ST42 Chongyang (Surging Yang)

Location

On the dome of the instep of the foot between tendons of the long extensor muscle of the great the toe and long extensor muscle of the toes where pulsation of the dorsal artery of the foot is palpable.

Categories

• Yuan-Source point of the Stomach meridian

The classical groups this point belongs to, from Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture.

Indications

Conditions for which ST42 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 ST42 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Protocols using ST42

• Headache Migraine, Migraine Without Aura – LI06, ST36, ST42 (doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.05.013 ↗)
• Lower Extremity Numbness, Claudication Intermittent, Diabetes Type-2, Peripheral Artery Disease Lower Extremity, Resting Pain, Circulation Stasis – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST40, ST42, SP03, SP06, SP09, KD03, GB34 (doi:10.12659/MSM.909733 ↗)
• Cough, Headache, Common Cold, Sore Throat, Nasal Discharge, Nasal Obstruction, Sneezing, Malaise, Chilliness – LU06, LU07, LI06, LI07, ST40, ST42, SP02, SP08, HT05, HT07, SI06, BL58, BL63, KD03, KD04, PC06, PC07, TB05, TB07, GB37, LV03 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(17)30006-7 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Itching, Itchiness Skin, Pruritus, Prurigo Nodularis, Pruritus Chronic – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST42, SP06, SP10, SI04, BL17, BL64, TB04, TB05, GB20, GB40, CV06, CV12, GV14, GV16, GV20, GV24 (doi:10.2147/CCID.S336109 ↗)
• Spleen Deficiency, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diarrhea, Diarrhea Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diarrhea Chronic, Dampness Accumulation, Spleen Deficiency Dampness Accumulation – LI20, ST25, ST42, SP02, SP03, BL62, KD06, CV06, CV12, CV22, GV14 (doi:10.27460/d.cnki.gyzyc.2024.000276 ↗)
• Epigastric Pain, Early Satiety, Postprandial Fullness, Epigastric Burning, Functional Dyspepsia – ST34, ST36, ST40, ST42 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2012.08.015 ↗)
• Dizziness, Dizziness Cervical, Vertigo Cervical, Phlegm Obstruction, Vertigo Cervicogenic, Phlegm-turbidity Pattern – LI20, ST40, ST42, SP05, SP09, BL62, KD06, GB20, CV06, CV12, CV22, GV14 (doi:10.27460/d.cnki.gyzyc.2024.000282 ↗)
• Diabetes, Leg Pain, Leg Numbness, Claudication Intermittent, Disease Arterial Lower-extremity – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST40, ST42, SP03, SP06, SP09, KD03, GB34, XL05A, XL05B, XL10A, XL10B, XL10C, XL10D, XL10E, XL10F, XL10G, XL10H (doi:10.12659/MSM.909733 ↗)
• Migraine Without Aura – LI06, ST36, ST42 (doi:10.1177/0333102416641665 ↗)
• Peripheral Artery Disease Lower Extremity – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST40, ST42, SP03, SP06, SP09, KD03, GB34, XL05A, XL05B, XL10A, XL10B, XL10C, XL10D, XL10E, XL10F, XL10G, XL10H (doi:10.12659/MSM.909733 ↗)
• Headache Frontal, Ischemic Stroke – LI04, ST36, ST41, ST42, ST44, BL02, GV20 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.11.003 ↗)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) – ST36, ST42, HT08, BL18, BL21, LV01, LV02, LV03, LV14, CV12, CV16, CV17 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.12.001 ↗)
• Neuropathy Peripheral Diabetic – LI04, LI11, ST36, ST42, BL20, BL23, BL26 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.03.001 ↗)
• Migraine Without Aura – LI06, ST36, ST42 (doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.729218 ↗)
• Dyspepsia Functional – ST34, ST36, ST40, ST42 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Migraine Without Aura – LI06, ST36, ST42 (doi:10.1038/srep20298 ↗)
• Wind Liver, Wind Liver – LU11, ST01, ST03, ST04, ST05, ST06, ST07, ST08, ST42, ST45, SI03, SI08, BL01, BL02, BL03, BL04, BL05, BL06, BL09, BL10, BL41, XU25 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Cough, Headache, Nasal Discharge, Nasal Obstruction, Sneezing, Throat Sore, Malaise, Chilliness – LU06, LU07, LI06, LI07, ST40, ST42, SP02, SP08, HT05, HT07, SI06, BL58, BL63, KD03, KD04, PC06, PC07, TB05, TB07, GB37, LV03 (Heo JS, Yang SY, Lim SA, Lee JM, Kang JY, Sun SH, Kim HG, Kang W, Cho JH. A manual acupuncture treatment attenuates common cold and its symptoms: a case series report from South Korea. J Tradit Chin Med 2016; 36(6): 724-729)
• 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)
• Hyperlipidemia, Obesity – ST36, ST42, SP03, SP09 (Wang Kaiyue et al.. [Impact on the lipid level of obesity of spleen deficiency and damp blockage complicated by hyperlipemia treated with warm needling therapy and auricular acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016)
• Hyperlipidemia, Obesity – ST36, ST42, SP03, SP09, CVC02, CVC06, CYC01, CYC11 (Wang Kaiyue et al.. [Impact on the lipid level of obesity of spleen deficiency and damp blockage complicated by hyperlipemia treated with warm needling therapy and auricular acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016)
• Tennis Elbow – ST42 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Chest Fullness, Epigastric Distension – ST37, ST39, ST42, KD06, LV03 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)

Most often selected alongside ST42

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with ST42. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• ST36Leg Three Miles16 protocols
• ST40Abundant Bulge9 protocols
• LI04Junction Valley6 protocols
• LI06Diverging Passage6 protocols
• SP03Great White6 protocols
• SP09Yin Mound Spring6 protocols
• KD03Great Stream5 protocols
• LI11Pond At The Bend5 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre4 protocols
• LV03Great Surge4 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection4 protocols
• CV06Sea Of Qi3 protocols

Other points on the Stomach Meridian