SP14

Fujie

Star

腹結 (Fùjié) — Abdominal Bind

Spleen channel · point 14

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Digestion
Bowel health

Location

On the lower abdomen, 1.3 cun below SP15, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

How to locate: Measure 4 cun lateral to the umbilicus, on the nipple line, to find SP15, then go 1.3 cun straight down.

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

Body map, front: SP14 · Lower abdomen — Fig. — SP14 · Lower abdomen After Albinus, 1747

The abdominal regions — Gray's Anatomy plate — The abdominal regions Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

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. 199 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.7–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Warms the middle burner and dispels cold
Moves qi and blood and regulates the intestines
Descends rebellious qi
Relieves abdominal pain

Indications

Abdominal pain around the umbilicusdiarrhoea and dysenteryconstipationhernia

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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