ST23

Taiyi

Star

太乙 (Tàiyǐ) — Supreme Unity

Stomach channel · point 23

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Mood & calm

Location

On the upper abdomen, 2 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: Measure 2 cun up from the centre of the umbilicus, halfway between it and CV12, then 2 cun laterally, level with CV10 and KI17.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: ST23 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — ST23 · Upper abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 1–1.5 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 146 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Harmonises the Stomach and middle burner
Strengthens the Spleen
Benefits the Heart and calms the spirit

Indications

Epigastric pain and indigestionirritability and maniaborborygmus

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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