Stomach 41

ST 41 / Jiexi / Separate Stream

POINT LOCATION

On the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle, approximately level with the tip of the external malleolus, in a depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum longs and hallucis longus.

 

Associations

• Jing-River Point of the ST Channel
• Tonification Point of the ST Channel

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Headache

• Dizziness/Vertigo

• Abdominal pain

• Constipation

• Fever

• Malaria

• Mania

• Pain, atrophy, numbness of the foot and ankle

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Clears heat
• Harmonizes the Stomach
• Calms the Shen
• Opens the channel
• Alleviates pain

 

TCM PATTERNS TREATED

• Phlegm Misting the Heart

 

Cautions

• Nerve & Vessel Warning