03 ST38 Tiaokou Ribbon Opening 條口
ST38 Tiaokou
Ribbon Opening

條口穴

LOCATION

8 cun below Dubi (ST 35), 1 finger width lateral to the anterior crest of tibia.

Features

-/-

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 branches of the lateral sural cutaneous nerve and saphenous nerve, the deep peroneal nerve, and the anterior tibial artery and vein.

Indication

Frozen Shoulder,knee arthritis,paralysis of the lower limbs;gastrospasm,enteritis,tonsillitis。Empirical point for shoulder issues – pain, motor control, adhesive capsulitis or “frozen shoulder.”  Local point for lower leg issues – pain, atrophy, numbness.

Combinations

Lower leg issues – pain, atrophy, numbness a.:ST 38 & ST 36 & BL 57 & BL 56.
Frozen Shoulder:ST 38 & LI 15.
Lower leg issues – pain, atrophy, numbness b.:ST 38 & ST 36 & BL 57 & BL 56.

穴位

在小腿前外側,當犢鼻下8寸,距脛骨前緣一橫指。

特點

-/-

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

腓腸外側皮神經及隱神經的分支,腓深神經,及脛前動、靜脈。

適應症

肩周炎,膝關節炎,下肢癱瘓;胃痙攣,腸炎,扁桃體炎。

穴位配伍療法

足下熱,不能久立:1..條口 2.足三里 3.承山 4.承筋
肩周炎:1.條口 2.肩髃
足下熱、不能久立:1.條口 2.三里 3.承山 4.承筋