ACUPUNCTURE
Chong Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide
Name
Chong Yang (Chongyang)
Location
On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression formed by the second and third metatarsal bones and the cuneiform bones, 1.5 cun distal to ST-41 Jiexi, where the pulsation of the dorsalis pedis artery may be palpated. Note: run the finger proximally from ST-43 Xiangu towards ST-41 Jiexi; the point lies in a depression approximately halfway between these two points.
Needling
- Avoid puncturing the artery. Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: avoid the blood vessel.
- Straight insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Oblique or perpendicular insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Yuan-source point
- Exit point
Actions
- Tonifies the Stomach and Spleen
- Calms the Shen
- Removes obstructions from the channel
- Clears Heat from the Stomach channel
- Harmonizes the Stomach
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
Indications
- Mental illness
- Cold Bi syndrome
- Facial paralysis
- Anorexia
- Epigastric pain and distention
- Abdominal distention
- Constipation
- Hysteria
- Anxiety
- Chronic restlessness
- Headache
- No strength in the arms or legs
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
- Tooth decay
- Heat and pain of the inside of the mouth
- Mania-depression
- Desire to ascend to high places and sing
- Post-poliomyelitis
- Arthritis
- Toothache
- Gingivitis
- Vomiting
- Epilepsy
- Pain of the upper teeth
- Redness and swelling of the dorsum of the foot
- Muscular atrophy and motor impairment of the foot
- Muscular atrophy, weakness and pain of the foot
- Malarial disorders
- Fever
- Facial paralysis with swelling
- Facial edema
- Leg qi
- Abdominal distention with no pleasure in eating
- Fever with absence of sweat
- Chills and fever with malarial disorder
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| SJ-4 Yangchi | Powerfully tonifies the Middle Jiao, dispels Cold from the joints, Cold Bi |
| ST-25 Tianshu, ST-40 Fenglong, ST-45 Lidui, ST-43 Xiangu | Facial swelling |
| GB-7 Qubin | Tooth decay |
| HT-7 Shenmen, SI-3 Houxi | Mania, desires to ascend to high places and sing, discards clothing and runs around |
| ST-40 Fenglong | Mania disorder with rash behavior, desires to ascend to high places and sing, discards clothing and runs around |
| GB-34 Yanglingquan, LIV-3 Taichong, GB-40 Qiuxu | Flaccidity of the legs |
| LU-7 Lieque | One-sided Wind, hemiplegia |
Notes
This is known as the perfect calm point.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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