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Location
2 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV10.
Cautions
Caution in pregnancy.
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 ↗)
- Constipation Functional – ST23, ST27 (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-124 ↗)
- Pancreatitis Acute – ST20, ST21, ST23, SP16, KD19, CV10, CV12, CV13 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.170351 ↗)
- Obesity – ST23, ST25, ST27, SP14, SP15, KD14, KD16, GB26, CV05, CV06, CV07, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0258-5 ↗)
- Phlegm Misting Heart, Phlegm Misting Heart – ST23, ST24, ST40, ST41, ST45, SI19, BL03, BL08, KD20 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Gastroptosis, Epigastric Pain – ST21, ST23, ST36, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
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 Bulge5 protocols
- CV12Stomach Centre4 protocols
- CV10Lower Stomach3 protocols
- SP14Abdominal Bind3 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot3 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi2 protocols
- SP15Great Horizontal2 protocols
- ST21Ridge Gate2 protocols
- ST24Slippery Flesh Gate2 protocols
- ST40Abundant Bulge2 protocols
- BL03Eyebrow Ascension1 protocols
- BL08Declining Connection1 protocols