ST-40 (Feng Long) Bountiful Bulge

• Luo (Connecting) Point

Actions:

• Transforms phlegm and dampness
• Benefits the chest
• Clears phlegm from the Lung and alleviates cough and wheezing
• Clears phlegm from the Heart and calms the spirit
• Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Indications:

• Headache, dizziness and vertigo, cough, asthma, excessive sputum, pain in the chest, constipation, mania, epilepsy, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, pain, swelling or paralysis of the lower extremities.

Location

• 8 cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to Tiaokou (ST-38) about two finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.

• On the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint line (level with the popliteal crease) and the lateral malleolus, two finger-breadths lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia (i.e. one finger-breadth lateral to Tiaokou ST-38).

Needling Method:

• Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.