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Indications
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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
- Swollen Knee, Knee Upper Part Pain, Tenderness – ST32, ST33, ST34, SP10 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60031-3 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Dyspepsia Functional – ST32, ST33, ST35, ST38 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Deep Venous Thrombosis Prevention – ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, ST37 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- 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)
- 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)
- Paralysis Paraplegia, Haematomyelia – ST31, ST32, ST33, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST41, SP08, BL22, BL23, BL37, BL60, GB30, GB34, GB39, GB40, CV03 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- 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.
- ST32Crouching Rabbit9 protocols
- ST34Ridge Mound9 protocols
- SP10Sea Of Blood6 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles6 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection3 protocols
- ST37Upper Great Hollow3 protocols
- BL20Spleen Shu Point2 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point2 protocols
- BL37Gate Of Abundance2 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring2 protocols
- GB40Mound2 protocols
- ST31Thigh Gate2 protocols