Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
- Luo (Connecting) Point
Transforms phlegm and dampnessBenefits the chest Clears phlegm from the Lung and alleviates cough and wheezing Clears phlegm from the Heart and calms the spirit Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Headache, dizziness and vertigo, cough, asthma, excessive sputum, pain in the chest, constipation, mania, epilepsy, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, pain, swelling or paralysis of the lower extremities.
Where is ST-40 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 165): On the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint line (level with the popliteal crease) and the lateral malleolus, two finger-breadths lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia (i.e. one finger-breadth lateral to Tiaokou ST-38).
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 155): 8 cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to Tiaokou (ST-38) about two finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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