Stomach Meridian

Question 1

Trace the Stomach Meridian, number of points, yin or yang, sympathetic or parasympathetic

Answer 1

45 points, yang, sympathetic

Question 2

ST 2 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 2

Infraorbital foramen (palpate for depression) in line with the pupil when the eye is looking straight ahead, approximately 1 cun below the pupil

Perpendicular, slightly oblique inferior to superior at a depth of 0.2 to 0.3 cun

Bell’s palsy, trigeminal V2 neuralgia, muscle of eye to help close the eye

Question 3

ST 6 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 3

1 cun ant and superior to the angle of the mandible, ask the patient to clench the teeth to bulge the masseter muscle and it is right in the prominence of the masseter muscle

Perpendicular at 0.3-0.5 cun or subcutaneous towards ST 4 at 1.0 to 1.5 cun

TMJ, toothache, mumps, swelling of the cheek and face, facial paralysis and parotitis

Question 4

ST 7 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 4

In the depression below the middle of the zygomatic arch, posterior to the masseter and btw the coronoid process and condyle process of the mandible. Point is located with the mouth closed, if a finger is placed on the point and the mouth is opened, the condyle process will be felt as it moves forward.

Lateral to medial, perpendicular to the skin at a depth of 0.5 - 1 cun

Pain and inflammation of TMJ, pain in lower gum, teeth and jaw, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia involving V3 and myofascial dysfunction muscles of mastication

Question 5

ST 35 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 5

Knee flexed to 90 degrees, lateral to the patellar tendon in the depression above the tibia and below the femur

Intra articular, ant to posterior aiming somewhat medially at a depth of 1 - 1.5 cun

Pain and inflammation of the knee joint on lat side, restricted ROM, OA and RA, torn or damaged meniscus

Question 6

ST 36 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 6

3 cun below the knee joint line with the knee in extension or 3 cun below the lower margin of the patella when the knee is flexed, 1 cun lateral to the crest of the tibia

Ant to post, aiming between the tibia and fibula towards the interosseus space at a depth of 1-1.5 cun

Sympathetic switch: pain anywhere in the lower extremity, CRPS, autonomic dysfunction, anterior compartment syndrome, RA, hemiplegia, motor dysfunction of the leg

Question 7

ST 41 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 7

Ant ankle joint line in the depression btw the tendons of extensor digitorum longus the lateral side and extensor hallucis longus on the medial side

Intra articular ant to post, 0.5 to 0.7 cun

Sympathetic switch, OA of the ankle, extensor hallucis longus tendinitis and ankle sprain/strain/inflammation

Question 8

ST 44 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 8

Btw the second and third toe, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web in the depression of the distal and lateral second MTP joint

Perpendicular at a depth of 0.5 -0.7 cun

Sympathetic switch and general pain control on the front of the body