T.77.08

Si Hua Shang

Star

四花上 (Sì Huā Shàng) — Four Flowers Upper

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 7 — Lower Leg (七七部位) · point 77.08

Traditionally used for

Ears & hearing
Cough & breathing
Digestion
Pain & joints
Heart & circulation
Blood pressure
Energy & fatigue

Location

On the anterior lower leg, 3 cun below the lower border of the patella, one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia — corresponding to ST36.

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

Body map, front: T.77.08 · Lower leg — Fig. — T.77.08 · Lower leg After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the leg — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the leg Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

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Needling

Depth: 1.0–2.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Tonifies qi and strengthens the whole body
Descends rebellious Lung and Stomach qi
Regulates the Heart

Indications

General fatigue and weaknessasthma, cough and chest oppressionangina and palpitationsstomach pain and indigestionhypertensionknee and leg paintinnitus

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 7 — Lower Leg (七七部位)

Correspondence: Images the Lung and the Heart; the Si Hua ('Four Flowers') series runs down the Stomach channel's territory on the anterior lower leg.

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.77.09, T.77.11

Clinical Notes

Sits at the location of ST36 but is used within Tung's own framework, as the head of the Si Hua series and the anchor of a downward-running Dao Ma.

Similar Points

Si Hua Zhong how are these connected?

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