Atlas of Acupuncture

7.10 Anterior Leg

ST-35 (dubi) ‘Calf’s Nose’With the knee flexed, in the

depression inferior to the patella and lateral to the patellar

ligament; corresponds to the lateral eye of the knee; Ex-LE-5

(xiyan) is the combination of this point and Ex-LE-4

ST-37 (shangjuxu) ‘Upper Great Void’1 fingerbreadth

lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, 6 cun distal to ST-35or

3 cun distal to ST-36

ST-40 (fenglong) ‘Abundant Bulge’2 fingerbreadths lateral

to the anterior crest of the tibia, at the midpoint of the line

joiningST-35(‘lateral eye of the knee’, level with the knee joint

space) and the highest prominence of the lateral malleolus

ST-38 (tiaokou) ‘Lines Opening’ 1 fingerbreadth lateral to

the anterior crest of the tibia, at the midpoint of the line joining

ST-35(‘lateral eye of the knee’, level with the knee joint space)

and the highest prominence of the lateral malleolus

ST-39 (xiajuxu) ‘Lower Great Void’1 cun distal to ST-38

ST-41 (jiexi) ‘Stream Divide’On the ankle, between the

tendons of the extensor digitorum and the extensor hallucis

longus, at the level of the highest prominence of the lateral

malleolus

Ex-LE-4 (neixiyan) ‘Inner Eye of the Knee’Inferior to the

patella, in a depression medial to the patellar ligament; Ex-LE-5

(xiyan) is the combination of this point and ST-35

G.B.-34 (yanglingquan) ‘Yang Mound Spring’In the

depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula

ST-36 (zusanli) ‘Leg Three Miles’one fingerbreadth

(middle finger) lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia,

3 cun distal to ST-35

SP-9 (yinlingquan) ‘Yin Mound Spring’With the knee

flexed in a depression distal to the medial condyle of the tibia.

To find: palpate from the medial posterior border of the tibia

towards proximal, at roughly the same level as G.B.-34

ST-35

Level of the lower

patellar border

ST-35

Level of the lower

Ex-LE-4 patellar border

G.B.-34 Head of the fibula

SP-9

Medial condyle

of the tibia

Gastrocnemius

Junction of the

shaft and medial

condyle of the

tibia

3 cun

ST-35

ST-36

ST-37

3 cun

ST-36

Crest of the tibia

ST-38

ST- 40

ST-38

on the tibialis

anterior muscle

Crest of the tibia

1 fingerbreadth

ST-38

Crest of the tibia

ST-39 1 cun

Tendon of

extensor hallucis

longus

Level of the highest

prominence of the

lateral malleolus ST-41 Talocrural joint

(ankle joint)

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