Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
- Meeting Point of the Stomach Channel with the Yang Motility Vessel
Eliminates wind, dissipates swelling and alleviates pain
Facial paralysis, twitching of eyelids, epistaxis, toothache, swelling of lips and cheek.
Where is ST-03 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 131): With the eyes looking directly forwards, this point is located directly below the pupil, level with the lower border of the ala nasi, on the lateral side of the naso-labial groove.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 145): Directly below the pupil, at the level of the lower border of ala nasi on the lateral side of the nasolabial groove.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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