4.3 The Stomach Channel System – Foot yangming(zu yang ming jing luo)● ST-37(shangjuxu) ■■: Lower he-sea point of the Large Intes-
tine (➞8.1.9); Sea of Blood point (➞8.1.13); distal point for
the Large Intestine (➞8.2.1)
● ST-38 (tiakou) ■■: distal point for the shoulder region
(➞8.2.1)
● ST-39(xiajushu) ■■: Lower he-sea point of the Small Intes-
tine (➞8.1.9); Sea of Blood point (➞8.1.13); distal point for
the Small Intestine (➞8.2.1)
● ST-40(fenglong) ■■: luo-connecting point (➞8.1.2); main
‘Phlegm’-point; distal point for the Lung (➞8.2.1)
● ST-41(jiexi) ■■: jing-river point (Fire) (➞8.1.6); tonifica-
tion point; local point for the foot (8.2.1); adjacent point for
the toes (➞8.2.1)
● ST-42(chongyang) ■■: yuan-source point (➞8.1.1)
● ST-43(xiangu) ■■: shu-stream point (Wood) (➞8.1.6)
● ST-44(neiting) ■■: ying-spring point (Water) (➞8.1.6); dis-
tal point for frontal headaches, as well as for the nose,
mouth/teeth and throat (➞8.2.1); Ma Dan Yang Heavenly
Star point (➞8.1.14)
● ST-45(lidui) ■■: jing-well point (Metal) (➞8.1.6); sedation
point.General location help
● ST-1to ST-4: with the patient looking straight ahead, these
points are located on the vertical pupil line
● ST12to ST-18are all located on the midclavicular/mamillary
line, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline- ST-12: in the supraclavicular fossa
- ST-13: on the lower border of the clavicle
- ST-14to ST-18: in the first to fifth intercostal spaces
● ST-19to ST-30are all located on a vertical line midway
between the mamillary line and the anterior midline, 2 cun
lateral to the anterior midline: - ST-19to ST-25are located on the 8 cun section (➞2.2)
between the sternocostal angle and the umbilicus (ST-19to
ST-25are evenly spread on this line, from 6 cun above the
umbilicus to the same level as the umbilicus) - ST-26to ST-30are located on the 5 cun section (➞2.2)
between the umbilicus and the upper border of the pubic
symphysis (1 cun steps from 4 cun superior to the upper
border of the pubic symphysis to its upper border).
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