Stomach Channel Flashcards
ST - 1 (Location)
Directly below the center of the pupil, just inside the infraorbital ridge. Penetrate the point by retropulsing the eyeball dorsally and directing the needle over the infraorbital ridge, through the skin and under the eye.
ST - 1 (Indications)
Conjunctivitis
Uveitits
Liver Heat
ST - 2 (Location)
In the depression at the center of the infraorbital foramen.
Hint: Where dental blocks go.
ST - 2 (Indications)
Conjunctivitis
Uveitis
Abdominal Pain
ST - 4 (Location)
At the lateral commissure of the mouth, 0.1 cun caudal to the mucocutaneous border.
Hint: Right behind the lateral commissure of the lip.
ST- 4 (Indications)
Facial Paralysis
Dental Pain
ST - 6 (Location)
In the depression in the middle of the masseter muscle just rostral to the angle of the mandible.
Hint: Center of the “smile line.”
ST - 6 (Indications)
Facial Paralysis
Dental Pain
ST - 25 (Location)
2 cun lateral to the center of the umbilicus, in the center of the rectus abdominis muscle.
ST - 25 (Indications)
Front-Mu (Alarm) pont for LI Constipation Diarrhea Abdominal Pain Vomiting
ST - 35a (Location)
Lateral Point; 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.
ST - 35a (Indications)
Stifle problems
Pelvic limb weakness
ST - 35b (Location)
In the depression distal to the patella and medial to the patellar ligament is a point also referred to as “the medial eye of the knee” or Nei Xi Yan.
Together with ST - 35a, the two points are referred to as Xi Yan.
ST - 35b (Indications)
Stifle problems
Pelvic limb weakness
ST - 36 (Location)
3 cun distal to ST - 35a/b.
0.5 cun lateral to the cranial crest of the tibia; in the belly of the cranial tibialis muscle.
This is a long linear point.
Hint: Find the tibial crest and “fall off.”
ST - 36 (Indications)
He-sea (Earth) point. Master point for the GI tract and abdomen. Nausea Vomiting Gastric pain Gastric ulcer Food stasis General tonic
ST - 37 (Location)
3 cun distal to ST - 36.
0.5 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the limb, in the cranial tibialis muscle.
ST - 37 (Indications)
Lower He-sea point for LI channel.
Diarrhea
Intestinal Ulcers
Constipation
ST - 39 (Location)
3 cun distal to ST - 37.
0.5 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the limb, in the cranial tibialis muscle (1 cun distal to the midpoint of the tibia.)
ST - 39 (Indications)
Lower He-sea point for the SI channel. Diarrhea Abdominal pain Dysentery Hemiplagia Impaction
ST - 40 (Location)
One half the distance between the lateral malleolus and the tibial plateau (proximal aspect of the tibia.) 2 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the limb in the groove between the cranial tibialis and long digital extensor muscles. This point is proximal to ST - 39.
Hint: Flex the limb, and the point is 1/2 way down the limb and just lateral.
ST - 40 (Indications)
Luo-connecting point to Spleen Influential point for phlegm Obesity Lipoma Phlegm Damp-Heat skin Itching
ST - 41 (Location)
On the dorsum of the rear foot at the level of the hock in the depression directly on the midline. The point lies between the tendons of the long digital extensor and the cranial tibialis muscles.
ST - 41 (Indications)
Jing-river point (Fire)
Wei Syndrome (Qi deficiency)
Paresis/paralysis of the pelvic limbs (droopy feet)
Spleen Deficiency
