ST24

Huaroumen

Star

滑肉門 (Huáròumén) — Slippery Flesh Gate

Stomach channel · point 24

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing
Digestion
Mood & calm

Location

On the upper abdomen, 1 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: With the patient supine, measure 1 cun above the centre of the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the midline, level with CV9.

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

Body map, front: ST24 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — ST24 · 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 can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). 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. 147 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Harmonises the Stomach and transforms phlegm
Calms the spirit

Indications

Vomitingmania and agitationtongue stiffnessabdominal pain

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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