Stomach Meridian Flashcards
Trace the Stomach Meridian, number of points, yin or yang, sympathetic or parasympathetic
45 points, yang, sympathetic
ST 2 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
Infraorbital foramen (palpate for depression) in line with the pupil when the eye is looking straight ahead, approximately 1 cun below the pupil
Perpendicular, slightly oblique inferior to superior at a depth of 0.2 to 0.3 cun
Bell’s palsy, trigeminal V2 neuralgia, muscle of eye to help close the eye
ST 6 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
1 cun ant and superior to the angle of the mandible, ask the patient to clench the teeth to bulge the masseter muscle and it is right in the prominence of the masseter muscle
Perpendicular at 0.3-0.5 cun or subcutaneous towards ST 4 at 1.0 to 1.5 cun
TMJ, toothache, mumps, swelling of the cheek and face, facial paralysis and parotitis
ST 7 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
In the depression below the middle of the zygomatic arch, posterior to the masseter and btw the coronoid process and condyle process of the mandible. Point is located with the mouth closed, if a finger is placed on the point and the mouth is opened, the condyle process will be felt as it moves forward.
Lateral to medial, perpendicular to the skin at a depth of 0.5 - 1 cun
Pain and inflammation of TMJ, pain in lower gum, teeth and jaw, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia involving V3 and myofascial dysfunction muscles of mastication
ST 35 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
Knee flexed to 90 degrees, lateral to the patellar tendon in the depression above the tibia and below the femur
Intra articular, ant to posterior aiming somewhat medially at a depth of 1 - 1.5 cun
Pain and inflammation of the knee joint on lat side, restricted ROM, OA and RA, torn or damaged meniscus
ST 36 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
3 cun below the knee joint line with the knee in extension or 3 cun below the lower margin of the patella when the knee is flexed, 1 cun lateral to the crest of the tibia
Ant to post, aiming between the tibia and fibula towards the interosseus space at a depth of 1-1.5 cun
Sympathetic switch: pain anywhere in the lower extremity, CRPS, autonomic dysfunction, anterior compartment syndrome, RA, hemiplegia, motor dysfunction of the leg
ST 41 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
Ant ankle joint line in the depression btw the tendons of extensor digitorum longus the lateral side and extensor hallucis longus on the medial side
Intra articular ant to post, 0.5 to 0.7 cun
Sympathetic switch, OA of the ankle, extensor hallucis longus tendinitis and ankle sprain/strain/inflammation
ST 44 location, insertion and needle depth, use?
Btw the second and third toe, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web in the depression of the distal and lateral second MTP joint
Perpendicular at a depth of 0.5 -0.7 cun
Sympathetic switch and general pain control on the front of the body