Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

On a line joining the lateral patellar border and the anterior

superior iliac spine, 3 cun superior to the upper lateral border of

the patella.

How to find

Measure 3 cun up from the upper lateral border of the patella, on

the connecting line to the anterior superior iliac spine. ST-33is

located in a groove at the junction of the rectus femoris and vastus

lateralis muscles.

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel and expels pathogenic factors

Yin Market YINSHI ST-33

ST-32

ST-33

Upper

patellar

border

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

Lateral patellar

border

3 cun

3 cun

Sartorius

Anterior superior

iliac spine

6 cun

Vastus

lateralis

Head of the

fibula

Vastus

medialis

Medial condyle

of the femur

Patellar ligament

Patella

'Eye of the

knee'

'Eye of the knee'

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