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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper abdomen, 5 cùn superior to the umbilicus and 2 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn below Not Contained (ST-19), two cùn either side of the midline. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: See ST-19.

Action: Harmonizes the stomach and rectifies qì.

Modern indications: Stomach pain; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); poor appetite; abdominal distension.

Classical indications: Rumbling intestines; mounting (shàn) pain; inability to get food and drink down; diarrhea or dysentery; jaundice; painful hardening beneath the ribs; qì ascent and panting.

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

Point name meaning:

• 承 chéng: to take responsibility for; to receive, to support
• 满 mǎn: full, fullness

This point is located just below the stomach, as if it were assuming a position of support for the ample fullness of the stomach. When the stomach is full it extends to this point. ST-20 can be employed to treat this fullness, and to treat fullness in the abdomen and ribs. Given this, it can be said that the point assumes responsibility for fullness. In this respect the name is a reminder of both the location and function of the point. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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