Stomach Head 2

Question 1

Stomach 01

Answer 1

Cheng Qi - Receiving / Containing Tears

Directly below the centre of the pupil of the eye, on the superior border of the lower orbit.

Point of Yang Qiao Mai
Meets Ren Mai
Point of Entry

Question 2

Stomach 02

Answer 2

Si Bai - Four Whites

Directly below the centre of the pupil of the eye, in the depression of the infra-orbital foramen.

Features: None

Question 3

Stomach 03

Answer 3

Ju Liao - Huge Bone Hole

Directly below the centre of the pupil of the eye, level with the lower border of the ala nasi

Meets Colon Meridian
Point of Yang Qiao Mai

Question 4

Stomach 04

Answer 4

Di Chang - Earth Granary

Directly below the centre of the pupil of the eye, lateral to the corner of the mouth.

Point of Yang Qiao Mai
Meets Ren Mai and Colon Meridian
Tonifies Kidney Yin

Question 5

Stomach 05

Answer 5

Da Ying - Big Welcome

With the teeth clenched tightly, the point is in a groove on the external edge of the mandible, approximately 1.5 cun anterior to the angle of the mandible.

Branch ascends to ST-8
Branch descends to the neck to eventually reach ST-12
Branch to Colon meridian, which then travels to the teeth.

Question 6

Stomach 06

Answer 6

Jia Che - Jaw Bone

With the teeth clenched tightly, the point is in the bulk of the masseter muscle, one finger’s breadth anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible.

Features: None

Question 7

Stomach 07

Answer 7

Xia Guan - Below The Joint / Gate / Barrier

Between the mandibular notch and the lower border of the zygoma.(Inferior to the zygoma arch and anterior to the mandibular notch)

Features: None

Question 8

Stomach 08

Answer 8

Tou Wei - Head Binding

0.5cun inside the corner of the natural hair line, 4.5 cun lateral to the midline of the head (posterior to where the artery can be palpated)

Fruit of Yang Ming
Meets the Gall Bladder meridian