ST / The Stomach Channel of Foot Yangming / 足阳明胃经 Flashcards
45 points
ST1 承泣 Chengqi
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge
- Intersection of the Yang Qiao Mai and Conception Vessel on the Stomach channel
ST2 四白 Sibai
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located 1 cun directly below the pupil, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen
ST3 巨髎 Juliao
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil, level with the lower border of the ala nasi, on the lateral side of the naso-labial groove
- Inersection of the Yang Qiao Mai and Large Intestine on the Stomach channel
ST4 地仓 Dicang
0.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth
- Intersection of the Large Intestine, Yang Qiao Mai and Conception Vessel on the Stomach channel
ST5 大迎 Daying
Directly anterior to the angle of the jaw, in a depression at the anterior border of the masseter muscle
ST6 颊车 Jiache - 第七鬼穴
Approximately 1 fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the angle of the jaw, at the prominence of the masseter muscle
- Seventh Ghost point
ST7 下关 Xiaguan
At the lower border of the zygomatic arch, in the depression anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible
- Intersection of the Gallbladder on the Stomach channel
ST8 头维 Touwei
At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to Shenting DU24, and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline
- Intersection of the Gallbladder and Yang Wei Mai on the Stomach channel
ST9 人迎 Renying
Level with the tip of the laryngeal prominence, in the depression between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage
- Intersection of the Gallbladder on the Stomach channel
- Sea of the Qi point
- Window of the Sky point
*ST10 水突 Shuitu
On the anterior border of the SCM muscle, midway between ST9 and ST11
*ST11 气舍 Qishe
Above the medial end of the clavicle, between the clavicular and sternal heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
ST12 缺盆 Quepen
In the supraclavicular area, posterior to the superior border of the clavicle and at its midpoint, 4 cun lateral to the midline , on the mamillary line
- Intersection of the Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Sanjiao, Gallbladder and Yin Qiao Mai on the Stomach channel
- deep or posterior insertion may injure the subclavian vessels or puncture the lung
*ST13 气户 Qihu
In the depression directly below Quepen ST12, just under the inferior border of the clavicle, on the mid-mamillary line, 4 cun lateral to the midline, situated in the clavicular head of the pectoralis major, and deeper, the subclavius muscle
*ST14 库房 Kufang
In the first intercostal space, in the depression directly below Qihu ST13, on the infra-mammary line, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline
*ST15 屋翳 Wuyi
Directly below Kufang ST14, in the second intercostal space, on the infra-mammary line, 4 cun lateral to the midline (approximately level with Zigong RN19 and KI25). The location of ST15 and ST16 may vary, depending on the individual structure of the mammary glands
*ST16 鹰窗 Yingchuang
Situated directly below Wuyi ST15, in the third intercostal space, on the infra-mammary line, 4 cun lateral to the midline (approximately level with Yutang RN18 and KI24). See also location note for Wuyi ST15
ST17 乳中 Ruzhong
At the centre of the nipple, in the fourth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline
Usually used as an anatomical landmark
ST18 乳根 Rugen
Directly below the nipple, in the fifth intercostal space