ST-4 Dicang - Earth Granary
More Spirit Names: Stomach Link, Linking Confluence, Ghost Bed
| English: | Earth Granary |
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Location
- Lateral to the corner of the mouth, directly below the pupil.
- Lateral to the corner of the mouth, directly below the pupil of the eye when the eyes are looking straight ahead.
- 0.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth.
Note: this point is in the continuation of the nasolabial groove; ask the patient to smile if the groove is not visible.
Needling
- Puncture subcutaneously 1 to 1.5 cun with the tip of the needle directed towards ST-6 Jiache.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Transverse insertion.
- For facial paralysis, this point may be joined to ST-6 Jiache, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- For trigeminal neuralgia, join to LI-20 Yingxiang, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness or pain, either locally or throughout the side of the face.
- Transverse insertion to join with such points as ST-6 Jiache, LI-20 Yingxiang, SI-18 Quanliao and REN-24 Chengjiang.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Yang Qiao channel and Large Intestine channel.
- Meeting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine channels with the Yang Qiao and REN channels.
Actions
- Expels Wind from the face
- Removes obstructions from the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Benefits tendons and muscles
Indications
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Combinations
| M-HN-6 | ||
Trigeminal neuralgia | Facial paralysis | Excessive salivation |
ST-6 Or LU-7 | ST-6 | LU-9 |
Deviation of the mouth | Deviation of the mouth and eye | Legs withered and lame |
Contraindications
Notes
- This is primarily a local point for facial paralysis and trigeminal neuralgia
- It has recently been used to treat nicotine addiction.
- For facial paralysis, facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia, especially when due to Deficiency, needle contralaterally. Common practice is to needle the diseased side.
- This is a special point for hemiplegia with deviation of the mouth and eyes.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Earth Granary is like digestion, a granary where they store food for animals. It is for someone with no way to contact the soul of the Mother, who needs to make the soul of the Mother alive in themselves, and who gets no mental satisfaction from what is coming in. It is like putting balance into the Stomach Official, and it helps a person get more satisfaction from eating. Near the mouth, it also speaks to a spirit-level lack of harvest, when the stores are too low to provide one. Food and drink are stored here and drawn on for processing. In an emergency we need something to call on, so the granary must be kept full, physically, mentally and spiritually; an empty store in hard times brings distress. |
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Location: Level with the corner of the mouth and 4 fen outside it. |
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