Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
Benefits the throat and neck and descends Qi
Sore throat, pain and rigidity of the neck, asthma, hiccup, goiter.
Where is ST-11 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 139): At the root of the neck, superior to the medial end of the clavicle, directly below Renying ST-9 in the depression between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 148): At the superior border of the sternal extremity of the clavicle, between the sternal head and clavicular head of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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