Acupuncture points can be used for stomach pain. Moxibustion can relieve many types of stomach pain, making it a good treatment when stomach pain strikes.
The common acupuncture points we use to treat stomach ailments are the Foot Sanli, Neiguan, Upper Epigastric, Middle Epigastric, and Lower Epigastric points.
1. The foot Sanli is located on the front lateral side of the calf, 3 inches below the calf’s nose, one horizontal finger from the front edge of the tibia. It is often used to treat stomach pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, bowel sounds, dyspepsia, impotence of the lower limbs, diarrhea, constipation and other diseases.
2. Neiguan is located on the palm side of the forearm, on the line between Quze and Daling, 2 inches above the transverse line of the wrist, between the tendon of the palmaris longus and the tendon of the radial flexor carpi radialis. It is often used to treat arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, hypertension, chest and abdominal diseases, hiccups, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea and other diseases.
3. The epigastric point is located in the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 5 inches above the umbilicus. It is often used in treating stomach pain, eructation, regurgitation, vomiting, epilepsy, cough with excessive phlegm, jaundice and other diseases.
4. Middle Epigastric Point is located in the upper abdomen of the human body, on the anterior midline, at the midpoint of the line connecting the lower end of the sternum and the navel, and it is often used to treat gastric pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, eructation, gastric regurgitation, swallowing of acid, nausea, food inability to dissolve, chancre, distension, jaundice, intestinal tinnitus, diarrhea, constipation, and other diseases.
5. The lower epigastric point is located in the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 2 inches above the umbilicus. It is often used in treating epigastric pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, eructation, failure to digest food, intestinal tinnitus, diarrhea, lumps, and swelling.
The above five points as a common treatment and health care points, acupuncture treatment must be operated by a physician, moxibustion can be operated under the guidance of a physician, massage can be operated on their own.