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LV12

Jimai

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急脈 (Jímài) — Urgent Pulse

Liver channel · point 12

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Digestion
  • Menstrual & women's health

Cautions & contraindications

  • No moxibustion
  • Avoid blood vessels

Location

On the groin, 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline, at the level of the upper border of the pubic symphysis, in the inguinal groove.

Focks' Atlas of Acupuncture places it 1 cun below the level of the upper border of the pubic symphysis, in the inguinal groove just medial to the femoral pulse.

How to locate: From the midpoint of the upper border of the pubic symphysis measure 2.5 cun laterally at the same level, 0.5 cun lateral to ST30, in the inguinal groove; feel for the femoral pulse and keep the point medial to it.

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

Body map, front: LV12 · Lower abdomen
Fig. — LV12 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: LV12 · Lower abdomen

LV12 · Lower abdomen · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

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

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.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Slightly oblique insertion — medial
    Depth 0.5–0.8 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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 488 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • No moxibustion
  • Avoid blood vessels
Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular, avoiding the artery
⚠ Cautions: The femoral artery lies at the point — palpate the pulse and avoid it. Needling is often replaced by moxibustion here.

Functions

  • Expels cold from the Liver channel
  • Regulates qi in the lower burner and relieves hernia
  • Benefits the genitals

Indications

Hernia and testicular paingenital painlower abdominal painuterine prolapse

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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