ST- 15 points

Question 1

ST1* Location

Answer 1

Directly below the center pupil, just inside the infraorbital ridge. Penetrate the pt. by retropulsing the eyeball dorsally and directing the needle over the infraorbital ridge, thru the skin and under the eye.

Question 2

ST1* Indications

Answer 2

Conjunctivitis, uveitis, Liv Heat

Question 3

ST2** Location

Answer 3

In the depression at the centre of the infraorbital foramen.

Question 4

ST2** Indications

Answer 4

Conjunctivitis, uveitis, abdominal pain.

Question 5

ST4** Location

Answer 5

At the lat. commissure of the mouth 0.1 cun ca. to the mucocutaneous border.

Question 6

ST4** Indications

Answer 6

Facial paralysis, dental pain.

Question 7

ST6** Location

Answer 7

In the depression in the middle of the masseter m. just rostral to the angle of the mandible.

Question 8

ST6** Indications

Answer 8

Facial paralysis, dental pain.

Question 9

ST25* Location

Answer 9

2 cun lat. to the centre of the umbilicus, in the centre of rectus abdominis m.

Question 10

ST25* Indications

Answer 10

Front-Mu (Alarm pt.) for LI. Constipation, D+, abdominal pain, V+.

Question 11

ST35a* Location

Answer 11

In the depression distal t the patella and lat. to the patellar lig. Also referred to as the “The lat. eye of the knee “ or Was Xi Yan.

Question 12

ST35a* Indications

Answer 12

Stifle Problems, pelvic limb weakness

Question 13

ST35b* Location

Answer 13

In the depression dist. to the patella and med. to the patellar leg. is a pt. asp referred tp as “ the med. eye of the know” or New Xi Uan. Together with ST35a, the 2 pt.s are referred to as Xi Yan. Think B,… Between the legs.

Question 14

ST35b* Indications

Answer 14

Stifle problems, pelvic limb weakness.

Question 15

ST36* Location

Answer 15

3 cun distal to ST35, 0.5 cun lat. to the cr. crest of the tibia; in the belly of the cr. tibias m. This is a long linear pt. FALL OFF DISTALLY

Question 16

ST36* Indications

Answer 16

He-sea (Earth) pt. Master pt. for GIT and abdomen. Nausea, V+, gastric pain, gastric ulcer, food stasis, gen. tonic.

Question 17

ST37* Location

Answer 17

3 cun distal to ST36, 0.5 cun lat. to the cr. aspect of the limb, in the cr. tibialis m.

Question 18

ST37* Indications

Answer 18

Lower He-sea pt. for LI channel, D+, intestinal ulcers, constipation.

Question 19

ST39* Location

Answer 19

3 cun distal to ST37, 0.5 cun lat. to Cr. aspect of the limb, in Cr. tibias m. (1 cun distal to the midpt. of the tibia).

Question 20

ST39* Indications

Answer 20

Lower He-sea pt. for the SI channel, D+, abdominal pain dysentery, hemiplegia, impaction.

Question 21

ST40* Location

Answer 21

1/2 of the distance btwn. the lat. malleolus and the tibial plateau (proximal aspect of the tibia), 2 cun lat. to th e cr. aspect of the limb in the groove btwn. the cr. tibias and long digital extensor mm. This pt . proximal to ST39.

Question 22

ST40* Indications

Answer 22

Luo-connecting pt. to SP influential pt. for phlegm. Obesity, lipoma, phlegm. Damp-heat skin, itching.

Question 23

ST41* Location

Answer 23

On the dorsum of the rear foot at the level of the hock in the depression directly on the midline. The point lies btwn. the tendons of the long digital extensor and the cr. tibial mm. Bend articulationpts to ID.

Question 24

ST41* Indications

Answer 24

Jing-river pt. (FIRE). Wei syndrome, paresis/paralysis of pelvic limb, SP deficiency.

Question 25

ST42* Location

Answer 25

On the dorsal aspect of the metatarsus at th ejxn of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones of the. pelvic limb. USE THE CANOES.

Question 26

ST42* Indications

Answer 26

Yuan (Source pt.) Facial paralysis, facial swelling, dental problems, epilepsy, Wei syndrome, gastric pain.

Question 27

ST44* Location

Answer 27

In the web margin btwn. the 3rd and 4th digits in the depression just distal and lat. to the 3rd metatarsophalangeal jt.

Question 28

ST44* Indications

Answer 28

Yang-Spring pt. (Water). ST Heat and gastric ulcers.

Question 29

ST45* Location

Answer 29

On the lat. side of the 3rd digit nail base.

Question 30

ST45* Indications

Answer 30

Jing-well (Metal pt.) Son pt. for excess. Diagnostic and tx pt.s for appetite. For pain around the channel.