Foot Yang Ming- STOMACH Meridian

GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING STOMACH ENERGY:

RONG QI CIRCULATION:  07:00-09:00 hr.

ORGAN CHARACTERISTICS:

GENERAL/ELEMENTAL QUALITIES:

The functions of the Stomach fu are to control the ‘rotting and ripening’ of food, to control descending and to act as the first stage in the digestion of fluids. Disharmony of the Stomach therefore manifests as disorders of appetite and digestion, distention and pain in the epigastrium due to failure of the Stomach qi to descend, or belching,
nausea or vomiting due to rebellious ascent of Stomach qi. In the Chinese tradition the ’sage faces South’, and thus the light and warmth of the sun fall on the front of the
body. The yangming channels on the anterior of the limbs receives the full intensity of the sun, as does the abdominal and chest portion of the foot yangming Stomach channel, the only yang channel to run along the anterior of the body. For this reason, yangming or ‘yang brightness’ is considered to be particularly full of yang qi. Points
of the Stomach channel, therefore, are among the most important points to clear excess of yang in the form of febrile heat, or heat which rises to disturb the Heart and spirit. As yang ming descends so does shao yin ascend.

SYMPTOMS/SIGNS OF EXCESS:

SYMPTOMS/SIGNS OF DEFICIENCY:

SYNDROMES:

MERIDIAN ANATOMY OF STOMACH:

GREATER VESSEL: The Stomach channel starts from the lateral side of ala nasi at LI-20. It ascends along the nose and meets the Bladder channel at Jingming BL 1 where it proceeds to ST-1 and descends and deviates medially to meet with both GV-28 and GV-26, circles around the lips and meets the Conception vessel at CV-24 in the mento-labial
groove of the chin,runs laterally across the cheeks to ST-5 and ST-6 at the angle of the mandible, then enters the upper gums. It passes upward to ST-8 via GB-3,4,5,6 and continues with a branch to GV-24. At ST-5 it descends down the neck to ST-12 (a branch also goes back to GV-14 and from there descends along the GV) along the anterior aspect of the thorax in the mammary line 4 cun from midline. In abdomen it continues down 2 cun from midline and down anterior aspect of leg to the lateral aspect of the middle toe. A brancy involving the Pylorus descends to connect with the main channel at ST-30.

TENDINO MUSCULAR MERIDIAN: ST-45 TO SI-18

DIVERGENT CHANNEL (DISTINCT MERIDIAN): ST-30, LR-12 TO ST-1

LONGITUDINAL LUO CHANNEL: ST-37

TRANSVERSE LUO CHANNEL: ST-37 to LR-3

POINT LIST-FOR STOMACH ENERGY:

STOMACH METAL, TING, WELL:  ST-45

STOMACH WATER, YING, IONG,SPRING:  ST-44

STOMACH WOOD, SHU, STREAM:  ST-43

STOMACH FIRE, JING, RIVER:  ST-41

STOMACH EARTH, HE, HO, HORARY, PHASE, SEA : ST-36

STOMACH TONIFICATION: ST-41

STOMACH SEDATION: ST-45

STOMACH YUAN, IUNN, SOURCE: ST-42 (SP-4)

STOMACH LUO:  ST-40 (SP-3)

STOMACH BACK SHU ,IU, ASSOCIATED, TRANSPORTING:  BL-21

STOMACH FRONT MU, MO, ALARM, COLLECTING: CV-12 

STOMACH XI, TSRI, HUNG, CLEFT:  ST-34

CURIOUS MERIDIAN ASSOICIATIONS: GV-24, GV-14, CV-12, 13, ST-30 (TV)