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Stomach Pain
Stomach Pain is a common syndrome involving injury to gastric mucosa and decreased ability for gastrointestinal peristalsis due to improper diet of uncooked or cold food or disharmony between liver and stomach, with manifestations of fullness and oppressive pain of the stomach as well as reduced appetite and is often observed among patients who love tobacco and liquor and stressed and elderly patients. It pertains to the category of “stomachache” in Traditional Chinese Medicine. As for Western Medicine, it is often observed in diseases such as atrophy of gastric mucosa, erosive (mild, moderate, severe) superficial gastritis, etc.
Ren 12 Zhong Wan
(Middle Cavity)
Location
on the ventral midline, 4 cun above the umbilicus
Ren 11 Jian Li
(Strengthen the Interior)
Location
on the ventral midline, 3 cun above the umbilicus
St 36 Zu San Li
(Leg Three Miles)
Location
3 cun inferior to St 35, one middle fingerbreadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, at the level of the distal edge of the tuberosity of the tibia
Sp 6 San Yin Jiao
(Three Yin Intersection)
Location
3 cun proximal to the prominence of the medial malleolus, dorsal to the medial crest of the tibia
P 6 Nei Guan
(Inner Pass)
Location
2 cun proximal to the distal wrist crease, on the connecting line between P 3 and P 7, between the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis tendons