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POINT: ST-23 (STOMACH-23)

NAME: TAIYI

English: Supreme Unity
Also Known As: Great Yi

LOCATION:

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

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Caution: In thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneum.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.7 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Calms the Shen
  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao

INDICATIONS:

  • Mania-depression
  • Agitation
  • Tongue thrusting
  • Mad walking
  • Stomach
  • Intestinal pain
  • Hernia
  • Insanity
  • Indigestion
  • Epigastric pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Poor appetite
  • Diarrhea
  • Shan disorder
  • Beriberi
  • Enuresis
  • Irritability

COMBINATIONS:

ST-24
Huaroumen

UB-58
Feiyang
ST-24
Huaroumen

KI-9
Zhubin

Mania-depression with tongue thrusting.

Madness and mania disorder with tongue thrusting.

Tongue thrusting.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is said to bring out the true pulse.