bubble_chart Etymology "Shui" (水), grain fluid retention food; "tu" (突) , channel. The point is beside the larynx, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
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Shuitu (ST10) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the neck, at the midpoint of the line connecting
Renying (ST9) and
Qishe (ST11); at anterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the lower border of thyroid cartilage.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In front of the large tendon of the neck, directly below Renying (ST9) and above Qishe (ST11 )";
- Leijing Tuyi: "Internally adjacent to trachea".
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: platysma; intersection of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle.
- Nerve: transverse cervical nerve; deeper structures include the cardiac nerves from the sympathetic trunk and the sympathetic trunk.
- Vessel: the common carotid artery is located laterally.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Avoid arteries, perpendicular insertion 0.5~1.5 cun, no needle retaining.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Descend counterflow, benifit pharynx.
- Classical: cough with counterflow qi, shortness of breath, sore throat with swelling, obstructed wheezing.
- Modern: goiter, whooping cough, diaphragm spasm, hemiplegia due to stroke.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Pharyngeal swelling: Shuitu (ST10), Qishe (ST11).
- Paroxysmal diaphragmatic spasm: Shuitu (ST10), Tanzhong (CV17), Juque (CV14), Guanyuan (CV4).
- Whooping cough: Shuitu (ST10), Fengmen (BL12), Baihui (GV20), Qihu (ST13).
