Chengqi ST1 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication

Nomenclature:

Cheng: to receive Qi: tears
The point is located below the eye, a place for receiving tears.

Point: ST-1
Chinese Name: 承泣
Name: Chengqi
English Name/Meaning: Container of Tears
Pinyin: chéng qì
Han Geul 한글: seung eup 승읍
Romaji: shō kyū
Vietnamese: Thừa khấp

Location:

With the eye looking straight forward, the point lies vertically below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital border.

Indications of chengqi:

• Red and painful eyes, lacrimation upon exposure to wind, night blindness, blurred vision.
• Twitching of the eyelids; deviate mouth and eye; main point for facial paralysis or spasm also.

Method:

With the eye closed, push the eyeball upward slightly with the left thumb and puncture perpendicularly and slowly 0.3-0.7cun along the infraobital ridge. It is not to manipulate the needle with a large amplitude; compress the needling hole after withdrawing the needle.

Remark:

Meeting point of stomach channel with Yang Motility (qiao) and REN.

Precaution:

• The needle should be inserted slowly without lifting, thrusting or rotating.
• Immediately on withdrawal of the needle, press firmly with a cotton ball for about a minute to prevent haematoma.
• As this point is very sensitive so try under supervision.
• According to several classical texts, this point is contraindicated to moxibustion.

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