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Stomach 37

Chinese Name: Shangjuxu (English translation: Great Upper Hollow)

Location:  On the anterior aspect of the lower leg, 6 cun below ST 35, one finger-breadth (middle finger) from the anterior crest of the tibia.

Classification: Lower He-Sea point of the Large Intestine Meridian
Point of the Sea of Blood

Indications:

• Acute appendicitis, abdominal pain, borborygmus, constipation, diarrhea
• Muscular atrophy, weakness, numbness and pain of the lower extremities, beriberi

Functions: Regulates the intestines and the Stomach and Spleen, resolves Damp-Heat (alleviates dysentery and diarrhea), relieves pain.

Needling: Perpendicular insertion 1.0 - 1.5 cun.

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