Zusanli ST36

Locate

Where is it?

Sit comfortably with your knee bent. ST36 is on the front-outside of your lower leg, below the knee. As a rough guide, its level is often around four of your own finger-widths below the lower edge of the kneecap.

Find the firm front edge of your shinbone. Move slightly toward the outside of your leg, off the bone and onto the muscle. ST36 sits in this muscular area.

Finger widths are only an approximate self-location guide. They are not an exact substitute for the standard 3 B-cun measurement.

Trace the front edge of the shinbone upward toward the knee. Around the area where the upper tibia begins to widen, move slightly outward onto the muscle.

Finger widths are an approximate self-location guide, not an exact B-cun conversion.

Landmarks

• Kneecap
• Lower knee region
• Anterior tibial crest
• Outside of leg orientation
• Tibialis anterior region

Contact

Where should my finger touch?

• Tissue: Tibialis anterior region
• Contact: Thumb or fingertip pad
• Direct Bone Contact: Not target
• Pressure Envelope · Allowed: Comfortable surface pressure
• Pressure Envelope · Deep Pressure: Prohibited
• Pressure Envelope · Painful Pressure: Prohibited
• Pressure Envelope · Press On Tibial Crest: Prohibited

Duration, rhythm and side order belong to the routine.

Safety

• Local Avoid: Numb area
• Local Avoid: Open wound
• Local Avoid: Active rash
• Local Avoid: Severe swelling
• Local Avoid: Active infection
• Local Avoid: Recent lower leg injury or fracture
• Local Avoid: Recent blood clot or suspected clot region
• Recent Surgery Or Medical Device: Follow clinician guidance
• Ease Or Stop If: Sharp pain
• Ease Or Stop If: Increasing numbness
• Ease Or Stop If: Shooting or electric sensation
• Ease Or Stop If: Unusual discomfort