# Acupoints for Dyspepsia Functional

36 sourced protocols for Dyspepsia Functional. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/dyspepsia-functional

## Protocols

| # | Points | Dosage | Frequency | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), ST40 (Abundant Bulge), ST42 (Surging Yang) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-75 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 2 | ST32 (Crouching Rabbit), ST33 (Yin Market), ST35 (Calf's Nose), ST38 (Ribbon Opening) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-75 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 3 | BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-75 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 4 | GB34 (Yang Mound Spring), GB36 (Outer Hill), GB37 (Bright Light), GB40 (Mound) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-75 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 5 | ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2012/543943 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 6 | LI04 (Junction Valley), ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), SP04 (Grandfather Grandson), SI14 (Outer Shoulder Point), PC06 (Inner Gate), GB21 (Shoulder Well), LV03 (Great Surge), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-89 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 7 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2014/832523 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 8 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2015/168252 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 9 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.081 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 10 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), HT07 (Spirit Gate), KD03 (Great Stream), PC06 (Inner Gate), GB41 (Foot Governor Of Tears) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2015/860463 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 11 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), ST44 (Inner Court), SP09 (Yin Mound Spring), BL20 (Spleen Shu Point), BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), PC06 (Inner Gate), LV03 (Great Surge), LV13 (Bright Gate), LV14 (Qi Cycle Gate), CV12 (Stomach Centre), CV17 (Chest Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1845-3 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 12 | ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), ST40 (Abundant Bulge), ST42 (Surging Yang), BL20 (Spleen Shu Point), BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), PC06 (Inner Gate), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018430 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 13 | BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2022/4824575 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 14 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2022/4824575 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 15 | LU05 (Cubit Marsh), LU11 (Lesser Metal), HT03 (Lesser Sea), HT09 (Lesser Surge), SI02 (Front Valley), SI03 (Back Stream), BL66 (Foot Valley Passage), KD10 (Yin Valley), GB41 (Foot Governor Of Tears), LV01 (Big Mound) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1545687 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 16 | LU08 (Channels Ditch), LI01 (Metal Yang), SP05 (Metal Hill), SP09 (Yin Mound Spring), BL66 (Foot Valley Passage), KD10 (Yin Valley), GB43 (Narrow Stream), GB44 (Foot Opening To Yin), LV04 (Mound Centre), LV08 (Spring At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1545687 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 17 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.4103/1673-5374.206655 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 18 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), ST44 (Inner Court), SP04 (Grandfather Grandson), SP09 (Yin Mound Spring), BL20 (Spleen Shu Point), BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), PC06 (Inner Gate), LV03 (Great Surge), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1016/j.dcmed.2024.01.001 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 19 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre), CV17 (Chest Centre), GV20 (100 Convergences) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20200527-k0001 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 20 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2018.06.0599 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 21 | CV08 (Spirit Palace Gate), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240621-k0005 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 22 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST34 (Ridge Mound), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate), GB34 (Yang Mound Spring), LV03 (Great Surge), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220530-k0004 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 23 | BL21 (Stomach Shu Point), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2022/4824575 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 24 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2022/4824575 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 25 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.081 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 26 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), PC06 (Inner Gate), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV10 (Lower Stomach), CV12 (Stomach Centre), CV13 (Upper Stomach) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20191115-k0003 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 27 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), SP04 (Grandfather Grandson), PC06 (Inner Gate), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre), CV17 (Chest Centre), GV20 (100 Convergences) | – | – | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.11.008 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 28 | LU05 (Cubit Marsh), LU11 (Lesser Metal), HT03 (Lesser Sea), HT09 (Lesser Surge), SI02 (Front Valley), SI03 (Back Stream), BL66 (Foot Valley Passage), KD10 (Yin Valley), GB41 (Foot Governor Of Tears), LV01 (Big Mound) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1545687 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 29 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), SP04 (Grandfather Grandson), PC06 (Inner Gate), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre), CV17 (Chest Centre), GV20 (100 Convergences) | – | – | doi:10.1186/s13020-024-01028-3 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 30 | CVC01 (Heart), CVC06 (Spleen), CYC01 (Stomach), CYC05 (Large Intestine), CYC11 (Kidney) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1496502 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 31 | ST25 (Celestial Pivot), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | 김보영 et al.. 기능성 소화불량증에 사용된 침구치료방법에 대한 체계적 문헌고찰. Korean Journal of Acupuncture, 2017 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 32 | ST02 (Four Direction Brightness), ST21 (Ridge Gate), ST36 (Leg Three Miles) | – | – | Tan Tao et al.. [Brief analysis of professor YAN Jie's academic thought on functional dyspepsia treated with acupuncture and moxibustion].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 33 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles) | – | – | doi:10.4103/1673-5374.206655 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 34 | CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.4103/1673-5374.206655 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 35 | CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.819310 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 36 | ST36 (Leg Three Miles) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.819310 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |

