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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the anterior aspect of the neck, immediately superior to the medial extremity of the clavicle, in the space between the sternal and clavicular heads of the (scm) sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Classical location: Directly below Man’s Prognosis (ST-9) on the neck, in the depression to the side of Celestial Chimney (CV-22). From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: Superficially, the anterior jugular vein; deeper, the common carotid artery. The medial supraclavicular nerve and the muscular branch of ansa hypoglossi.

Action: Courses qì and downbears counterflow.

Modern indications: Painful swollen throat; panting; hiccup; goiter; stiff neck and nape.

Classical indications: Throat impediment (hóu bì); cough and counterflow qì ascent; stiff nape preventing turning of the head; goiter.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.4 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Point name meaning:

• 气 qì: qì, breath
• 舍 shé: residence, to reside; to bestow, to give away
something

The breath (气 qì) passes by the area of ST-11. The rendering of the name Qì Abode brings to mind the point’s location beside the trachea.

Therapeutically, ST-11 is employed in treating qì ascent cough. This may be viewed as if the stomach were giving its qì to aid the lung, because in Chinese medical theory, it is the stomach that provides qì for the lung (earth engenders metal). In this sense, Qì Bestowal might be an appropriate rendering of the point name.

As a further note, it should be pointed out that the functions of stomach channel points 11 through 16 and 18 are primarily associated with their location in relation to the chest and lung. The point names reflect these associations through the metaphor of the chest as a house. The house has a window, roof, door, and storeroom, while ST-11 represents the abode itself. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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