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Stomach 18 |
 Chinese Name:
Rugen (English translation: Breast Root)Location: On the chest, directly below the nipple, at the base of the breast, in the 5th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior median line. Indications:
Functions: Benefits the breasts, frees the chest, alleviates cough and wheezing. Needling: Oblique
or subcutaneous insertion .5 - .8 cun. Under the points from ST 11 to ST 18,
there are important organs and a main artery. |
Do not puncture these points deeply.|
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