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Neijing
enpldees

Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

ST-23

Taiyi

Supreme Unity

Autres nomsGreat *Yi*

Méridien
Estomac

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Localisation

On the abdomen, 2 cun above the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the midline, level with REN-10 Xiawan.

Puncture

  1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 1 to 1.5 cun deep.
  2. 02Caution: deep needling may pierce the peritoneum in thin patients.
  3. 03Insert straight, 1 to 2 cun.
  4. 04Needle perpendicularly to a depth of 0.7 to 1 cun.
  5. 05Moxibustion may also be used.

Actions

  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Settles the Shen
  • Regulates the Middle Jiao

Indications

  • Manic-depressive disorder
  • Restlessness
  • Protruding tongue
  • Manic wandering
  • Stomach ailments
  • Intestinal pain
  • Hernia
  • Insanity
  • Indigestion
  • Epigastric pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Poor appetite
  • Diarrhea
  • Shan disorder
  • Beriberi
  • Enuresis
  • Irritability

Associations

  • For manic-depressive disorder accompanied by tongue thrusting.

  • For madness and mania accompanied by tongue thrusting.

  • For tongue thrusting.

Notes

This point is reputed to reveal the true pulse.