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POINT: ST-19 (STOMACH-19)

NAME: BURONG

English: Not Contained
Also Known As: Not at Ease
Uncontainable

LOCATION:

  • 6 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to REN-14 Juque.
  • On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 6 cun superior to the umbilicus, level with REN-14 Juque.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Caution:Deep insertion may injure the Heart on the left or the Liver on the right if either of these organs is enlarged.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
  • Lowers rebellion
  • Descends Qi
  • Alleviates cough and wheezing

INDICATIONS:

  • Vomiting
  • Gastric pain
  • Anorexia
  • Obsessions
  • Stuck ideas
  • Cough
  • Dyspnea
  • Difficult breathing with raised shoulders
  • Dry mouth
  • Nausea due to cholecystitis or cholelithiasis
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Abdominal distention
  • Epigastric pain
  • Hematemesis
  • Abdominal deficiency
  • Borborygmus
  • Pain of the chest, back, shoulder and intercostal region
  • Heart pain
  • Hypochondriac pain due to cholecystitis or cholelithiasis

COMBINATIONS:

REN-13
Shangwan
PC-7
Daling

LIV-14
Qimen

LIV-13
Zhangmen

Vomiting

Stabbing pain of the Heart

Fullness of the chest and intercostal regions

M-LE-23
Dannangxue
GB-34 (left)
Yanglingquan
LIV-14 (right)
Qimen
REN-12
Zhongwan
LI-4
Hegu
LIV-3
Taichong

 

 

Acute pain of cholecystitis (right ST-19)

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point affects the basic rhythms of life.
  • It treats sleeping, eating and menstruation not functioning properly.
  • The patient's mind is churning with an inability to solve problems.
  • This points name refers to the inability of the Stomach to retain its contents.