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POINT: ST-40 (STOMACH-40)  

NAME: FENGLONG

English: Abundant Bulge
Also Known As: Abundant Splendor
Abundant Reservoir
Rich and Prosperous
Abundance and Prosperity
Abundant Protuberance
Abundant Flourishing
Thunder

LOCATION:

  • On the lower leg, midway between the tibiofemoral joint line (level with the popliteal crease) and the lateral malleolus, two finger-breadths lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, (one finger-breadth lateral to ST-38 Tiaokou)
  • Eight cun inferior to ST-35 Dubi and two cun lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia
  • Eight cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, Lateral to ST-38 Tiaokou, about two finger-breadths lateral to the anterior border of the tibia
  • On the lower leg, eight cun above the lateral malleolus of the ankle and one cun lateral to ST-38 Tiaokou

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun
  • Moxibustion is applicable
  • Straight insertion pointed slightly toward the tibia, 1.5 to 3 cun.
    Sensation: distention and soreness extending upward to the thigh and downward to the lateral malleolus

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Luo-Connecting point of the Stomach channel
  • Connecting point of the Stomach channel with the Divergent channel of the Spleen

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Stomach and Intestines
  • Clears Stomach Fire and Heat
  • Drains pathogenic influences from the Lungs
  • Opens the chest
  • Dries Dampness
  • Dries Cold-Dampness
  • Transforms Dampness, Damp-Heat and Summerheat with Dampness
  • Transforms Phlegm, Cold-Phlegm, Phlegm-Heat and Phlegm-Dampness
  • Eliminates Phlegm-Fire from the Stomach
  • Calms asthma
  • Dispels Wind
  • Dispels Wind-Phlegm
  • Clears Phlegm from the Heart
  • Calms the Shen
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Seizures
  • Bronchitis
  • Lung Abscess
  • Dyspnea
  • Asthma with copious sputum
  • Acute asthma preventing sleep
  • Pertussis with copious sputum
  • Pneumonia with copious sputum
  • Damp-predominant Bi
  • Menopausal syndrome
  • Dizziness due to Phlegm
  • Vertigo due to Phlegm
  • Vomiting
  • Morning sickness
  • Chest pain with difficult breathing
  • Cough
  • Epigastric distention and pain
  • Loose stools or diarrhea with mucous-like discharge
  • Difficult and painful defecation
  • Insomnia
  • Manic-depression
  • All speech disorders
  • Laryngitis
  • Sudden loss of voice
  • Syncope
  • Lassitude
  • Colic
  • Cutting pain of the abdomen
  • The patient disrobes himself
  • Foot drop (inability to dorsiflex the foot)
  • Beriberi
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding
  • Plum-pit-Qi Stagnation (globus hystericus)
  • Damp body
  • Slackness and heaviness of the body
  • Desires to ascend to high places and sing
  • Indolence
  • Difficulty extending and flexing the knee
  • Withering of the lower legs
  • Fullness of the chest with dyspnea
  • Abundant Phlegm
  • Phlegmy cough
  • Spitting Phlegm
  • Madness
  • Laughs, sings, undresses, runs and wants to climb to high places
  • Migraine
  • Bi Syndrome of the lower limbs
  • Neuralgia and paralysis of the lower limb
  • Pain in the leg with difficult flexion
  • Hemiplegia
  • Chest pain
  • Swelling and pain of the throat
  • Throat Bi
  • Fatigued extremities
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Facial paralysis with copious sputum
  • Facial swelling
  • Lower limb paralysis due to stroke
  • Dizziness
  • Dizziness worse in overcast weather
  • Headache
  • Wind-Phlegm headache
  • Strong headache due to Wind
  • Lower limb pain
  • Lower limb paralysis
  • Muscular swelling or atrophy of the lower limb
  • Swelling of the limbs due to Wind
  • Muscular atrophy, motor impairment, pain, paralysis or swelling of the lower extremities
  • Constipation
  • Constipation with anuria
  • Dyschesia
  • Mania
  • Epilepsy
  • Hypertension
  • Motor impairment of the lower limb
  • Person sees ghosts
  • Insanity
  • Obsessions
  • Nightmares
  • Dreams primarily of ghosts
  • Chronic constipation
  • Liver abscess
  • Dysuria
  • Tingling and pain in the chest
  • Wants to climb everywhere
  • Laughs without stopping
  • Great happiness
  • Edema of the limbs
  • Anuria
  • Amenorrhea
  • Stabbing pain of the chest
  • Wheezing
  • Restlessness
  • Lack of control of the legs
  • Pleurisy
  • Expectoration due to Wind
  • Psychosis
  • Mental disorders
  • Psychopathy
  • Tendency to laugh and cry

COMBINATIONS:

SP-3
Taibai

PC-6
Neiguan

N-HN-54
Anmian
HT-7
Shenmen

Dampness

Opens and relaxes the chest when it is painful or after bruising of the chest and rib cage (use one point on one side of the body and the other point on the opposite side)

Insomnia

Vertigo

UB-13
Feishu

GB-40
Qiuxu

REN-12
Zhongwan

Cough with abundant Phlegm

Stabbing pain in the chest

All Phlegm disease

Head Wind

Dyspnea and cough

All types of Phlegm-Fluid (Tan Yin)

LI-5
Yangxi
SP-4
Gongsun
REN-17
 Shanzhong

DU-18
Qiangjian

LI-4
Hegu
ST-41
Jiexi
GB-20
Fengchi

Vomiting Phlegm and watery saliva

Ceaseless dizziness

Headache that is difficult to endure

Head Wind and dizziness

ST-25
Tianshu
ST-45
Lidui
ST-43
Xiangu
ST-42
Changyang

ST-42
Changyang

REN-22
Tiantu
KI-2
Rangu
KI-10
Yingu
KI-7
Fuliu
HT-4
Lingdao

Facial swelling

Mania disorder with rash behavior, desires to ascend to high places and sing and discards clothing and runs around

Loss of voice

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is the most important point to resolve Phlegm in all of its manifestations and in all areas of the body. It eliminates visible and invisible Phlegm.
  • This is also considered the pre-eminent point to treat chest pain.
  • This point brings up general energy.
  • If the patient has no reserves, nothing to call upon, stimulate this point with moxa.
  • This is the best point for spasms and paralysis, especially in the lower extremities.
  • This point resonates like thunder.
  • this point joins with all of the Yang channels in the head region.
  • The Stomach Lou-connecting channel ends in the throat.