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Channel: ST, foot yáng brightness (yáng míng) stomach channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper abdomen, 3 cùn superior to the umbilicus and 2 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn below Beam Gate (ST-21), two cùn either side of the midline. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: See ST-21.

Action: Regulates the stomach and intestines.

Modern indications: Abdominal distension; abdominal pain; rumbling intestines and diarrhea; water swelling.

Classical indications: Fullness in the chest and qì accumulation; pain in the stomach duct; acute pain in the umbilical region; enuresis; constipation; no desire to eat; phlegm malaria with shivering; qì moving in the abdomen.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.7‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

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