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46 Cards in this Set
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ST1 承泣
Chéngqì = Container of Tears |
Location: with eyes looking straight forward, point is directly below pupil between eyeball and infraorbital ridge
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun between and inferior wall of orbit; Caution: NO needle manipulations |
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ST2 四白
Sìbái = Four Whites |
Location: directly below pupil in depression at infraorbital foramen
Needling: ⊥ 0.2 – 0.3 cun; Caution: NO needle manipulations |
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ST3 巨髎
Jùliáo = Great Crevice |
Location: directly below pupil at level of lower border of ala nasi on lateral side of nasolabial groove
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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ST4 地倉 (地仓)
Dìcāng = Earth Granary |
Location: lateral to corner of mouth directly below pupil
Needling: subcutaneous 1.0 – 1.5 cun |
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ST5 大迎
Dàyíng = Great Welcome |
Location: anterior to angle of mandible on anterior border of attached portion of masseter where pulsation of facial artery is palpable in groove-like depression appearing when cheek is bulged
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: vigorous manipulation contraindicated, avoid facial artery |
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ST6 頰車 (颊车)
Jiáchē = Jaw Bone |
Location: one finger breadth (middle finger) anterior & superior to lower angle of mandible where masseter is prominent when teeth are clenched & depressive when it is pressed
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 0.5 cun |
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ST7 下關 (下关)
Xiàguān = Below Joint |
Location: on face anterior to ear in depression between zygomatic arch and mandibular notch; point is located with mouth closed
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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ST8 頭維 (头维)
Tóuwéi = Head’s Binding |
Location: on lateral side of head, 0.5 cun above anterior hairline at corner of forehead & 4.5 cun lateral to midline of head
Needling: subcutaneous 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST9 人迎
Rényíng = Man’s Welcome |
Location: level with tip of Adam’s Apple where pulsation of common carotid artery is palpable on anterior border of SCM muscle
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: avoid common carotid artery |
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ST10 水突
Shuĭtú = Water Prominence |
Location: at midpoint of line joining ST-9 and ST-11 on anterior border of SCM muscle
Needling: ⊥ 0.3– 0.5 cun |
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ST11 氣舍 (气舍)
Qìshè = Abode of Qi |
Location: at superior border of sternal extremity of clavicle between sternal head and clavicular head of SCM muscle
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: avoid common carotid artery, pneumothorax |
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ST12 缺盆
Quēpén = Empty Basin |
Location: in midpoint of supraclavicular fossa 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: contraindicated during pregnancy, avoid subclavian vessels, pneumothorax |
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ST13 氣戶 (气户)
Qìhù = Qi Door |
Location: at lower border of middle of clavicle 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: pneumothorax |
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ST14 庫房 (库房)
Kùfáng = Storehouse |
Location: in 1st intercostal space 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution pneumothorax |
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ST15 屋翳
Wūyì = Room Screen |
Location: in 2nd intercostal space 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution pneumothorax |
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ST16 膺窗
Yīngchuāng = Breast Window |
Location: in 3rd intercostal space 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution pneumothorax |
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ST17 乳中
Rŭzhōng = Middle of Breast |
Location: in 4th intercostal space, in center of nipple, 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: contraindicated for needling |
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ST18 乳根
Rŭgēn = Root of Breast |
Location: on chest directly below nipple, on lower border of breast, in 5th intercostal space 4 cun lateral to anterior midline
Needling: ∠ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution pneumothorax |
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ST19 不容
Bùróng = Not Contained |
Location: 6 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-14
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 0.8 cun; Caution: deep insertion may puncture liver and/or heart |
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ST20 承滿 (承满)
Chéngmăn = Supporting Fullness |
Location: 5 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-13
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun; Caution: deep insertion may puncture liver |
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ST21 梁門 (梁门)
Liángmén = Beam Gate |
Location: 4 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-12
Needling: ⊥ 0.8 – 1.0 cun; Caution: deep insertion may puncture liver |
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ST22 關門 (关门)
Guānmén = Pass Gate |
Location: 3 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-11
Needling: ⊥ 0.8 – 1.0 cun |
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ST23 太乙
