ST1 (Chengqi, “Chengqi”) is the Meeting point of ST, Ren, Yang Qiao point of the Stomach Meridian. It is located on the face, directly below the pupil when the eyes are looking straight ahead, in a depression on the infraorbital ridge, approximately 0.7 cun inferior to the lower eyelid. It expels wind from the face, brightens the eyes, clears heat, and stops lacrimation.
On the face, directly below the pupil when the eyes are looking straight ahead, in a depression on the infraorbital ridge, approximately 0.7 cun inferior to the lower eyelid.
Perpendicular or oblique-inferior insertion along the infraorbital ridge, 0.5 to 1.0 cun. The eyeball is protected by pushing it superiorly during insertion. Deep insertion into the orbit is contraindicated.
Expels wind from the face, brightens the eyes, clears heat, and stops lacrimation.
Deviation of the mouth and eye, twitching of the eye and face pulling the mouth and eye, unclear vision, cold tears, red and painful eyes, inability to speak, excessive tearing with much discharge, redness, pain, and itching of the inner canthus, growth of white film over the eye, eye twitching linked with the neck and mouth, inability to speak due to facial paralysis, blurred vision, night blindness, eye twitching, tearing, eye pain, eye itching, dim vision, green-white film over the eye, eye movement disorders.
As the first point on the Stomach channel, Chengqi is a primary local point for a wide array of eye disorders, from simple tearing and redness to more complex issues like facial paralysis affecting the eye, twitching, and visual disturbances. Its indications for both wind-related conditions (facial paralysis, twitching) and heat-related ones (redness, pain) make it versatile. Given the classical controversy and explicit warnings regarding both needling and moxibustion, modern practitioners must exercise extreme caution, protecting the eyeball and controlling needle depth precisely.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《醫宗金鑑·刺灸心法要訣》 Yīzōng Jīnjiàn · Cìjiǔ Xīnfǎ Yàojué — Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essential Teachings on Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Wu Qian et al., 1742 · 卷三 · 胃腑經文 · 胃經分寸歌 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
承泣穴，在目下七分，目下胞陷中，上直瞳子正視取之，是其穴也According to this text, ST1 lies 0.7 cun below the eye, in the depression of the lower eyelid, directly below the pupil, located with the eyes looking straight ahead.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之八·陰陽臟腑部 · 穴法下 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
承泣二穴，在目下七分直目瞳子陷中，蹺脈任脈足陽明之會。 可灸二壯，不可針According to this text, ST1 lies 0.7 cun below the eye in the depression directly below the pupil and is a meeting point of the Qiao vessel, the Ren vessel and the foot Yangming; moxibustion 2 cones is permitted, but needling is not allowed.
《普濟方·針灸門》 Pǔjì Fāng · Zhēnjiǔ Mén — Formulas for Universal Relief: Acupuncture & Moxibustion Section, Zhu Su, 1406 · 卷四百十四 · 針灸門 · 面部第三行左右十穴 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
承泣二穴 在目下七分。 直目瞳子陷中。 禁針。 針之令人目烏色。 可灸三壯According to this text, ST1 lies 0.7 cun below the eye, in the depression directly below the pupil; needling is prohibited, as it is said to darken the eye, while moxibustion 3 cones is permitted.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第六上 · Source: Wikisource ↗
目不明淚出，目眩夢，瞳子癢，遠視，昏夜無見，目動與項口參相引喎僻口不能言，刺承泣The text records that ST1 was needled for unclear vision with tearing, dizziness, itching of the pupil, poor distance vision, blindness at night, and twitching of the eye pulling with the nape and mouth, with deviation of the mouth and inability to speak.
ST1 is one of 45 points on the Stomach Meridian. Nearby points:
ST1 (Chengqi) is located on the face, directly below the pupil when the eyes are looking straight ahead, in a depression on the infraorbital ridge, approximately 0.7 cun inferior to the lower eyelid.
ST1 expels wind from the face, brightens the eyes, clears heat, and stops lacrimation. Common clinical indications include deviation of the mouth and eye, twitching of the eye and face pulling the mouth and eye, unclear vision, cold tears, red and painful eyes, inability to speak, excessive tearing with much discharge, redness, pain, and itching of the inner canthus, growth of white film over the eye, eye twitching linked with the neck and mouth, inability to speak due to facial paralysis, blurred vision, night blindness, eye twitching, tearing, eye pain, eye itching, dim vision, green-white film over the eye, eye movement disorders.
Perpendicular or oblique-inferior insertion along the infraorbital ridge, 0.5 to 1.0 cun. The eyeball is protected by pushing it superiorly during insertion. Deep insertion into the orbit is contraindicated. Caution: Adjacent to the eyeball — press the globe aside, insert slowly without lifting/thrusting or rotating; do not needle deeply. Bruising is common. Multiple classics forbid or caution against moxibustion, citing risks of severe swelling, vision loss, or making the eye smaller. The Zhen Jiu Ju Ying and Zi Sheng Jing warn that needling too deeply can cause a dark discoloration of the eye. The Zi Sheng Jing notes that some sources forbid needling entirely, fearing it causes a dark discoloration of the eye. The Zhen Jiu Da Cheng states that needling can cause the eye to turn a 'bird color' (dark).
ST1 is a point on the Stomach Meridian (Zú Yángmíng Wèijīng).