Left floating-rib zone

Lower costal target — anatomical left

The left floating-rib zone completes the bilateral lower-costal target. As with its counterpart, the point is a front-view editorial region with uncertainty for variation in how teachers delimit the floating-rib and flank area.

Right templeLeft templeJaw hingeRight carotid regionLeft carotid regionRight clavicle notchLeft clavicle notchRight axillaLeft axillaSternum tipRight floating-rib zoneLeft floating-rib zoneLeft floating-rib zoneLiver strike zoneSpleen strike zoneGroinRight inner kneeLeft inner kneeInstep

Point 12 of 18 in Kalarimarmam — Meithari Vital Points

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Phillip Zarrilli, When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Practices, and Discourses of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art (scholarly_modern)

Lorna Srimathi Dewanar, Kalaripayattu source texts (primary)

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