Benefits the nose and eyes.
Indications: Mania, depression, dizziness, headache, epilepsy, cold sensation of head, nasal discharge, nose bleeding, nasal congestion.
