SP/ST points Flashcards
ST-1 location
Ventral to the center of the pupil, just inside the infraorbital ridge. Penetrate the point by retropulsing the eyeball dorsally and directing the needle over the infraorbtial ridge, through the skin and under the eye.
ST-1 indications
Cheng-qi (classical point)
Conjunctivitis
Uveitis
Liver heat
Classical point indications: KCS, facial paralysis, constipation, abdominal pain
ST-2 location
In the infraorbital foramen
ST-2 indications
Conjunctivitis
Uveitis
Abdominal pain
ST-4 location
0.1 cun caudal to the mucocutaneous border of the lateral commissure of the mouth
ST-4 indications
Facial paralysis
Dental pain
ST-6 location
In the depression in the middle of the masseter muscle
ST-6 indications
Bao-sai (classical point)
Facial paralysis
Dental pain
ST-25 location
2 cun lateral to the center of the umbilicus in the center of rectus abdominis muscle
ST-25 indications
Front-mu alarming point for LI
Constipation
Diarrhea
Abdominal pain
Vomiting
ST-35a location
In the depression distal to the patella and lateral to the patellar ligament
Also referred to as the “lateral eye of the knee’ or Wai-xi-yan
Together with ST-35b, the two points are feared to as Xi-yan
ST35a indications
Stifle problem
Pelvic limb weakenss
ST-36 location
3 cun distal to ST. 35a, 0.5 cun lateral to the cranial crest of the tibia; in the belly of the cranial tibias muscle
Long linear point - lateral aspect of the leg
ST-35b location
In the depression distal to the patella and medial to the patellar ligament
Also referred to as “the medial eye of the knee” or Nei-xi-yan
Together with ST-35a, the two points are feared to as Xi-yan
ST-36 indication
He-sea (earth) point
Master point for GI tract and abdomen
Moves Qi!
Nausea
Vomiting
Gastric pain
Gastric ulcer
Food stasis
General tonic
ST35b indication
Stifle problems
Pelvic limb weakness
ST-37 indications
Lower He-sea point for LI channel
Diarrhea
Intestinal ulcers
Constipation
ST-37 location
3 cun distal to ST-36, 0.5 cun lateral in the cranial tibialis muscle
ST-39 location
3 cun distal to ST-37, 0.5 cun lateral, in the cranial tibialis muscle (1 cun distal/lateral to the midpoint of the tibia)
Above the hock depression then go cranial and lateral over muscle for ST-40
ST-39 indications
Lower He-sea point for the SI channel
Diarrhea
Abdominal pain dysentery
Hemiplegia
Impaction
ST-40 location
Halfway between the lateral malleolus and the tibial plateau in the groove between the cranial tibialis and long digital extensor muscles
2 cun lateral to the cranial edge of the tibia
This point is proximal and lateral to ST-39
ST-40 indications
Luo-connecting point to spleen
Influential point for phelgm
Obesity
Lipoma
Damp-heat skin
Itching
ST-41 location
The depression on dorsal midline of the level of the hock
The point lies between the tendons of the long digital extensor and cranial tibialis muscles
Very big deep depression
ST-41 indications
Jing-river point (fire)
Mother point for deficiency
Wei syndrome
Paresis/paralysis of pelvic limb
Spleen deficiency
Weakness of hindlimbs