Stomach Flashcards
ST 45
Category
LiDui - Strict Exchange
Jing Well
Metal
ST 45
Indications
1 of 2
Clears heat from the upper reaches of the channel
- Swelling of the face
- Toothache
- Lockjaw
- Throat painful obstruction
- Nosebleed
- yellow nasal discharge
- heat in the head
ST 45
Indications
2 of 2
Clears heat, calms the spirt and restores consciousness
- Excessive dreaming
- Easily frightened with desire to sleep
- Insomnia
- Dizziness
- Mania-depression
- Desires to ascend to high places and sing, discards clothing and runs around, loss of consciousness.
ST 45
Location
Dorsal aspect of 2nd toe, lateral border of nail, 0.1 cun from corner of nail
ST 44
Category
NeiTing - Inner Courtyard
Ying Spring
Water
Heavenly Star
ST 44
Indications
1 of 3
Clears heat and fire from the upper reaches of the channel
- Toothache
- Pain of the lower teeth
- Pain of the eye
- Pain of the face
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
- Nosebleed
- Throat painful obstruction
- Tinnitus
ST 44
Indications
2 of 3
Harmonises the intestines and clears damp heat
- Abdominal pain and distention
- Borborygmus
- Diarrhea
- Dysenteric disorder
- Bloody stools
- Thirst
- Constipation
ST 44
Indications
3 of 3
For hands and feet counterflow cold
ST 44
Location
On the dorsum of the foot, between the 2nd and 3rd toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
ST 43
Category
XianGu - Sunken Valley
Shu Stream
Wood
ST 43
Indications
1 of 2
Regulates the SP and dispels edema
- Classicaly emphasised for the treatment of facial edema
ST 43
Indications
2 of 2
Regulates and harmonises the ST and intestines
* Abdominal pain
* Distention and fullness
* Borborygmus
* Fullness of the chest and lateral costal region
* Belching
Also for swelling and pain of th dosrum of the foot, difficulty in flexing the toes
ST 43
Location
Between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, 1 cun proximal to ST 44
ST 42
Category
ChongYang - Rushing Yang
Yuan Source
ST 42
Indications
ST 41 more commonly used
* Clears heat from the ST channel
* Harmonises the ST fu
* Calms the spirit
* Activates the channel and alleviates pain
ST 42
Location
In the depression formed by the junction of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones and the cuneiform bones.
1.5 cun distal to ST 41
At the point where the pulsation of dorsalis pedis arterty may be palpated.
ST 41
Category
JieXi - Stream Divide
Jing River
Fire
ST 41
Indications
1 of 4
Clears heat from the ST channel
* Swelling of the face and head
* Frontal headache
* Eyebrow pain
* Redness of the face and eyes
* Dizziness
* Pain of the mouth