wk7 - ST locations (35-45)

Question 0

ST 36 – location

Answer 0

3 cun below ST 35, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Question 1

ST 35 – location

Answer 1

when the knee is flexed, the point is at the lower border of the patella, in the depression lateral to the patellar ligament

Question 2

ST 36 – categories

Answer 2

• He Sea
• Command of Abdomen
  (also Horary, though this is not a category)

Question 3

ST 37 – location

Answer 3

6 cun below ST 35, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Question 4

ST 37 – category

Answer 4

Lower He Sea of LI

Question 6

ST 38 – location

Answer 6

8 cun below ST 35, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Question 7

ST 39 – location

Answer 7

9 cun below ST 35, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Question 8

ST 39 – category

Answer 8

Lower He Sea of SI

Question 9

ST 40 – location

Answer 9

8 cun below ST 35, two finger breadths lateral to the anterior border of the tibia (lateral to ST 38)

Question 10

ST 40 – category

Answer 10

Luo Connecting Point

Question 11

ST 41 – location

Answer 11

on the dorsum of the foot: at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint, in the depression between the tendons of m. extensor digitorum longus & extensor hallicus longus, approximately at the tip of the external malleolus

Question 12

ST 41 – category

Answer 12

Jing River

Question 13

ST 42 – location

Answer 13

on the dome of the instep of the foot, between the tendons of m. extensor hallicus longus & extensor digitorum longus, where the pulsation of the dorsal pedis artery of foot is palpable

Question 14

ST 42 – category

Answer 14

Yuan Source
(also exit point, though this is not a category)

Question 15

ST 43 – location

Answer 15

in the depression distal to the junction of the 2nd & 3rd metatarsal bones

Question 16

ST 43 – category

Answer 16

Shu Stream

Question 17

ST 44 – location

Answer 17

proximal to the web margin between the 2nd & 3rd toes, in the depression distal and lateral to the second metatarso-digital joint

Question 18

ST 44 – category

Answer 18

Ying Spring

Question 19

ST 45 – location

Answer 19

on the lateral side of the 2nd toe, 0.5 cun posterior to the corner of the nail

Question 20

ST 45 – category

Answer 20

Jing Well

Question 21

Where are Jing River points located in general, regardless of whether they’re on a Hand or Foot channel?

Answer 21

Jing River points are generally located at the wrist or ankle

(e.g. ST 41 is at the transverse crease of the ankle joint, bw the tendons of m. extensor hallicus longus & extensor digitorum longus, while LI 5 is at the transverse crease of the wrist joint, bw the tendons onf m. extensor pollicus longus & brevis.)

Question 22

Which points on the ST channel are located on the lower leg (not foot)? How many cun down?

Answer 22

ST 35
ST 36 = 3 down
ST 37 = 6 down
ST 38 = 8 down
ST 39 = 9 down
ST 40 = 8 down

Question 23

Which points on the ST channel are lateral to each other on the shin?

Answer 23

ST 38 and ST 40

(Both are 8 cun down from ST 35. ST 38 is one finger breadth lateral, and ST 40 is two finger breadths lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.)

Question 24

What cun measurement do we use to locate ST channel points on the lower leg?

Answer 24

16 cun between the corner of the patella (or the eye of the knee, when the knee is bent) & the lateral malleolus

Question 25

When we measure one finger breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia, whose finger do we use?

Answer 25

the patient’s finger