Water, water grain fluid retention food; protrusion, channel. The point is next to the throat, hence the name.

[Location]

Shuitu (ST10) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In front of the cervical tendon, directly under Renying (ST9), Qishe (ST11 )";
• Leijing Tuyi: "Inner airway".

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: The intersection of the platysma, sternocleidomastoid and omohyoid muscles in the upper abdomen.
• Nerve: Transverse cervical nerve, the deep layer is the supracardial nerve and sympathetic trunk issued by the sympathetic nerve.
• Vessel: On the outside is the common carotid artery.

[Manipulation]

Avoid arteries, perpendicular insertion 0.5~1.5 inches, no needle retaining.

[Efficacy]

Disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx.

• Classical: cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing.
• Modern: Goiter, whooping cough, diaphragm spasm, apoplexy hemiplegia.

[Recipe]

• Pharyngeal swelling: Shuitu (ST10), Qishe (ST11).
• Episode diaphragmatic membrane spasm: Shuitu (ST10), Tanzhong (CV17), Juque (CV14), Guanyuan (CV4).
• whooping cough: Shuitu (ST10), Fengmen (BL12), Baihui (GV20), Qihu (ST13).