Stomach Channel

Kufang ST-14

Chinese: 库房

Pinyin: Kùfáng

Location

In the 1st intercostal space, on the mammillary line, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline. 

How to locate

First identify the mammillary line by drawing an imaginary line between the clavicular midpoint and nipple. This line is 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

Palpate along this line from the top and locate Kufang ST-14 in the first intercostal space. 

Main actions

  1. Descends the Rebellious Qi
  2. Opens the chest

Indications

Coughing Dyspnoea Chest fullness Chest distension Lateral costal region fullness Coughing with blood-streaked sputum

Needling

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.

Commentary for Kufang ST-14

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.