ST-40 (Feng Long) Bountiful Bulge

Acupuncture Points on this Channel ST-01 ST-02 ST-03 ST-04 ST-05 ST-06 ST-07 ST-08 ST-09 ST-10 ST-11 ST-12 ST-13 ST-14 ST-15 ST-16 ST-17 ST-18 ST-19 ST-20 ST-21 ST-22 ST-23 ST-24 ST-25 ST-26 ST-27 ST-28 ST-29 ST-30 ST-31 ST-32 ST-33 ST-34 ST-35 ST-36 ST-37 ST-38 ST-39 ST-40 ST-41 ST-42 ST-43 ST-44 ST-45

Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming

• Luo (Connecting) Point

Actions:

• Transforms phlegm and dampness
• Benefits 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

Indications:

• 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.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: 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: 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.

Needling Method:

• Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.