Right floating-rib zone

Lower costal target — anatomical right

The right floating-rib zone is one side of the bilateral lower-costal target. The point represents the rib margin and adjacent flank as a region; it does not claim that a single coordinate identifies a particular rib or internal organ.

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

Point 11 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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