Stomach Channel

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SIBAI ST-2
Four Whites
LOCATION
With the eyes looking directly forwards,
this point is located 1 cun directly below the
pupil, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen.
LOCATION NOTE
The infraorbital foramen can be felt by palpating down-
wards from the edge of the orbital bone, about 0.3 cun
below the edge.
NEEDLING
i. Perpendicular insertion 0.2 to 0.4 cun; ii. Transverse
insertion to join with such points as Quanliao SI-18,
Yingxiang L.I.-20 etc; iii. Oblique insertion supero-later-
ally, along the infraorbital foramen, 0.3 to 0.5 cun. Note:
according to several classical texts, this point is contrain-
dicated to moxibustion.
Caution: i. deep insertion along the foramen may injure
the eyeball; ii. manipulation by lifting and thrusting is
contraindicated due to the risk of damaging the infraorbital
nerve which emerges from the foramen.
ACTIONS
Eliminates wind, clears heat and benefits the eyes
INDICATIONS
Redness and pain of the eyes, superficial visual ob-
struction, dimness of vision, visual dizziness, itching
eyes, excessive lacrimation, deviation of the mouth
and eye, twitching of the eyelids, headache.
Round worms in the bile duct.
COMMENTARY
Although not a major point, Sibai ST-2 may be used in the
following three clinical situations: i. as a substitute for
Chengqi ST-1 in the treatment of eye diseases for those
who have not mastered the more difficult technique of
needling the latter point, ii. as a local point - often joined
to adjacent points - for facial pain and paralysis, and iii. in
the treatment of round worms in the bile duct (see
Yingxiang L.I.-20).
COMBINATIONS
Superficial visual obstruction: Sibai ST-2, Jingming
BL-1 and Hegu L.I.-4 (Great Compendium).
Headache and visual dizziness: Sibai ST-2, Yongquan
KID-1 and Dazhu BL-11 (Supplementing Life).
Sibai ST-2
infraorbital foramen Chengqi ST-1
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Lung
L. Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
S. Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Sanjiao
Gall Bladder
Liver
Conception
Governing
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THE CUTANEOUS REGIONS
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