Stomach Channel

The stomach channel is also known as the foot Yangming. Internally this channel connects with it's Yin Paired Organ, the Spleen. There are 45 points on this Earth Channel.

ST1: below the center of the pupil when person is looking forward, between the eyeball and the infra orbital ridge.
ST2: below the center of the pupil when person is looking forward, in infra orbital foramen
ST3: below the center of the pupil when person is looking forward, level with the lower border of the ala nasi
ST4: .4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth
ST5: anterior to the angle of the jaw, on the anterior border of the masseter
ST6: 1 finger breadth superior and anterior to the angle of the jaw at the prominence of the masseter muscle
ST7: In the depression below the lower border of the zygomatic arch, anterior to the condyloid process
ST8: at the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to GV 24
ST9: level with the high point of the laryngeal prominence at the anterior border of the SCM (avoid carotid artery)
ST10: at the anterior border of the SCM midway between ST 9 and ST 11
ST11: superior to the clavicle , lateral to the sternal head of the SCM
ST12: Posterior to the superior border of the clavicle, 4 cun lateral to AML
ST13: below the inferior border of the clavicle, 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST14: level with the 1st intercostal space , 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST15: level with the 2nd intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST16: level with the 3rd intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST17: level with the 4th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST18: level with the 5th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the AML
ST19: 6 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST20: 5 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST21: 4 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST22: 3 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST23: 2 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST24: 1 cun superior to CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST25: level with CV8, 2 cun lateral
ST26: 4 cun superior to CV2, 2 cun lateral
ST27: 3 cun superior to CV2, 2 cun lateral
ST28: 2 cun superior to CV2, 2 cun lateral
ST29: 1 cun superior to CV2, 2 cun lateral
ST30: level with CV2, 2 cun lateral
ST31: on upper thigh , in depression lateral to the sartorius muscle, in depression inferior to the ASIS, level with the lower border of the pubic symphasis
ST32: on the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the ASIS, 6 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella ( 2 hand cun)
ST33: On the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the ASIS, 3 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella
ST34: on the thigh, on a line drawn between the lateral border of the patella and the ASIS, 2 cun proximal two the superior border of the patella
ST35: on the knee, in a hollow formed when the knee is flexed, inferior tot he patella and lateral to the patellar ligament
ST36: below the knee, 3 cun inferior to ST35, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia
ST37: on the lower leg, 6 cun inferior to ST 35, one finder breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia
ST38: on the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint and the prominence of the lateral malleolus, one finger breath lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia.
ST39: On the lower leg, 1 cun inferior to ST38, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest
ST40: On lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint and the lateral malleolus, 2 finger breadths lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia
ST41: on the ankle, level with the lateral malleolus prominence, in depression between tendons of extensor hallucis longus and extensors digitorum longus
ST42: on the dorsum of the foot, in a depression formed by the junction of the second and third metatarsal bones and the cuneiform bones, 1.5 cun distal to ST 41, on a line between ST41 and ST 43, at the point where pulsation of the dorsalis pedis artery may be palpated
ST43: on the dorsum of the foot, between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, in a depression approximately 1 cun proximal to ST 44
ST44: on the dorsum of the foot, between the 3nd and 3rd toes, .5 cun proximal to the margin of the web
ST45: on the dorsal aspect of the 2nd toe, at the junction of lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, .1 cun from the corner.


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diagrams taken from yinyanghouse.com