cleft point.

[Origin]

Liang, a crossbar, refers to the base of the patella; mound, a high protrusion. The point is located on the bulge of the quadriceps muscle above the knee patella, hence its name.

[Location]

Xuehai, Liangqiuacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Liangqiu (ST34) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

In front of the thigh, bend the knee, on the line connecting the anterior superior iliac spine and the lateral end of the patellar base, 2 inches above the patellar base. When extending the knee, there is a depression between the rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On the knee two inches";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Two inches off the knee";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Bend your knees to take it, and it will get stuck all over the kneecap."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: between rectus femoris and vastus lateralis.
• Nerve: Anterior cutaneous branch of femoral nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
• Vessel: descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 inch. moxa cone moxibustion 3 ~ 5 strong, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Tongtong stomach qi, harmonizing the middle and lowering the ni, dispelling wind and removing dampness.

• Classical: Knee pain, inability to bend or extend, crane knee phlegm, pain in waist and feet, cold numbness, breast swelling and pain.
• Modern: gastritis, mastitis, Xiguan (LR7) arthritis, lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis.

[Recipe]

• Muscular spasm, knees not allowed to bend or extend, unable to walk: Liangqiu (ST34), Ququan (LR8), Yangguan.
• Mastoma: Liangqiu (ST34), Diwuhui (GB42).
• crane knee phlegm: Liangqiu (ST34), Kuangu (EX-LE1), Yanglingquan (GB34), Sanyinjiao ( SP6).
• Gastritis: Liangqiu (ST34), Zhongwan (CV12), Neiguan (PC6).
• Xiguan (LR7) Pain: Liangqiu (ST34), Dubi (ST35), Yanglingquan (GB34), Xiyangguan (GB33), Yinlingquan (SP9).