Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

With the patient looking straight ahead, directly below the cen-

tre of the pupil, on the level of the lower border of the ala nasi.

How to find

With the patient looking straight ahead, the first four points of

the ST channel are located on a vertical line drawn through the

centre of the pupil (pupil line). ST-3is located at the crossing

point of the pupil line and a horizontal line on the level of the

lower border of the ala nasi.

Needling

Vertically or obliquely 0.3–0.5 cun or penetration method: trans-

versely (subcutaneously) towards ➞ST-4,➞S.I.-18, etc, for

example, in cases of peripheral facial paralysis.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind, opens the channel, disperses accumulations

Special features

Meeting point with the yang qiao mai

Great Crevice JULIAO ST-3

ST-3

BL-2

Ex-HN-4

ST-1

ST-2

Ex-HN-8

BL-1

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-7

Ex-HN-3

L.I.-20

T.B.-23

G.B.-2 ST-7

G.B.-1

S.I.-18

ST-2

S.I.-18

Zygomatic bone

Infraorbital foramen (zygoma)

L.I.-20 Nasolabial groove

Midpoint of the lateral border

of the ala nasi

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