## Point locations

| Point | Name | Meridian | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST34 | Ridge Mound | Stomach Meridian | When knee is flexed point is 2 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella. |
| ST36 | Leg Three Miles | Stomach Meridian | 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia. |
| ST40 | Abundant Bulge | Stomach Meridian | 8 thumb widths superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to the ST38 about 2 finger breadth (middle finger) lateral to the anterior border of the tibia. |
| ST42 | Surging Yang | Stomach Meridian | 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. |
| ST32 | Crouching Rabbit | Stomach Meridian | On the line connecting asis and lateral border of the patella 6 thumb widths above the laterosuperior border of the patella. |
| ST33 | Yin Market | Stomach Meridian | 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. |
| ST35 | Calf's Nose | Stomach Meridian | When knee is flexed point is at the lower border of the patella in the depression the lateral to the patellar ligament. |
| ST38 | Ribbon Opening | Stomach Meridian | 8 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia. |
| BL21 | Stomach Shu Point | Bladder Meridian | 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra. |
| CV12 | Stomach Centre | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus. |
| GB34 | Yang Mound Spring | Gallbladder Meridian | In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula. |
| GB36 | Outer Hill | Gallbladder Meridian | 7 thumb widths above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula. |
| GB37 | Bright Light | Gallbladder Meridian | 5 thumb widths directly above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula. |
| GB40 | Mound | Gallbladder Meridian | Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus in the depression on the lateral side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus. |
| LI04 | Junction Valley | Large Intestine Meridian | On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. |
| SP04 | Grandfather Grandson | Spleen Meridian | In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin. |
| SI14 | Outer Shoulder Point | Small Intestine Meridian | 3 thumb widths lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where GV13 is located. |
| PC06 | Inner Gate | Pericardium Meridian | 2 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis. |
| GB21 | Shoulder Well | Gallbladder Meridian | On the shoulder directly above the nipple at the midpoint of the line connecting GV14 and acromion the at the highest point of the shoulder. |
| LV03 | Great Surge | Liver Meridian | On the dorsum of the foot in the depression the distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones. |
| ST25 | Celestial Pivot | Stomach Meridian | 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus. |
| CV06 | Sea Of Qi | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus. |
| HT07 | Spirit Gate | Heart Meridian | At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris. |
| KD03 | Great Stream | Kidney Meridian | In the depression the between tip of the medial malleolus and achilles tendon. |
| GB41 | Foot Governor Of Tears | Gallbladder Meridian | Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint in the depression the lateral to the tendon of the extensor digiti minimi of the foot. |
| ST44 | Inner Court | Stomach Meridian | Proximal to the web margin the between 2nd and 3rd toes in the depression the distal and lateral to the 2nd metatarsodigital joint. |
| SP09 | Yin Mound Spring | Spleen Meridian | On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia in the depression the posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia. |
| BL20 | Spleen Shu Point | Bladder Meridian | 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV06 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra. |
| LV13 | Bright Gate | Liver Meridian | On the lateral side of the abdomen below free end of the 11th rib. |
| LV14 | Qi Cycle Gate | Liver Meridian | Directly below nipple in the 6th intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline. |
| CV17 | Chest Centre | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline at the level with 4th intercostal space, midway between nipples. |
| LU05 | Cubit Marsh | Lung Meridian | On the cubital crease in the depression of the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon; point is located with elbow slightly flexed. |
| LU11 | Lesser Metal | Lung Meridian | On the radial side of the thumb about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail. |
| HT03 | Lesser Sea | Heart Meridian | With elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting medial end of the cubital crease and medial epicondyle of the humerus. |
| HT09 | Lesser Surge | Heart Meridian | On the radial side of the little finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail. |
| SI02 | Front Valley | Small Intestine Meridian | When loose fist is made point is on the ulnar end of the crease in the front of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the little finger at the junction of the red and white skin. |
| SI03 | Back Stream | Small Intestine Meridian | When loose fist is made point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the end of the transverse crease and junction of the red and white skin. |
| BL66 | Foot Valley Passage | Bladder Meridian | Anterior to the 5th metatarsophalangeal joint at the junction of the red and white skin. |
| KD10 | Yin Valley | Kidney Meridian | When knee is flexed point is on the medial side of the popliteal fossa between tendons of the semitendinosus and semimembranosus at the level with BL40. |
| LV01 | Big Mound | Liver Meridian | On the lateral side of the terminal phalanx of the great the toe 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail. |
| LU08 | Channels Ditch | Lung Meridian | 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the lateral side of the radial artery. |
| LI01 | Metal Yang | Large Intestine Meridian | On the radial side of the index finger about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail. |
| SP05 | Metal Hill | Spleen Meridian | In the depression the distal and inferior to the medial malleolus midway between tuberosity of the navicular bone and tip of the medial malleolus. |
| GB43 | Narrow Stream | Gallbladder Meridian | On the dorsum of the foot between 4th and 5th toe proximal to the margin of the web at the junction of the red and white skin. |
| GB44 | Foot Opening To Yin | Gallbladder Meridian | On the lateral side of the 4th toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail. |
| LV04 | Mound Centre | Liver Meridian | Anterior to the medial malleolus midway between SP05 and ST41 in the depression on the medial side of the tendon of the tibialis anterior. |
| LV08 | Spring At The Bend | Liver Meridian | When knee is flexed point is at the medial end of the transverse popliteal crease posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of the semimembranosus and semitendinosus. |
| GV20 | 100 Convergences | Governing Vessel | On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears. |
| CV08 | Spirit Palace Gate | Conception Vessel | In the center of the umbilicus. |
| CV10 | Lower Stomach | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 2 thumb widths above the umbilicus. |
| CV13 | Upper Stomach | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus. |
| CVC01 | Heart | Auricular Points | A depression which is located at the center of Cavum Concha. |
| CVC06 | Spleen | Auricular Points | At the midpoint of a line from Stomach to the notch between Antihelix and Antitragus. |
| CYC01 | Stomach | Auricular Points | At the area where Helix Crus disappears. |
| CYC05 | Large Intestine | Auricular Points | Superior to the inner 1/3 of the Helix Crus. |
| CYC11 | Kidney | Auricular Points | At the superanterior corner of Cymba Concha. |
| ST02 | Four Direction Brightness | Stomach Meridian | Directly below pupil in the depression the at the infraorbital foramen. |
| ST21 | Ridge Gate | Stomach Meridian | 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV12. |

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