ST-36 (ZUSANLI/ LEG THREE MILES)

Location: three cun below patella, one lateral cun from tibia crysta


Features:
He-Man's Point,
Heading down point,
Ground point of the ground,
Gao Wu's command point
Ma Dan Yang heavenly star point
the point of the ocean from the water and the granules

Way of piercing: straight up 1-1.5 cun deep

Function:
Aligning the stomach
fortify the spleen and complete moisture
supporting Qi and cultivating Yuan Qi
Adding Qi and keeping blood and Yin
Clean the fire and soothe the soul
Activate the meridian channel and relieve pain
Turning Yang on and restoring consciousness

Indication:
for epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, vomiting with bitterness, vomiting blood, hiccups, abdominal pain, fullness in the heart and stomach, hot in middle jiao with hunger, hunger without appetite, and hard to swallow.
diarrhea, dysentery, cold in the middle jiao with borborigmus, cold in the intestines, chronic dysentery, Qi feet, severe feeling in all four limbs, lower abdominal pain.
Lack of Yuan Qi, lack of Yin Qi, Qi in Zang's organs, Qi stomach, shortness of breath and cough, feet can not stand long.
dizziness, hypertension, palpitations, tinnitus.
mania-depression, over-singing, anger, sadness, excessive laughter.
sore throat where unable to speak, fever chills, fever without sweat, fever with heavy head, pain in the brain, static blood in the chest, sudden heart disease.
swollen breasts, pain in knees and thighs, windstroke, back pain can not twist.

Comment:
ST-36 Zusanli based on Ma-Dan-Yang, a hygienist from Jin Dynasty, inserted ST-36 in "eleven heavenly star points", a vital acupuncture point.
Gao-wu of the Ming dynasty incorporated the ST-36 in "four command points".
Qing-cheng-zu of the Song dynasty stated that "all diseases can be treated with ST-36".
Zusanli is a he-wushu point that works for diarrhea and Qi in opposite directions.
Zusanli also serves to treat gastric abnormalities with eating and drinking problems; hot and cold stomach; stagnation of food, fluids and blood.
Zusanli land-based, in cooperation with the SP to strengthen the function of SP, which distributes juice and fluids.
Zusanli is very important to treat any abnormalities of intestinal diseases.
According to Spiritual Pivot, "If the gut does not work well, if feeling full, weaken ST-36, if feeling empty, power ST-36."
 The stomach and spleen in the middle jiao is where food and drink become Qi. Then the stomach is the root of Zangfu, based on the ancient proverb. Five zang and six fu receive Qi from ST. The stomach is the ocean of Qi and blood. And the traditional saying goes, "Qi ST is the root of man." With Qi ST, there is life. Without Qi ST, there is no life.
Zusanli is a very important point to stimulate ST and SP in regenerating Qi and blood, an important point for strengthening Qi throughout the body. Together with LU-9 (taiyuan) strengthens Qi of the lungs.
Sun-si-miao recommends for ST-36 moksa to maintain and maintain health. Wang-zhi-zhong states, "If you want to be safe, never let ST-36 dry." Ma-and-who advocates poking and moksa ST-36 for people over the age of 30. Hua-tuo, a very great health expert from the Han dynasty, mentions zusanli to treat "five taxaxions and seven injuries".

Five taxaxions are:
excessive use of eyes injures blood
Excessive lying wound qi
sitting excessively injuring the muscles
Excessive standing injures the bone
excessive road injure the tendon

Seven wounds are:
overeating injures SP
excessive anger injures LR
lift the goods or sit long on the humid floor melaukai KI
cold pathogens wound LU
anxious and worried about injuring the heart
wind, rain, cold, heat injures the body
excessive fear of hurting emotions
Zusanli is also used for Yuan Qi and Yin deficiencies. Li-dong-yuan said, "Yuan Qi's deficiency depends on Qi SP and ST Yuan Yuan can only be supplemented by ST and SP". Under the Secrets of Frontier official, "If a person is 30 years old, if ST-36 is dimoksa, then Qi will rise and flow into the eye."
Zusanli is a vital point for treating abnormalities of lower motion and hemiplegia. In the Essential Question book, "When the disease in SP, there will be a failure in channeling body fluids in ST.Four members of motion will not receive water and granular nutrition, so it becomes weak.There is no Qi for bone, muscle and tendon so it does not work . "