CV11

Jianli

Star

建里 (Jiànlǐ) — Interior Strengthening

Ren (Conception) channel · point 11

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Urinary & fluids

Location

On the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 3 cun above the umbilicus.

How to locate: With the patient supine, divide the midline from the sternocostal angle to the centre of the umbilicus into 8 proportional cun; the point is 3 cun above the umbilicus, level with KI18, ST22 and SP16.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: CV11 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — CV11 · Upper abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 0.8–1.5 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 510 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Harmonises the middle burner and regulates the flow of qi
Harmonises the Stomach and strengthens the Spleen
Resolves oedema

Indications

Epigastric pain and poor appetiteabdominal distensionvomitingoedema

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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