ST27 Daju (Great Bulge)

Location

2 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV05.

Indications

Conditions for which ST27 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 ST27 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Protocols using ST27

• Constipation, Abdominal Distension, Abdominal Pain, Stool Hard, Defecation Infrequent – ST23, ST27 (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-124 ↗)
• Obesity, Iron Deficiency, Anemia Iron Deficiency – ST27, ST40, SP03, SP14, SI03, KD02, TB06, GB41, CV04, CV12 (doi:10.4103/0366-6999.200549 ↗)
• Constipation Functional, Stool Hard, Defecation Infrequent, Defecation Incomplete – ST25, ST27, BL25, BL52 (doi:10.1186/s12906-018-2243-4 ↗)
• Overweight, Obesity Simple, Bmi Elevated – LI04, LI11, ST21, ST24, ST25, ST26, ST27, ST28, ST32, ST34, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST40, ST44, SP04, SP06, SP09, SP14, SP15, SP16, BL20, BL21, TB06, GB26, LV13, CV04, CV06, CV07, CV09, CV10, CV12, CV13 (doi:10.1155/2020/2367610 ↗)
• Anxiety, Insomnia, Lethargy, Diarrhea, Psychomotor Retardation, Depression Bipolar, Malaise General – LI04, ST25, ST27, ST36, SP06, BL15, BL18, BL20, PC06, GB20, GB21, LV03, CV04, GV20 (doi:10.1177/1179547620967379 ↗)
• Dysmenorrhea, Blood Stasis, Abdominal Pain, Irritability, Breast Distension, Endometriosis Abdominal Wall, Mass Abdominal Wall, Qi Stagnation – ST24, ST25, ST27, SP05, SP06, SP09, SP15, CV04, GV20, GV24 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000036572 ↗)
• Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Whole-body Pain, Mood Depressive – ST25, ST27, ST36, SP04, SP06, HT07, SI03, BL16, BL18, BL19, BL20, BL21, BL23, BL62, KD03, KD06, TB05, LV03, LV08 (doi:10.7759/cureus.74385 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Constipation Habitual – ST25, ST27, SP15, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12 (doi:10.13193/j.archtcm.2012.06.104.zhangshy.037 ↗)
• Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, Whole-body Pain, Mood Depressive – ST25, ST27, ST36, SP04, SP06, HT07, SI03, BL16, BL18, BL19, BL20, BL21, BL23, BL62, KD03, KD06, TB05, LV03, LV08 (doi:10.7759/cureus.74385 ↗)
• Obesity – ST25, ST27, ST28, SP15, KD13, KD14, CV04, CV05 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
• Obesity Simple – LI04, LI11, LI14, ST24, ST25, ST27, ST32, ST34, ST36, ST40, SP04, SP06, SP10, SP15, BL13, BL15, BL17, BL18, BL19, BL20, BL21, BL23, BL25, BL27, PC06, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
• Obesity Simple – ST23, ST27, SP14, CV08, CV10 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
• Endometriosis Dysmenorrhea Menorrhagia Infertility – LI04, ST27, ST28, ST29, SP06, KD14, LV03 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(09)60034-0 ↗)
• Low Back Pain – LI04, LI11, ST20, ST24, ST27, ST28, SP06, SI03, KD03, KD06, TB10, GB41, LV08, CV12 (doi:10.1002/jgf2.719 ↗)
• Constipation, Cancer Advanced, Constipation Opioid-induced – LI04, ST25, ST27, ST36, SP04, SP06, SP14, HT07, KD06, LV03, CV04, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.1177/26892820261454476 ↗)
• Depression, Depression Bipolar – LI04, ST25, ST27, ST36, SP06, BL15, BL18, BL20, PC06, GB20, GB21, LV03, CV04, GV20 (doi:10.1177/1179547620967379 ↗)
• Endometriosis, Endometriosis Abdominal Wall – ST24, ST25, ST27, SP05, SP06, SP09, SP15, CV04, GV20, GV24 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000036572 ↗)
• Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain – ST25, ST27, ST36, SP04, SP06, SI03, BL19, BL21, BL62, KD03, KD06, TB05, LV08 (doi:10.7759/cureus.74385 ↗)
• Constipation Post-stroke – ST25, ST27, SP15, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190507-k0004 ↗)
• Constipation Functional – ST25, ST27, BL25, BL52 (doi:10.1186/s12906-018-2243-4 ↗)
• Constipation Functional – ST23, ST27 (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-124 ↗)
• Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative – ST25, ST27, KD13, CV04, CV06, CV09, CV10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Obesity – ST23, ST25, ST27, SP14, SP15, KD14, KD16, GB26, CV05, CV06, CV07, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0258-5 ↗)
• Heart Yin Deficiency, Heart Yin Deficiency – ST27, ST45, HT06, HT07, BL14, BL15, KD04, XB02T4, XB02T5 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Liver Qi Stagnation, Liver Qi Stagnation – LI17, LI18, ST09, ST15, ST16, ST18, ST25, ST26, ST27, SP13, SP18, HT03, HT04, SI11, BL14, BL16, BL18, BL31, KD21, XB02T9 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Benefit Regulate Shen, Benefit Regulate Shen – ST27, SI19, BL03, BL08, BL10, KD04, KD09 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Excess, Dysmenorrhea, Cold Pain, Cold Pain – LI04, ST27, ST29, SP08, SP10, BL32, LV03, CV03 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside ST27

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with ST27. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• ST25Celestial Pivot19 protocols
• CV04Original Qi Gate12 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection12 protocols
• LI04Junction Valley9 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre8 protocols
• LV03Great Surge8 protocols
• SP15Great Horizontal8 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles8 protocols
• SP04Grandfather Grandson7 protocols
• BL18Liver Shu Point6 protocols
• BL20Spleen Shu Point6 protocols
• CV06Sea Of Qi6 protocols

Other points on the Stomach Meridian