ST-40 - Abundant Bulge
丰隆 - Fēng lóng
Point Region: Lower leg
Location & How to Find
Anatomical Location: On the front and outer side of the lower leg, at the outer edge of the tibialis anterior muscle, 8 cun above the outer ankle bone. It is one middle-finger breadth outside ST-38.
Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.
How to Locate:
- Find ST-38 (8 cun below ST-35)
- Move about one fingertip-width outward
- The point is at the outer edge of the shin muscle
How to Apply Pressure
Find ST-38 on the shin muscle and move about a fingertip-width outward to its outer edge. Press there with the thumb, firm but never painful, and skip it after leg surgery or injury.
Traditional Indications
In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:
- Phlegm disorders
- Headache
- High blood pressure
- Limb swelling
- Abdominal pain
- Difficulty urinating
- Difficulty defecating
- Mental fogginess
- Obesity
- Fluid retention
Related Health Concerns
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Important Precautions
Avoid this point with:
- Recent leg surgery
- Severe cardiovascular disease
- Acute leg injury