POINT: ST-36 (STOMACH-36)
English: | Leg Three Miles |
Also Known As: | Three Measures on the Leg Foot Three Miles |
- Below the knee, 3 cun inferior to ST-35 Dubi, one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia.
Locate GB-34 Yanglingquan, ST-36, Zusanli lies one cun inferior and one finger breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia.
Locate one handbreadth below ST-35 Dubi.
- Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.2 cun.
- He-Sea point of the Stomach channel
- Earth point of the Stomach channel
- Gao Wu Command point
- Ma Dan-Yang Heavenly Star point
- Point of the Sea of Water and Grain (Food), (Nourishment)
- Uniting point of the stomach channel
- Divine objectivity point
- Immunization point
- Center Reunion Particular point of energy
- He-Sea point of the upper Jiao
- Vitality and longevity point
- Harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach
- Fortifies the Spleen
- Regulates Qi and Blood
- Resolves Dampness
- Supports the righteous Qi
- Fosters the Original Qi
- Tonifies Qi
- Nourishes Blood
- Nourishes Yin
- Clears Fire
- Calms the Shen
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Revives the Yang
- Dispels Cold
- Restores consciousness
- Strengthens the body
- Strengthens weak and deficient conditions
- Brightens the eyes
- Regulates the Ying and Wei
- Regulates the Intestines
- Expels Wind and Dampness
- Resolves edema
- Regulates Qi contravection in the Stomach and Intestines
- Reduces digestive Stagnation
- Regulates the Stomach Qi and Yin
- Regulates the Middle and Lower Jiaos
- Drains pathogenic influences from the Stomach
- Calms the fetus
- Stimulates the parathyroids
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LU-9 |
REN-6 |
REN-21 |
Insufficiency of Yuan Qi, deficient dyspnea, dyspnea with inability to stand for long, coughing and shortness of breath |
Frequently use moxibustion for young people whose Qi is feeble |
Infernal injury by accumulation of Food in the Stomach |
UB-45 |
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Stagnation of Food in the mid-abdomen and stabbing pain that does not cease |
Difficult ingestion |
Abdominal fullness |
ST-44 |
KI-10 |
REN-10 |
All types of diarrhea and abdominal disorders |
Sudden turmoil disorder |
Undigested food in the stool and vomiting immediately after eating (first needle REN-10, then reduce ST-36) |
LU-10 |
UB-25 |
ST-9 |
Breast abscess |
Undigested food in the stool |
Sudden turmoil disorder, headache, chest pain and dyspneic rales |
LI-4 |
SJ-6 |
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Dysenteric disorders |
Blood in the stool |
Deficiency constipation (Reduce ST-36 and reinforce SJ-6) |
HT-8 |
REN-12 |
LU-7 |
Difficult urination or retention of urine |
Jaundice with weakness of the four limbs |
Acute dyspnea |
UB-18 |
SJ-6 |
UB-67 |
Liver Blood Deficiency with cloudy vision |
Postpartum dizziness |
Hastens delivery |
SP-1 |
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Hemorrhage (moxa ST-36 and needle SP-1) |
Abdominal pain |
Feebleness of the legs |
SP-6 |
GB-39 |
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Atrophy disorder (moxa ST-36 and UB-13 and needle the others) |
Cold-Damp leg Qi |
Leg Qi |
GB-21 |
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Pain and soreness of leg Qi (first needle GB-21 then the others) |
Redness, pain and swelling of the knees |
Inability to walk difficulty and pain when walking |
ST-35 |
LI-15 |
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Disorders of the knees and below the knees (moxa all points) |
Windstroke with one-sided withering and incessant pain |
Mania |
LI-4 |
ST-39 |
LI-4 |
Injury by Cold with great Heat that does not recede (reduce all points) |
Pancreatitis |
Acute Intestinal obstruction |
ST-19 |
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Indigestion |
Accumulated Qi |
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- Forbidden during the eighth month of pregnancy.
- Do not moxa children under seven years old.
- It is said that by using this point, all diseases can be treated.
- This is the single most important point in the body to stimulate the actions of the Stomach and Spleen to generate Qi and Blood.
- Daily use of moxibustion on this point preserves and maintains health and extends life.
- This point has a direct effect on the Stomach.
- Reinforcing needling of this point stimulates gastric motility and secretion of gastric acid to stimulate appetite and improve digestion.
- It is said that when one is over thirty years old, one must moxa this point to send energy to the eyes.