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ST-42

Chongyang

Rushing *Yang*

Autres nomsThoroughfare of *Yang* · Attack of *Yang* · Pouring *Yang*

Méridien
Estomac
Classification
Yuan-Source, Sortie

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Localisation

  1. 01On the high point of the foot's dorsum, between the tendons of extensor hallucis longus and extensor digitorum longus, where the dorsalis pedis artery's pulse can be felt.
  2. 021.3 cun distal to ST-41 Jiexi, at the foot dorsum's highest point, in the hollow formed by the second and third metatarsals and the cuneiform bone.
  3. 031.5 cun below ST-41 Jiexi, at the bony prominence on the foot's dorsum, beside the dorsalis pedis artery.
  4. 04On the foot's dorsum, in the hollow where the second and third metatarsals meet the second and third cuneiform bones, 1.5 cun distal to ST-41 Jiexi, along the line connecting ST-41 Jiexi and ST-43 Xiangu, where the dorsalis pedis pulse is felt. Note: tracing proximally from ST-43 Xiangu toward ST-41 Jiexi, the point falls in a depression roughly midway between the two; it may sit on either side of the extensor digitorum longus slip running to the second toe.

Puncture

  1. 01Do not puncture the artery; needle perpendicularly, 0.3-0.5 cun.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Insert straight in, 0.3-0.5 cun.
  4. 04Caution: avoid the Blood vessel.
  5. 05Insert obliquely or perpendicularly, 0.3-0.5 cun.

Fonctions du point

  • Yuan-source point
  • Exit point

Actions

  • Tonifies the Stomach and Spleen
  • Calms the Shen
  • Clears obstruction from the channel
  • Clears Heat from the Stomach channel
  • Harmonizes the Stomach
  • Frees the channel
  • Relieves pain

Indications

  • Strips off clothing and runs about
  • Climbs and jumps on tables
  • Sings loudly
  • General crazed behavior
  • Wandering aimlessly
  • Mental illness
  • Cold Bi syndrome
  • Facial paralysis
  • Anorexia
  • Epigastric distention and pain
  • Abdominal distention
  • Constipation
  • Hysteria
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic restlessness
  • Headache
  • Weak arms and legs
  • Deviated mouth and eye
  • Tooth decay
  • Heat and pain inside the mouth
  • Manic-depression
  • Urge to climb high and sing
  • Manic-depressive disorder
  • Post-polio sequelae
  • Arthritis
  • Toothache
  • Gingivitis
  • Vomiting
  • Epilepsy
  • Upper-teeth pain
  • Red, swollen dorsum of the foot
  • Foot muscle wasting with impaired movement
  • Foot muscle wasting, weakness and pain
  • Malarial disorders
  • Fever
  • Facial paralysis with swelling
  • Facial edema
  • Leg Qi
  • Abdominal distention with poor appetite
  • Fever without sweating
  • Chills and fever accompanying malarial disorder

Associations

  • Strongly tonifies the Middle Jiao and dispels Cold from the joints, for Cold Bi

  • For facial swelling

  • For tooth decay

  • For mania — the urge to climb high and sing, stripping off clothes and running about

    • ST-40

    For mania with reckless behavior — the urge to climb high and sing, stripping off clothes and running about

  • For flaccid legs

Notes

It is referred to as the "perfect calm" point.