Stomach Meridian (足阳明胃经)
Meridian: Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming
International Code: ST (Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming)
Circulation Time: Chenshi (7:00–9:00 AM)
Connected Zang-Fu: Pertains to the Stomach, connects to the Spleen
Meridian with Same Name: Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming
Interior-Exterior Meridian: Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin
Source: Lingshu · Jingmai (Spiritual Pivot · Meridians)
Brief Introduction
The Stomach Meridian is one of the twelve regular meridians, one of the three Yang meridians of the foot. Superiorly, it connects to the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming beside the nose; inferiorly, it meets the Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin at the medial end of the big toe. The meridian runs over the face, chest, and anterior-lateral aspect of the lower limb. The first point is Chengqi (ST1), the last point is Lidui (ST45), with 45 points on each side. It mainly treats disorders of the stomach and intestines (digestive system), as well as certain conditions of the nervous system, respiratory system, circulatory system, and disorders of the throat, head, face, mouth, teeth, nose, and other organs, as well as conditions along the pathway of this meridian.
Point Descriptions
1. Chengqi (ST1) – meeting point of Yangqiao, Ren, and Stomach Meridians – eyelid twitching, epiphora due to wind, night blindness, myopia, facial paralysis, facial spasm
2. Sibai (ST2) – red, painful and itchy eyes, eyelid twitching, corneal opacity, facial paralysis, facial pain, facial spasm, headache, dizziness
3. Juliao (ST3) – meeting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine Meridians – mouth deviation, facial pain, epistaxis, toothache, lip and cheek swelling
4. Dicang (ST4) – meeting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine Meridians – mouth deviation, drooling, facial pain, toothache
5. Daying (ST5) – mouth deviation, cheek swelling, toothache
6. Jiache (ST6) – toothache, difficulty opening the mouth, cheek swelling, mouth deviation
7. Xiaguan (ST7) – meeting point of the Stomach and Gallbladder Meridians – difficulty opening the mouth, facial pain, toothache, facial paralysis, deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea
8. Touwei (ST8) – meeting point of the Stomach, Gallbladder, and Yangwei Meridians – headache, dizziness, eye pain
9. Reying (ST9) – goiter, scrofula, sore throat, hypertension, dyspnea
10. Shuitu (ST10) – sore throat, loss of voice, cough, dyspnea
11. Qishe (ST11) – sore throat, goiter, scrofula, dyspnea, hiccup, stiff neck
12. Quepen (ST12) – cough, dyspnea, sore throat, pain in the supraclavicular fossa
13. Qihu (ST13) – cough, dyspnea, hiccup, chest pain, chest and hypochondriac fullness
14. Kufang (ST14) – cough, dyspnea, coughing up purulent blood, chest and hypochondriac distending pain
15. Wuyi (ST15) – cough, dyspnea, coughing up purulent blood, chest and hypochondriac distending pain, breast abscess, breast nodules
16. Yingchuang (ST16) – cough, dyspnea, chest and hypochondriac distending pain, breast abscess
17. Ruzhong (ST17) – breast abscess, difficult labor
18. Rugen (ST18) – breast abscess, breast nodules, low milk production, cough, dyspnea, hiccup, chest pain
19. Burong (ST19) – vomiting, stomach pain, poor appetite, abdominal distension
20. Chengman (ST20) – stomach pain, hematemesis, poor appetite
21. Liangmen (ST21) – abdominal distension, poor appetite, stomach pain, vomiting
22. Guanmen (ST22) – abdominal distension, abdominal pain, borborygmus, diarrhea
23. Taiyi (ST23) – abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vexation, mania
24. Huaroumen (ST24) – abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, mania
25. Tianshu (ST25) – abdominal pain, abdominal distension, constipation, diarrhea, dysentery, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea
26. Wailing (ST26) – abdominal pain, hernia, dysmenorrhea
27. Daju (ST27) – lower abdominal fullness, difficult urination, hernia, seminal emission, premature ejaculation
28. Shuidao (ST28) – lower abdominal fullness, difficult urination, hernia, dysmenorrhea, infertility
29. Guilai (ST29) – lower abdominal pain, hernia, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, prolapse of the uterus
30. Qichong (ST30) – borborygmus, abdominal pain, hernia, irregular menstruation, infertility, impotence, genital swelling
31. Biguan (ST31) – flaccid paralysis of the lower limb, low back pain, cold knee
32. Futu (ST32) – flaccid paralysis of the lower limb, low back pain, cold knee, hernia, beriberi
33. Yinshi (ST33) – flaccid paralysis of the lower limb, difficulty flexing and extending the knee, hernia
34. Liangqiu (ST34) – Xi-Cleft point – acute stomach pain, knee swelling and pain, lower limb paralysis, breast abscess, breast pain
35. Dubiyin (ST35) – knee pain, difficulty flexing and extending, lower limb paralysis
36. Zusanli (ST36) – He-Sea point – stomach pain, vomiting, dysphagia, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, mania, breast abscess, intestinal abscess
37. Shangjuxu (ST37) – He-Sea point (lower He-Sea point of Large Intestine) – borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, intestinal abscess, dysentery
38. Tiaokou (ST38) – spasm, shoulder and arm pain, epigastric and abdominal pain
39. Xiajuxu (ST39) – He-Sea point (lower He-Sea point of Small Intestine) – diarrhea, dysentery, lower abdominal pain, breast abscess
40. Fenglong (ST40) – Luo-Connecting point – headache, dizziness, mania, cough, excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, constipation
41. Jiexi (ST41) – Jing-River point – flaccid paralysis of the lower limb, ankle joint disorders, foot drop, headache, dizziness, mania, abdominal distension, constipation
42. Chongyang (ST42) – Yuan-Primary point – stomach pain, facial paralysis, manic-depressive epilepsy, flaccid weakness of the foot
43. Xiangu (ST43) – Shu-Stream point – facial swelling, edema, dorsum of foot swelling and pain, borborygmus, abdominal pain
44. Neiting (ST44) – Ying-Spring point – toothache, sore throat, epistaxis, acid regurgitation, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, dorsum of foot swelling and pain, metatarsophalangeal joint pain
45. Lidui (ST45) – Jing-Well point – epistaxis, toothache, sore throat, mental disorders, excessive dreaming, mania