HCS04 Shidao (Esophagus)

Location

At the middle 1/3 part inferior to the Helix Crus.

Indications

Conditions for which HCS04 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using HCS04

• Obesity – ST25, ST26, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC03, CYC05, HCS02, HCS03, HCS04, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.17826/cumj.1314635 ↗)
• Nausea, Dyspepsia Functional – LI04, ST36, ST43, SP06, SP09, PC06, TB05, CVC06, CYC08, HCS04 (doi:10.3390/children1020119 ↗)
• Dysphagia, Cancer Esophageal – BL17, BL46, PC06, AH14, CYC01, HCS01, HCS04, TF10 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Achalasia, Vomiting, Dysphagia – ST36, BL16, BL20, BL21, PC06, LV14, CV12, CYC01, HCS01, HCS04, HCS05 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)

Most often selected alongside HCS04

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with HCS04. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• CYC01Stomach3 protocols
• PC06Inner Gate3 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre2 protocols
• CVC06Spleen2 protocols
• HCS01Diaphragm2 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles2 protocols
• TF10Shenmen2 protocols
• AH14Chest1 protocols
• BL16Governing Vessel Shu Point1 protocols
• BL17Diaphragm Shu Point1 protocols
• BL20Spleen Shu Point1 protocols
• BL21Stomach Shu Point1 protocols

Other points on the Auricular Points