ST 37 Acupuncture Point is called as shàng jù xū. Shang means Upper. Ju means Great. Xu means Void. A large void lies between the Tibia and Fibula. This point is in the upper part of the void.
ST 37 Acupuncture Point Location
On the leg, one finger breadth lateral to the tibia’s anterior crest, 6 cun inferior to ST 35 in the depression to the lateral side of the patella. Needle perpendicularly 0.7 – 1.2 cun.
6 cun inferior to ST-35, one finger breadth from the crest of the tibia
ST 37 Acupuncture Point Names
shàng jù xū 上巨虛
Upper Great Void
Stomach 37 Upper Great Hollow
Speciality
- Lower He-Sea Point of the Large Intestine
- Point of the Sea of Blood. Lower Body Sea of Blood Point with ST39
Caution
Functions
- Regulates intestines and transforms stagnation
- Clears damp and alleviates diarrhea and dysenteric disorder
- Regulates the Spleen and Stomach
- ACAP
Indication
- Abdominal Pain
- Abdominal Distention
- Dysentery
- BorBorygmus
- Diarrhea
- Appendicitis
- Hemiplegia
- BeriBeri
- constipation, diarrhea, borborygmus, pain in intestines
- heat in Stomach, Spleen and Stomach deficiency
- mania, aversion to the sound of people talking
- hemiplegia, numbness and painful obstruction of the lower limb
Diseases
Abdominal distension and pain and digestive disturbances
Discomfort
Area of Protection
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