石門 (Shímén) — Stone Gate
Ren (Conception) channel · point 5
Front-Mu point of the Triple Energiser
Traditionally used for
- Digestion
- Bowel health
- Urinary & fluids
- Menstrual & women's health
Cautions & contraindications
- Pregnancy
- No moxibustion
Location
On the lower abdomen, on the anterior midline, 2 cun below the umbilicus.
Needling
- Pregnancy
- No moxibustion
Depth:
0.8–1.2 cun
Angle:
Perpendicular
⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in pregnancy. Classical texts warn that moxibustion here may cause infertility in women — a caution worth honouring in patients who may wish to conceive.
Functions
- Regulates the Triple Energiser and the water passages
- Regulates the lower burner
Indications
Oedema and difficult urinationabdominal pain and distensiondiarrhoeauterine bleeding and amenorrhoeahernia
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