ST23 Taiyi (Great Unity)

Location

2 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV10.

Indications

Conditions for which ST23 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

TCM actions

What classical sources say ST23 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Protocols using ST23

• Constipation, Abdominal Distension, Abdominal Pain, Stool Hard, Defecation Infrequent – ST23, ST27 (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-124 ↗)
• Joint Pain, Abdominal Pain, Bleeding Rectal, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Diarrhea Chronic – LI04, ST23, ST24, ST25, ST26, ST27, ST28, SP03, SP04, SP05, KD02, KD03, KD04, KD05 (doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2024.101080 ↗)
• Dysphagia, Traumatic Brain Injury – ST23, GB20, CV23, GV16 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250015 ↗)
• Obesity Central – ST23, ST25, ST40, SP09, SP14, SP15, CV12 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
• Obesity Simple – ST23, ST27, SP14, CV08, CV10 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
• Phlegm Misting Heart, Phlegm Misting Heart – ST23, ST24, ST40, ST41, ST45, SI19, BL03, BL08, KD20 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)

Most often selected alongside ST23

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with ST23. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• ST27Great Bulge3 protocols
• SP14Abdominal Bind2 protocols
• ST24Slippery Flesh Gate2 protocols
• ST25Celestial Pivot2 protocols
• ST40Abundant Bulge2 protocols
• BL03Eyebrow Ascension1 protocols
• BL08Declining Connection1 protocols
• CV08Spirit Palace Gate1 protocols
• CV10Lower Stomach1 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre1 protocols
• CV23Clean Spring1 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool1 protocols

Other points on the Stomach Meridian