ST26

Wailing

Star

外陵 (Wàilíng) — Outer Mound

Stomach channel · point 26

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Menstrual & women's health

Location

On the lower abdomen, 1 cun below the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: Treat the distance from the umbilicus to the upper border of the pubic symphysis as 5 proportional cun; measure 1 cun down from the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral, level with CV7 and KI15.

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

Body map, front: ST26 · Lower abdomen — Fig. — ST26 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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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. 149 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.7–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates qi, dispels cold and relieves pain
Regulates menstruation

Indications

Abdominal paindysmenorrhoeahernia

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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