Stomach Meridian of the Foot Yangming

Question 1

Stomach Meridian (Full Name)

Answer 1

Stomach Meridian of the Foot Yangming

Question 2

How many points are on the stomach channel?

Answer 2

45

Question 3

The stomach meridian enters which gum?

Answer 3

The upper gum

Question 4

The stomach meridian starts where?

Answer 4

On the lateral side of the ala nasi

Question 5

Measurement from the prominence of the greater trochanter to the middle of the patella?

Answer 5

19 cun

Question 6

S-44 is located where?

Answer 6

Medial side of the tip of the great toe

Question 7

Proportional measurement from the center of the patella to the lateral malleolus?

Answer 7

16 cun

Question 8

What is the location of S-40?

Answer 8

8 cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to S-38 about two finger breadths lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Question 9

Where is S-38 located?

Answer 9

8 cun below S-35 and one finger breadth from the anterior border of the tibia

Question 10

What is the location of S-37?

Answer 10

6 cun below S-35 and one finger breadth (middle finger) from the anterior border of the tibia

Question 11

Where is the location of Zu San Li (Leg Three Miles)?

Answer 11

Zu San Li (Leg Three Miles) is located 3 cun below Dubi (S-35), one finger breadth from the anterior border of the tibia

Question 12

What is the location of S-31?

Answer 12

On the anterior side of the thigh and on the line connecting the anterosuperior iliac spine ad the superiolateral corner of the patella, on the level of the perineum when the thigh is flexed, in the depression lateral to the sartorious muscle.

Question 13

Where can S-1 be found?

Answer 13

With the eyes looking straight forward, the point is directly below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge

Question 14

What is the location for S-3

Answer 14

Directly below the pupil, at the level of the lower broder of the ala nasi, on the lateral side of the nasolabial groove

Question 15

What is the location of Da Ying (Great Welcome)?

Answer 15

Da Ying (S-5) is located anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of the m. masseter where the pulsation of the facial artery is palpable, in the groove-like depression appearing when the cheek is bulged

Question 16

What is the cun measurement between bilateral S-8 (Tou Wei) points?

Answer 16

9 cun; both are 4.5 cun from the midline.

Question 17

What is the location of QuePen (Empty Basin)?

Answer 17

QuePen (S-13) is in the midpoint of the supraclavicular foss, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 18

Which S channel point is locates in the third intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the ren meridian?

Answer 18

S-16 (Yingchuan)

Question 19

Which S channel point is located in the 4th intercostal space?

Answer 19

S-17 (Ruzhong)

Question 20

Where is S-18 (Rugen) located?

Answer 20

On the chest, directly below the nipple, on the lower border of the breast, in the 5th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 21

What is the anatomical landmark on the anterior midline, associated with the second rib?

Answer 21

The sternal angle or angle of louie

Question 22

At which point on the S channel does the measurement switch from 4 cun lateral to the midline?

Answer 22

Going from S-18 to S-19. S-19 through S-30 are all at 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline

Question 23

Which point is located 2 cun lateral to the umbilicus?

Answer 23

S-25 (Tianshu)

Question 24

What is the location of S-30 (Qichong)?

Answer 24

5 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to Ren-2

Question 25

S-1 (Name)

Answer 25

Chengqi / Container of Tears

Question 26

S-4 (Name)

Answer 26

Dicang / Earth Granary

Question 27

S-8 (Name)

Answer 27

Touwei / Head’s Binding

Question 28

S-9 (Name)

Answer 28

Renying / Man’s Welcome

Question 29

S-18 (Name)

Answer 29

Rugen / Root of the Breast

Question 30

S-25 (Name)

Answer 30

Tianshu / Heaven’s Pivot

Question 31

S-28 (Name)

Answer 31

Shuidao / Water Passage

Question 32

S-29 (Name)

Answer 32

Guilai / Return

Question 33

S-35 (Name)

Answer 33

Dubi / Calf’s Nose

Question 34

S-36 (Name)

Answer 34

Zusanli / Leg Three Miles

Question 35

S-40 (Name)

Answer 35

Fenglong / Abundant Bulge

Question 36

S-44 (Name)

Answer 36

Neiting / Inner Courtyard