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Stomach Indications
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| ST 1* | expels local eye wind and fire; one of the best points for sties; great for local fire; | conjunctivitis; sties; | often used with BL 1 for eye problems; prone to bruising |
| ST 2*** | eliminates local wind; clears vision; clears the nose | facial paralysis; spasms; trigeminal neuralgia; sinusitis (especially maxillary or ethmoid sinusitis) | local |
| ST 3** | dispels wind; reduces swelling; stops pain | rhinitis; facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia in this area; upper toothache | LI and yang qiao cross here |
| ST 4** | expels local wind; clears channels; | facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia; excessive salivation; difficulty closing eyes; herpes; gum ulcers | LI, CV, and yang qiao all cross here |
| ST 5* | local | local problems; parotitis; lock jaw | local |
| ST 6*** | disperses wind; opens channels; benefits teeth and jaw | lower toothache; mumps; TMJ; grinding of teeth; facial paralysis; | with LI 4, ST 36 for dental pain; with TW 17 and LI 4 for mumps |
| ST 7** | dispels wind and clears collaterals | upper toothache; TMJ; TM arthritis; otitis media; tinnitus; earache; pus in ear; | GB meridian crosses here |
| ST 8*** | dispels head wind; sedates fire in upper part of face and front of head; | frontal and damp HA; psychosis if phlegm misting; facial paralysis; major HA point for frontal and vertex HA; other for dizziness especially with damp involvement; Meniere's disease (qi defic with damp) | GB and yang wei cross here; with PC 5 for psychosis with phlegm missing problems; with GV 20 for dizziness |
| ST 9** | regulates blood and qi going to head; benefits the throat; regulates high or low blood pressure; good for hypothyroid | blood pressure | local |
| ST 10* | local | local | local |
| ST 11* | local | local | local |
| ST 12* | local | local | local |
| ST 13* | local | local | local |
| ST 14* | local | local | local |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| ST 15* | local | local | local |
| ST 16** | local | mastitis; insufficient lactation | local |
| ST 17 | local | local | local |
| ST 18** | sometimes regulates LV qi as it affects the breast; more of a regulatory action on lactation than ST 16 (close to LV meridian and influences flow) | breast problems; mastitis; | local |
| ST 19** | regulates the middle; harmonizes the ST; | stomach ache; vomiting; gastritis (stuck food); upper abdominal distension | local |
| ST 20** | local | local | local |
| ST 21*** | harmonizes ST | stomach ache; stomach ulcers; gastritis; nervous stomach; nausea; vomiting; secondary back up support point used with CV 12 | used with CV 12 for stomach problems |
| ST 22** | local | abdominal distension; lack of appetite | local |
| ST 23* | local | local | local |
| ST 24* | local | local | local |
| ST 25**** | regulates the function of the intestines; regulates qi and eliminates stagnation in the abdomen; regulates menses with stagnation; very regulating and moving point | all intestinal problems; constipation; gastritis; abdominal distension and stagnation; diarrhea; constipation; low back pain as related to constipation; vomiting; colitis; blood in stools; | front mu of the LI |
| ST 26* | local | local | local |
| ST 27*** | male sexual problems | spermatorrhea; premature ejaculation; inguinal hernia | local |
| ST 28*** | dispels damp; clears and regulates fluid pathways; cool damp heat; benefit bladder; any genital inflammation; pelvic inflammatory disease; damp heat in lower warmer | UTIs; menstrual and fertility problems related to dampness | with BL 27 for damp heat; with BL 52 for male sexual dysfunction |
| ST 29*** | removes blood stasis in uterus; warms the womb; blood and cold stagnation in the uterus | irregular menstruation; orchitis from blood or cold stagnation; endometriosis; inguinal hernia | with BL 27 and BL 52 as above |
| ST 30** | harmonizes the ying and blood; nourishes jing; | diseases of the reproductive organs; external genitalia pain female or male; retained placenta | chong mai passes through here; sea of nourishment point |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| ST 31*** | invigorates qi and blood in legs | paralysis of the lower limb; atrophy and blockage of the muscles of the thigh and buttock if at least the thigh is involved; | from knee down this point does not do as much |
| ST 32* | local | local | local |
| ST 33* | local | local | local |
| ST 34*** | pacifies the ST; clears the ST channel | gastritis (stomach); mastitis (meridian); diseases of the knee (meridian); excess and hot ST problems; stuck food (needle against the flow of the qi) | xi cleft of the ST meridian; with CV 12 for ST pain; |
| ST 35*** | disease of the knee and surrounding soft tissue | local | moxa on head of the needle is good; can go deep |
| ST 36**** | main point benefits the ST and SP; main point tonifies Qi and blood; regulates ying and wei; regulates the intestines; regulates the repro system; one of few points that builds qi and blood; major point for building wei qi; major point for digestion; main | gastritis; ulcers; enteritis; all digestive problems; shock; mania; hypertension (defic type); allergies; hay fever; asthma; cough (defic type); neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion); nausea; vomiting; abscess breasts (channel problem); insufficient lactation | with BL 43 for serious fatigue used with SP 6 and CV 6 for building of qi and blood and strengthening the digestion; for digestion can also add CV 12 as well as BL 20; can use ST 31 to help with hemiplegia; frequent moxa here increases longevity; from hea |
| ST 37*** | regulates intestines and stomach; clears and cools damp heat from the intestines | colitis; and problem in the large intestine; abdominal pain or distension; diarrhea; appendicitis; dysentery like disorder (a damp heat disorder; hemiplegia | lower he sea of the LI |
| ST 38** | local | perifocal inflammation of the shoulder; frozen shoulder; limited ROM; good local point | local |
| ST 39** | dispels damp and heat; regulates stomach and in intestines | acute or chronic enteritis; paralysis of lower limb; mastitis in some books | lower he sea of SI; sea of blood points used when "the person feels bigger than they are" |
| ST 40**** | transform phlegm and dampness; calms the spirit; clears phlegm in the lungs | all phlegm situations; coughing; asthma (excess or deficient, but with phlegm); abundant mucous; phlegm nodules; damp HA with tight band around head; vertigo; swelling of the limbs; any significant swelling; | luo point; with ST 8 for damp HA; with PC 5 for mental confusion; with LU 5 for phlegm in the chest |
| ST 41** | opens up foot and top of ankle; | disease of foot and soft tissues; good distal point on the ST meridian; | local |
| ST 42** | local | local | source point; exit point |
| ST 43** | clears heat form the face (ST 44 better) | facial edema; conjunctivitis with heat | shu stream; with LI 6 for facial edema |
| ST 44*** | very cooling; cools and drains heat from the stomach; treats head and face heat; clears heat from the yang ming (stomach, large intestine, face (where yang ming meridians end up)); distal point for heat in the face | upper toothache; trigeminal neuralgia; gastric pain; stomach heat from overeating; acid reflux with heat involved; hot diarrhea and constipation; sore throat and tonsillitis combined especially when combined with digestive symptoms; gum disorders; pain in | ying spring; water point; with LI 4 for bleeding gums |
| ST 45** | clears heat; calms the spirit | tonsillitis; febrile disease with heat; toothache (bleed); facial inflammation; distal point for any yang ming face problems | can bleed the point; ST 44 is a better cooling point |