Stomach Flashcards
Chéngqì ST 1 - location
Location: With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
Chéngqì ST 1 what is the risk to be cautious of
the eyeball
Sìbái ST 2 - location
Location With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located 1 cun directly below the pupil, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen.
Sìbái ST 2 actions
- Eliminates wind, clears heat and sharpens eyesight
- Treats diseases of the eye: conjunctuvutus, ceratitia, night blindness, dacryocystitis
- For alleviating pain caused by round worms in the bile duct
Jùliáo ST 3 - location
Location:
With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil, level with the lower border of the ala nasi,
Dìcāng ST 4 - location
Location 0.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth.
Dìcāng ST 5 actions
- interior or exterior wind giving rise to nerve related disorders, facial paralysis
- Atrophy disorder with inability to walk, swelling of the leg, inability to eat
Dàyíng ST 5 - location
Location Directly anterior to the angle of the jaw, in a depression at the anterior border of the masseter muscle.
Jiáchē ST 6 - location
Location Approximately 1 fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the angle of the jaw at the prominence of the masseter muscle.
Jiáchē ST 6 - actions
- Eliminates wind and clears heat, soothes pain
- benefits the jaw and teeth - local point
- used for facial paralysis
Xiàguān ST 7 - location
Location At the lower border of the zygomatic arch, in the depression anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible.
Xiàguān ST 7 - actions
- Local Benefits the ears, jaw, face, and teeth
Tóuwé ST 8 - Location
Location At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to Shéntíng DU-24 and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline.
Tóuwé ST 8 - actions
- Expels wind, clears heat, alleviates pain sharpens eyesight
- important point for headache (meeting point of the Stomach and Gall Bladder channels and the Yang Linking vessel) esp. frontal and wind-heat headaches and migraines
Location of Rényíng ST 9
Location Level with the tip of and 1.5 cun lateral to the laryngeal prominence, in the depression between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage.
Rényíng ST 9 - actions
- Regulates qi and blood and lowers rebellion
- Benefits the throat and neck
- hypertension
- bronchial asthma, bronchitis
- local inflammation
Location of Shuǐtú ST 10
Location On the neck, at the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, midway between Rényíng ST-9 and Qìshè ST-11.
Qìshè ST 11 - location
Location At the root of the neck, superior to the medial end of the clavicle, directly below Rényíng ST-9 in the depression between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Quēpén ST 12 - location
Location 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.
Quēpén ST 12 - actions
- Descends Lung qi and clears heat from the chest
- coughing
- pain in shoulder and neck
Qìhù ST 13 - location
Location At the top of the chest, directly below Quēpén ST-12, on the inferior border of the clavicle, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
Kùfáng ST 14 location
Location On the chest, in the first intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
Wūyì ST 15 - location
Location On the chest, in the second intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
Yīngchuān ST 16 - location
Location On the chest, in the third intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline, on the mamillary line.
Rǔzhōng ST 17 - location
Location At the centre of the nipple, in the fourth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline.
Rǔgēn ST 18 - location
Location Directly below the nipple, in the fifth intercostal space.
Rǔgēn ST 18 - action
Actions
- Benefits the breasts and reduces swelling
- mastitis
- Unbinds the chest and alleviates cough and wheezing
- disease of the trachea
Bùróng ST 19 - Location
Location On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 6 cun superior to the umbilicus
Chéngmǎn ST 20 - location
Location On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 5 cun superior to the umbilicus
Liángmén ST 21 - location
Location On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 4 cun superior to the umbilicus
Liángmén ST 21 - actions
Actions - GI
- Regulates qi and alleviates pain on the abdomen
- Harmonises the middle jiao and transforms stagnation
- Raises the qi and stops diarrhoea
Guānmén ST 22 - location
Location On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 3 cun superior to the umbilicus