Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

1 cun distal to ➞ST-38(midpoint of the line joining ➞ST-35

and ➞ST-41) and 1 fingerbreadth lateral to the anterior crest of

the tibia.

How to find

Quick method:Spreading-hands technique (➞2.3.3): Place the

little fingers on ➞ST-35(‘lateral eye of the knee’, level with the

knee joint space) and ➞ST-41(in the depression between the ten-

dons of the extensor digitorum longus and the hallucis longus,

level with the highest prominence of the lateral malleolus) and

determine the midpoint of this line (level with ➞ST-38), using

the thumbs. ST-39is located in a depression 1 cun distal and 1

fingerbreadth (middle fingerbreadth, measured from the anterior

crest of the tibia) lateral to this point. ST-39may be palpated

‘dynamically’ (according to pressure sensitivity).

Located on the same level (7 cun proximal to the lateral malleo-

lus) are ➞G.B.-35(on the posterior border of the fibula),

➞G.B.-36(on the anterior border of the fibula) and ➞BL-58(on

the lateral border of the gastrocnemius muscle).

Needling

Vertically or obliquely 1–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Moves the Small Intestine Qi, eliminates stagnation, clears

Damp-Heat

● Opens the channel, alleviates pain

Special features

Lower he-sea point of the Small Intestine, Sea of Blood point.

Lower Great Void XIAJUXU ST-39

ST-35

ST-38

Crest of the tibia

Highest prominence

of the lateral malleolus

7 cun

8 cun

1 finger-width

ST-39 1 cun

ST-35

Level of ST-41

Crest of

the tibia

ST-39

ST-38

G.B.-35

G.B.-35 G.B.-36

1 cun

1 cun

BL-57

BL-58

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