Chinese: 库房
Pinyin: Kùfáng
In the 1st intercostal space, on the mammillary line, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
First identify the clavicular midpoint which is 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline. Draw an imaginary line between this point and nipple. Palpate along this line from the top and locate Kufang ST-14 in the first intercostal space.
0.5–0.8 cun obliquely or transversely, parallel to the course of the intercostal space or with or against the channel pathway.
Caution: Pneumothorax.
Qihu ST-13 is not a major point of the Stomach Channel.
Its main function is to descend Rebellious Qi and open the chest, characterized by distention and fullness in the chest or lateral costal region.