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ST14 · 足阳明胃经

Kufang kù fáng · 库房

Location. In the anterior thoracic region, in the first intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

The name means storehouse. It opens the classical listing of the chest points of the Stomach channel, which are named after the parts of a house.

定位。胸部,第 1 肋间隙,前正中线旁开 4 寸。

穴名取库房储藏之意。足阳明胃经胸部诸穴多以屋舍部位为名,此穴为其首。

Classical record · not a treatment recommendation. Needling technique is a licensed practitioner's skill and is out of scope here.
Over the chest wall with the lung beneath. Any needling here is oblique or transverse and is a practitioner skill; pneumothorax is the recognised risk. Not a point a reader should work on.

Other points on the Stomach Meridian

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