Atlas of Acupuncture

4.3 The Stomach Channel System – Foot yangming(zu yang ming jing luo)

4.3 The Stomach Channel

System – Foot yangming

(zu yang ming jing luo)

4.3.1 The Stomach Primary Channel

(zu yang ming jing)

Lower

he-Sea

point of

the Stomach

ST-36

ST- 8

31

32

33

34

35

ST-45

ST-12

19

41

SP-1

Ren-13

Ren-12

Ren-10

S.I.-14 Ren-24

S.I.-26

L.I.-20

S.I.-24

G.B.-4

G.B.-5

G.B.-6

G.B.-3

(BL-1) ST-1

8 cun

1

2

3

4

cun^5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9

6

ST-10

ST-12ST-13 ST-11

ST-14

ST-15

ST-18

ST-16

ST-17

ST-19

ST-20

ST-22

ST-23

ST-24

ST-26

ST-27

ST-28

ST-29

ST-30

Ren-8

(In the umbilicus)

2 cun

2 cun

ST-21 2 cun

Mamillary

line

Junction: xiphoid process/

sternum

Upper border of the pubic

symphysis

Ren-12

ST-25

17

18

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

ST-31

ST-32

ST-41

ST-40

ST-38

ST-37

ST-36

ST-33

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

cun

cun

19

4 cun

Midpoint

8 cun

8 cun

2 cun

Upper patellar border

Knee joint space

(lower patellar border)

ST-39

3 cun

3 cun

2 cun

1 cun

Highest prominence

of the lateral malleolus

ST-35

ST-34

Highest prominence

of the greater

trochanter

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