LOCATION
8cun above the external malleolus, 2 finger width lateral to anterior tibial crest.
Features
Luo-Connecting Point.
Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
The superficial peroneal nerve, the branches of the anterior tibial artery and vein.
Indication
Main point for expelling phlegm.
Good for treating phlegm anywhere in body.
Psychiatry，hysteria，insomnia，headache；hypertension，stroke，sequelae of cerebral vascular disease；acute chronic bronchitis，asthma，pleurisy；hepatitis，appendicitis，constipation；urinary retention，tobacco addiction，obesity，ache of the waist and knee，frozen Shoulder。Opposite end of channel issues (i.e. head/face) – swelling, headache, dizziness / vertigo. Abdominal pain, bloating, constipation. Can aid groundedness and focus – ADD/ADHD, mania, restlessness, palpitations, epilepsy. Local point for ankle issues – sprains, inflammation, motor impairment, foot pain, pain in the 1st and 2nd toes.
Combinations
FCVzy：ST 40 & ST 42.
Cough，asthma：ST 40 & BL 13 & LU 05.
Epilepsy：ST 40 & KI 06 & GV 13.
Limbs paralysis or weakness：ST 40 & BL 20.
Swollen limbs：ST 40 & KI 07.
Phlegmatic cough：ST 40 & BL 13.
Throat paralysis：ST 40 & LI 04 & KI 01 & CV 22.
穴位
在小腿前外側，當外踝尖上8寸，條口外，距脛骨前緣二橫指。
特點
絡穴。
同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸，
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
腓淺神經，脛前動、靜脈分支。
適應症
精神病，癔病，失眠，頭痛；高血壓，腦溢血，腦血管病後遺症；急慢性支氣管炎，哮喘，胸膜炎；肝炎，闌尾炎，便秘；尿瀦留，煙癖，肥胖病，腿膝酸痛，肩周炎。
穴位配伍療法
狂妄：1.豐隆 2.衝陽
咳嗽，哮喘：1.豐隆 2.肺俞 3.尺澤
癲癇：1.豐隆 2.照海 3.陶道
四肢不收：1.豐隆 2.脾俞
風逆四肢腫：1.豐隆 2.復溜
痰嗽：1.豐隆 2.肺俞
喉痹：1.豐隆 2.合谷 3.湧泉 4.天突