Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
- Meeting Point of the Stomach Channel with the Yang Motility and Conception Vessels
Benefits the eyes and stops lacrimationEliminates wind and clears heat
Redness, swelling and pain of the eye, lacrimation, night blindness, twitching of eyelids, facial paralysis.
Where is ST-01 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 130): With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 145): When the eyes looking straight forward, the point is directly below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
Push the eyeball upward with the left thumb and puncture perpendicularly and slowly 0.5-1.0 inch along the infraorbital ridge. It is not advisable to manipulate the needle with large amplitude.
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