KI20

Futonggu

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腹通谷 (Fùtōnggǔ) — Abdominal Valley Passage

Kidney channel · point 20

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Kidney channel with the Chong Mai

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Heart & circulation

Location

On the upper abdomen, 5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: The sternocostal angle to the centre of the umbilicus is 8 proportional cun; measure with proportional cun, not finger widths. Measure 3 cun down from the sternocostal angle (5 cun above the umbilicus); the point is 0.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with CV13.

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

Body map, front: KI20 · Upper abdomen — Fig. — KI20 · 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 1–1.5 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. 358 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–0.8 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Strengthens the Spleen
Harmonises the Stomach and intestines and descends rebellious qi
Unbinds the chest

Indications

Abdominal pain and distensionvomiting and indigestionchest painpalpitations

Similar Points

Zutonggu how are these connected?

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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