Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
- Xi (Cleft) Point
Activates the channel and alleviates painHarmonizes the Stomach and alleviates pain Moderates acute conditions
Pain and numbness of the knee, gastric pain, mastitis, motor impairment of the lower extremities.
Where is ST-34 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 156): On the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the anterior superior iliac spine, in a depression 2 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 154): When the knee is flexed, the point is 2 cun above the laterosuperior border of the patella.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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