Acupoint+ST-31+(Bi+Guan)

**ST31 ** ** • **   **Bi Guan**    •    **Stomach** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **31** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Thigh Joint. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> = = =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//On the anterior thigh, directly inferior to the anterior superior iliac spine, in the depression lateral to the sartorius muscle.//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Activates The Channel Dispels Wind Damp Alleviates Pain// qi deficiency in thigh and whole leg; opens leg and thigh

=Needling=

Depth:
1.0- 1.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None.

=General Indications=

Functions
invigorates qi and blood in legs

Indications
paralysis of the lower limb; atrophy and blockage of the muscles of the thigh and buttock if at least the thigh is involved;

Special Notes
from knee down this point does not do as much

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Inguinal Lymphadenitis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Leg Muscle Atrophy **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Leg Numbness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Leg Paralysis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lumbar Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thigh Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">