ST-24 Slippery Flesh Gate HUAROUMEN - Acupuncture Points
Location
( ST-24 Slippery Flesh Gate HUAROUMEN - Acupuncture Points ) 1 cun above the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
How to find
The distance between the sternocostal angle and the centre of the umbilicus is divided into 8 cun, which can vary considerably from the patient’s finger cun; therefore, only proportional cun measurements should be used (helpful tool: elastic tape ➞2.3.1).
ST-24 is located 1 cun above the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Located on the same level is ➞Ren-19 (anterior midline); often, also ➞ LIV-13 (at the free end of the 11th rib) will be located at this level.
Needling
Vertically 0.5–1 cun. Caution: Peritoneum, pregnancy.
Actions/Indications
● Regulates the Stomach
● Transforms Phlegm and calms the shen
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Category: Acupuncture Points





is ST25 located in the left side or right?