GB25

Jingmen

Star

京門 (Jīngmén) — Capital Gate

Gallbladder channel · point 25

Not yet clinically reviewed

Front-Mu point of the Kidney

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health
Urinary & fluids
Pain & joints

Cautions & contraindications

Kidney conditions
No deep needling

Location

On the lateral abdomen, just below the free end of the twelfth rib.

How to locate: With the patient lying on the side, trace the twelfth rib along the flank to its free tip; the point is just below the tip of the rib.

Regional anatomy: Skin and subcutaneous tissue, then the external oblique, internal oblique and transversus abdominis to the extraperitoneal fascia; the abdominal cavity lies beneath.

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

Body map, front: GB25 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — GB25 · 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 0.5–1 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. 442 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Kidney conditions
No deep needling

Depth: 0.5–0.8 cun

Angle: Oblique

⚠ Cautions: The kidney lies deep — do not needle deeply or perpendicularly.

Functions

Tonifies the Kidney and regulates the water passages
Strengthens the Spleen and regulates the Intestines
Strengthens the lower back

Indications

Low back pain and stiffnessdifficult urination and oedemaborborygmus and diarrhoeahypochondriac pain

Combinations Using This Point

Qimen, Zhangmen and Jingmen

The Front-Mu points of the Liver, Spleen and Kidney — LV14, LV13 and GB25 — used to free Liver qi, support the Spleen and ease pain.

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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