The Healthy You
stomach meridian
Diagrams found at www.natural-health-zone.com and www.lieske.com
Reference to information on the points found in "The Handbook of Chinese Massage" by Maria Mercati
The Stomach Meridian, also known as ST, starts at ST 1 and ends at ST 45
ST 1 location: Just above the lower edge of the eye socket in line with the pupil. This point is great for redness with painful eyes, acute and chronic conjunctivitis, night blindness, and myopia
ST 3 location: Below and in line with the pupil at the lower edge of the flap of the nose. This point is great for twitching eyelid, toothache, swelling of lip and cheek.
ST 36 location: 1 cun outside the crest of the tibia. This point is great for indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness.
ST 45 location: outer side of second toe next to the corner of the nail. This point is great for dream disturbed sleep, hysteria, indigestion, hepatitis.
The Stomach Meridian functions with the Spleen Meridian in the formation of qi from food through digestion and absorption. The emotions associated with the Stomach Meridian are worry, lack of self confidence, and anxiety.