Tàiyĭ = Supreme Unity |
Location: 2 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-10
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.0 cun |
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ST24 滑肉門 (滑肉门)
Huáròumén = Slippery Flesh Gate |
Location: 1 cun above umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-9
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.0 cun |
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ST25 天樞 (天枢)
Tiānshū = Heaven’s Pivot |
Location: 2 cun lateral to center of umbilicus
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.2 cun |
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ST26 外陵
Wàilíng = Outer Mound |
Location: 1 cun below umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-7
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.2 cun |
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ST27 大巨
Dàjù = Big Great |
Location: 2 cun below umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-5
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.2 cun |
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ST28 水道
Shuĭdào = Water Passage |
Location: 3 cun below umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-4
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.2 cun |
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ST29 歸來 (归来)
Guīlái = Return |
Location: 4 cun below umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-3
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.2 cun |
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ST30 氣衝 (气冲)
Qìchōng = Rushing Qi |
Location: 5 cun below umbilicus 2 cun lateral to Ren-2
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST31 髀關 (髀关)
Bìguān = Thigh Gate |
Location: on anterior side of thigh on line connecting ASIS and laterosuperior corner of patella on level of inferior pubis symphasis when thigh is fixed in depression lateral to Sartorius
Needling: ⊥ 1.0 – 1.5 cun; Caution: femoral artery |
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ST32 伏兔
Fútù = Crouching Rabbit |
Location: on line connecting ASIS and lateral border of patella 6 cun above laterosuperior border of patella
Needling: ⊥ 1.0 – 1.5 cun |
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ST33 陰市 (阴市)
Yīnshì = Yin Market |
Location: when knee is flexed point is 3 cun above laterosuperior border of patella on line joining ASIS and laterosuperior border of patella
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.0 cun |
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ST34 梁丘
Liángqiū = Ridge Mound |
Location: when knee is flexed point is 2 cun above laterosuperior border of patella
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST35 犢鼻 (犊鼻)
Dúbí = Calf’s Nose |
Location: when knee is flexed point is at lower border of patella in depression lateral to patellar ligament
Needling: ⊥ 0.7 – 1.0 cun |
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ST36 足三里
Zúsānlĭ = Leg Three Mile |
Location: 3 cun below St-35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of tibia
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.2 cun |
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ST37 上巨虛 (上巨虚)
Shàngjùxū = Upper Great Void |
Location: 6 cun below St-35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of tibia
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.2 cun |
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ST38 條口 (条口)
Tiáokŏu = Lines Opening |
Location: 8 cun below St-35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of tibia
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST39 下巨虛 (下巨虚)
Xiàjùxū = Lower Great Void |
Location: 9 cun below St-35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of tibia
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST40 豐隆 (丰隆)
Fēnglóng = Abundant Bulge |
Location: 8 cun superior to tip of external malleolus, lateral to St-38 about 2 finger breadth (middle finger) lateral to anterior border of tibia
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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ST41 解溪
Jiĕxī = Stream Divide |
Location: on dorsum of foot at midpoint of transverse crease of ankle joint in depression between tendons of extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus approximately at level of tip of external malleolus
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 0.7 cun |
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ST42 衝陽 (冲阳)
Chōngyáng = Rushing Yang |
Location: on dome of instep of foot between tendons of long extensor muscle of great toe and long extensor muscle of toes where pulsation of dorsal artery of foot is palpable
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: dorsal artery/vein |
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ST43 陷谷
Xiàngŭ = Sunken Valley |
Location: in depression distal to junction of 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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ST44 內庭 (内庭)
Nèitíng = Inner Courtyard |
Location: proximal to web margin between 2nd and 3rd toes in depression distal and lateral to 2nd metatarsodigital joint
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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ST45 厲兌 (厉兑)
Lìduì = Strict Exchange |
Location: on lateral side of 2nd toe 0.1 cun posterior to corner of nail
Needling: superficial 0.1 cun, prick to bleed |
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Moxa on the ST meridian is counterindicated on which 5 points?
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ST 1, 2, 8, 9, 17
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