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CV15

Jiuwei

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鳩尾 (Jiūwěi) — Turtledove Tail

Ren (Conception) channel · point 15

Not yet clinically reviewed

Luo-Connecting point of the Ren Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Cough & breathing
  • Digestion
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Heart & circulation

Cautions & contraindications

  • Liver conditions

Location

On the upper abdomen, on the anterior midline, 1 cun below the xiphisternal junction, 7 cun above the umbilicus.

How to locate: Trace the lower costal margins upwards until they meet at the sternocostal angle; the point is on the midline 1 cun below it, 7 cun above the umbilicus, and depending on the length of the xiphoid may lie over the process itself.

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

Body map, front: CV15 · Upper abdomen
Fig. — CV15 · Upper abdomen After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: CV15 · Upper abdomen

CV15 · Upper abdomen · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate Needling hazard — see Needling safety
The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918
The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate Needling hazard — see Needling safety

The abdominal regions · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

  • The lung is not drawn: the anatomical model used here does not include it as a surface. This is a limit of the model, not of the anatomy. The pneumothorax risk above still applies.

Needling

Cited needling

  • ⚠ Pneumothorax
  • ⚠ Organ
  1. Oblique insertion — directed inferiorly
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

Case reports: pneumothorax after needling at this point (1 case in Wu et al. 2015). Case reports: organ injury after needling at this point (2 cases in Wu et al. 2015, including a death).

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 (3)
  1. Wu J, Hu Y, Zhu Y, Yin P, Litscher G, Xu S. Systematic review of adverse effects: a further step towards modernization of acupuncture in China. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:432467 — Table 1 (Pneumothorax associated with acupuncture) Supports: pneumothorax (case report)
  2. Wu J, Hu Y, Zhu Y, Yin P, Litscher G, Xu S. Systematic review of adverse effects: a further step towards modernization of acupuncture in China. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:432467 — Table 4 (Organ injury associated with acupuncture) Supports: organ (case report)
  3. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 516 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • Liver conditions
Depth: 0.4–0.6 cun
Angle: Oblique, directed inferiorly
⚠ Cautions: Needle obliquely downward only. Classical texts list this as a point requiring particular care; the xiphoid and, beyond it, the pericardium and liver lie close.

Functions

  • Regulates the Heart, calms the spirit and settles epilepsy
  • Descends rebellious Lung and Stomach qi and unbinds the chest
  • Regulates the luo-connecting vessel of the Ren Mai

Indications

Epilepsy and maniacardiac pain and palpitationschest oppressionhiccup and vomitingasthma

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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