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ST34

Liangqiu

Star

梁丘 (Liángqiū) — Beam Mound

Stomach channel · point 34

Not yet clinically reviewed

Xi-Cleft point

Traditionally used for

  • Digestion
  • Menstrual & women's health
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Pain & joints

Location

On the anterolateral thigh, between vastus lateralis and the lateral border of the rectus femoris tendon, 2 cun above the base of the patella (1 cun below ST33).

How to locate: Measure 2 cun above the lateral end of the upper border of the patella on the line toward the anterior superior iliac spine. Tensing the thigh makes the rectus femoris tendon and vastus lateralis distinct; the point is in the palpable groove between them, 1 cun below ST33.

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

Body map, front: ST34 · Thigh
Fig. — ST34 · Thigh After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: ST34 · Thigh

ST34 · Thigh · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

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

The femur · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

Approximate placement, carried over from our 2D body map onto a single adult male model (BodyParts3D) and checked against the point's location text. Shown on one side of the body. Locate the point on your patient by the location text and palpation, not by this model.

Cun on this part of the body
From the superior border of the pubic symphysis to the base of the patella: 18 B-cun (WHO 2008, General Guidelines, Proportional Bone (Skeletal) Measurements, p. 13).
Needle angle and depth
  1. Perpendicular (90° to the skin), 1–1.5 cun. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K, p. 156
  2. Oblique (45° to the skin), 1–1.5 cun. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K, p. 156

3D anatomy: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International (licence). Subset, simplified and recoloured by Verscienta — changes and licence details.

Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 1–1.5 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique 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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 156 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 1.0–1.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Regulates Stomach qi and treats acute conditions
  • Benefits the knee, opens the channel and alleviates pain
  • Benefits the breast

Indications

Acute stomach painknee pain and swellingmastitisnumbness and motor impairment of the leg

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, ST34 at the thigh balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Clinical Notes

The Xi-Cleft of the Stomach and therefore the point of choice for acute gastric pain — often more effective than local abdominal needling in an acute attack.

Similar Points

Liangmen how are these connected? (Liangmen)

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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