Stomach Channel

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INDICATIONS
Cough, wheezing, dyspnoea, shortness of breath,
coughing of pus and blood, distention and pain of
the chest and lateral costal region.
Breast pain, breast abscess.
Pain of the skin making wearing of clothes unbear-
able, generalised itching, heaviness of the body,
swollen body, pain and weakness of the limbs.
COMBINATIONS
Itching with much pain: Wuyi ST-15 and Zhiyin
BL-67 (One Hundred Symptoms).
WUYI ST-15
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LOCATION
On the chest, in the second intercostal space,
4 cun lateral to the midline (Zigong REN-19),
on the mamillary line.
LOCATION NOTE
i. First locate the costal cartilage of the second rib which is
level with the sternal angle, then locate the second inter-
costal space below it; ii. Note that in males the nipple lies
in the fourth intercostal space; iii Note that the intercostal
space curves upwards laterally, so that Wuyi ST-15 will lie
superior to the level of Zigong REN-19.
NEEDLING
Transverse-oblique insertion laterally or medially along
the intercostal space 0.5 to 0.8 cun, or transverse insertion
superiorly or inferiorly along the channel.
Caution: deep or perpendicular insertion carries a sub-
stantial risk of puncturing the lung.
ACTIONS
Descends rebellious qi and unbinds the chest
Benefits the breasts
Alleviates pain and itching of the skin
Wuyi ST-15
second intercostal space
Zigong REN-19
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Lung
L. Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
S. Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Sanjiao
Gall Bladder
Liver
Conception
Governing
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