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Indications
14
Protocols
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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.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which ST33 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Muscle WastingShan Cold DisorderAbdominal BloatingLeg Bending StiffnessLeg Stretching StiffnessImmobility Leg BendingImmobility Leg StretchingEdemaPainAbdominal PainKnee PainThigh PainQi LegCold Water Back Lumbar SensationChannel StagnationBi Arthralgia Knees SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Knees SyndromeWind Damp SyndromeWind-damp SyndromeThirsting ExcessiveKnee WeaknessLeg Weakness
Protocols using ST33
- Nausea, Bloating, Heartburn, Dyspepsia Functional, Abdominal Pain Epigastric, Early Satiety, Postprandial Fullness – ST32, ST33, ST35, ST38 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-75 ↗)
- Absent Periods, Infertility, PCOS, Oligomenorrhea, Insulin Resistance, Hyperandrogenism, Hyperinsulinemia – LI04, ST27, ST29, ST33, ST34, ST36, SP06, SP10, PC06, LV03, CV03, CV06, CV10, CV12 (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007757 ↗)
- PCOS, Insulin Resistance, Menstrual Irregularity, Hyperandrogenism, Anovulation – LI04, ST29, ST33, ST34, ST36, SP06, CV03, CV12 (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1854-2 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Stiffness Joint, Degeneration Cartilage – ST33, ST34, SP10 (doi:10.1007/s10067-024-07243-5 ↗)
- Epigastric Pain, Early Satiety, Postprandial Fullness, Epigastric Burning, Functional Dyspepsia – ST32, ST33, ST35, ST38 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2012.08.015 ↗)
- Thromboangiitis Obliterans, Vascular Occlusion Peripheral – ST33, ST36, SP06, SP09, GB34 (doi:10.15912/j.cnki.gocm.2011.18.024 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Quadriceps Weakness – ST33, ST34, SP10, XL03 (doi:10.1007/s10067-024-07243-5 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – ST33, ST34, SP10, XL03 (doi:10.1007/s10067-024-07243-5 ↗)
- Knee Synovitis, Knee Synovitis – ST32, ST33, ST34, SP10 (JTCM30:2)
- Spleen Qi Deficiency, Spleen Qi Deficiency – ST21, ST31, ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, SP03, SP05, SP06, SI06, BL20 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Swollen Knee, Knee Upper Part Pain, Tenderness – ST32, ST33, ST34, SP10 (Chen Guo-sheng. A Case Report of Diffuse Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Treated by Fire-needle. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(2): 143-144)
- Motor Dysfunction, Spinal Cord Injury, Paralysis Paraplegia – ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, ST40, ST41, ST42, ST43, BL37, BL39, BL40, BL55, BL56, GB40 (Wang Yuanhui, Zhang Lei, Pan Guodong, Liu Jing, Zhang Hongrui, Song Xu, Wang Qiang. Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive therapy for the improvement of motor function in spinal cord injury patients. J Tradit Chin Med, 2016, 36(5): 618-624)
- Post-stroke Depression – LU04, LI04, LI06, LI07, LI10, LI11, LI12, LI13, LI15, ST02, ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST40, ST44, SP06, SP10, SP11, HT05, BL15, BL20, BL23, BL61, BL64, KD02, KD03, PC02, PC03, PC06, TB03, TB06, TB07, TB09, TB12, TB14, GB20, GB31, GB33, GB43, LV02, LV03, LV05, LV14, GV20, GV23, GV26 (Acupuncture for Ischemic Post-stroke Depression. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02472613)
- Qi Stagnation, Stasis Blood, Paralysis (infant), Benefit Regulate Yin, Benefit Regulate Wei, Contracture Knee – ST33 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
Most often selected alongside ST33
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with ST33. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- ST34Ridge Mound10 protocols
- SP10Sea Of Blood7 protocols
- ST32Crouching Rabbit7 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles6 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection5 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley3 protocols
- BL20Spleen Shu Point2 protocols
- CV03Central Pivot2 protocols
- CV12Stomach Centre2 protocols
- LV03Great Surge2 protocols
- PC06Inner Gate2 protocols
- ST29Return2 protocols