Stomach Meridian

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承泣 (chéng qì)

🎯 Location: With eyes looking straight forward, point is directly below pupil between eyeball and infraorbital ridge.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, cold, heat, wind, redness

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四白 (sì bái)

🎯 Location: Directly below pupil in the depression the at the infraorbital foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with infraorbital nerve.

🛡️ Treats: heat, wind, deviation:eye, deviation:mouth, pain:headache

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 巨髎 (jù hé)

🎯 Location: Directly below pupil at the level of the lower border of the ala nasi on the lateral side of the nasolabial groove.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling on face.

🛡️ Treats: wind, swelling, pain, deviation:mouth, nosebleed

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 地倉 (dì cāng)

🎯 Location: Lateral to the corner of the mouth directly below pupil.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: pain, deviation:mouth, stagnation:channel, voice:loss, pain:toothache

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大迎 (dà yíng)

🎯 Location: Anterior to the angle of the mandible on the anterior border of the attached portion of the masseter where pulsation of the facial artery is palpable in the groovelike depression the appearing when cheek is bulged.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve and artery.

🛡️ Treats: fever, wind, swelling, chills, aversion:cold

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 頰車 (jiá chē)

🎯 Location: One finger breadth (middle finger) anterior & superior to the lower angle of the mandible where masseter is prominent when teeth are clenched & depressive when it is pressed.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in TMJ disorders.

🛡️ Treats: wind, pain, deviation:eye, deviation:mouth, mumps

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下關 (xià guān)

🎯 Location: On the face anterior to the ear in the depression the between zygomatic arch and mandibular notch; point is located with mouth closed.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with temporal artery.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, swelling, pain, deafness, deviation:eye

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 頭維 (tóu wéi)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the head, 05 thumb widths above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead & 4.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, dyspnoea, dizziness, vomiting, wind

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 人迎 (rén yíng)

🎯 Location: Level with tip of the adam's apple where pulsation of the common the carotid artery is palpable on the anterior border of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near carotid artery; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: asthma, dizziness, fullness:chest, vomiting, swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水突 (shuǐ tū)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint of the line joining st9 and st11 on the anterior border of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near major blood vessels in neck.

🛡️ Treats: cough, dyspnoea, swelling, pain:shoulder, pain:throat

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣舍 (qì shè)

🎯 Location: At the superior border of the sternal extremity of the clavicle between sternal head and clavicular head of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; proximity to subclavian vessels.

🛡️ Treats: dyspnoea, asthma, swelling, pain:throat, goitre

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 缺盆 (quē pén)

🎯 Location: In the midpoint of the supraclavicular fossa 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; caution with subclavian vessels.

🛡️ Treats: heat:chest, cough, fever, dyspnoea, sweating

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣戶 (qì hù)

🎯 Location: At the lower border of the middle of the clavicle 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness:chest

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 库房 (kù fáng)

🎯 Location: In the 1st intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: cough, dyspnoea, cough:blood, fullness:chest, cough:pus

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 屋翳 (wū yì)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, cough:blood, heaviness

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膺窗 (yīng chuāng)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fever, fullness:chest, abscess:breast, chills

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 乳中 (rǔ zhōng)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space, in the center of the nipple, 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: reference only

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 乳根 (rǔ gēn)

🎯 Location: On the chest directly below nipple, on the lower border of the breast, in the 5th intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in lactating women; avoid direct needling in breast tissue.

🛡️ Treats: cough, dyspnoea, swelling, abscess:breast, pain:breast

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 不容 (bù róng)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv14.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth in abdominal region.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, appetite:weak, dyspnoea, vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承满 (chéng mǎn)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv13.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth in abdominal region.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, vomiting, distension:abdomen, pain:epigastrium

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梁門 (liáng mén)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv12.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute abdominal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, deficiency:qi, vomiting, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 關門 (guān mén)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv11.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute abdominal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, constipation, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太乙 (tài yǐ)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv10.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: phlegm, calm:spirit:shen, regulate:jiao:middle

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 滑肉門 (huá ròu mén)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv9.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: phlegm, depression, vomiting, pain:epigastrium, vomiting:blood

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute appendicitis; caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 外陵 (wài líng)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv7.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, amenorrhea, pain, disorder:shan

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大巨 (dà jù)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv5.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: palpitations, insomnia, retention:urine, agitation, fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水道 (shuǐ dào)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv4.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, pain:back, pain:shoulder, oedema, retention:urine

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 归来 (guī lái)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv3.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: amenorrhea, swelling, pain, prolapse:uterus, infertility

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣沖 (qì chōng)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv2.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy; caution near femoral artery.

🛡️ Treats: constipation, heat, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, amenorrhea

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 髀關 (bì guān)

🎯 Location: On the anterior side of the thigh on the line connecting asis and laterosuperior corner of the patella on the level of the inferior pubis symphasis when thigh is fixed in the depression the lateral to the sartorius.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth near femoral vessels.

🛡️ Treats: jaundice, pain, pain:thigh, sciatica, pain:back:lumbar

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 伏兔 (fú tù)

🎯 Location: On the line connecting asis and lateral border of the patella 6 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:knee, cold, pain, pain:back:lumbar, stagnation:channel

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 阴市 (yīn shì)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 3 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella on the line joining asis and laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:knee, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen, pain, pain:thigh

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梁丘 (liáng qiū)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth.

🛡️ Treats: pain:knee, wind, numbness, pain:leg, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 犊鼻 (dú bí)

🎯 Location: When knee is flexed point is at the lower border of the patella in the depression the lateral to the patellar ligament.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute knee injuries.

🛡️ Treats: swelling, pain, stagnation:channel, swelling:knee, atrophy:leg

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fever, appetite:weak, diarrhoea, dyspnoea

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上巨虛 (shàng jù xū)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, dyspnoea, weakness:spleen, weakness:stomach, cold

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 條口 (tiáo kǒu)

🎯 Location: 8 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cold, pain:abdomen, numbness, swelling, pain

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下巨虛 (xià jù xū)

🎯 Location: 9 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, pain, abscess:breast, dysentery, pharyngitis

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 豐隆 (fēng lóng)

🎯 Location: 8 thumb widths superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to the st38 about 2 finger breadth (middle finger) lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, phlegm, asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 解谿 (jiě xī )

🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the foot at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint in the depression the between tendons of the extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus approximately at the level of the tip of the external malleolus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute ankle injuries.

🛡️ Treats: pain:knee, dizziness, palpitations, constipation, distension:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 沖陽 (chōng yáng)

🎯 Location: On the dome of the instep of the foot between tendons of the long extensor muscle of the great the toe and long extensor muscle of the toes where pulsation of the dorsal artery of the foot is palpable.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, depression, vomiting, distension:abdomen, swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陷谷 (xiàn gǔ)

🎯 Location: In the depression the distal to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, cold, fullness:chest, distension:abdomen, pain:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 内庭 (nèi tíng)

🎯 Location: Proximal to the web margin the between 2nd and 3rd toes in the depression the distal and lateral to the 2nd metatarsodigital joint.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, tinnitus, cold, constipation, pain:abdomen

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 厲兌 (lì duì)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the 2nd toe 01 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders or diabetes.

🛡️ Treats: appetite:weak, pain:knee, dizziness, jaundice, heat