Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

2 cun above the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to find

The distance between the sternocostal angle and the centre of the

umbilicus is divided into 8 cun, which can vary considerably

from the patient’s finger cun; therefore, only proportional cun

measurements should be used (helpful tool: elastic tape ➞2.3.1).

First, measure 2 cun up from the umbilicus. Or:Measure the

midpoint of the lower half of the distance between the umbilicus

and the subcostal angle (➞Ren-12: spreading hands technique

➞2.3.3). ST-23is located 2 cun lateral from here.

Located on the same level are ➞Ren-10(anterior midline),

➞KID-17(0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline) and ➞Ex-CA

(weishang; 4 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1 cun. Caution: Peritoneum, pregnancy.

Actions/Indications

● Harmonises the Middle Burner, strengthens the Spleen

● Benefits the Heart and calms the shen

Supreme Unity TAIYI ST-23

ST-23

2 cun

2 cun

Ren-10

Umbilicus

2 cun

KID-18 Ren-11

KID-17 Ren-10

0.5 cun Umbilicus

2 cun

weishang

SP-15

6

2 cun

Ren-10

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