Traditionally used for
- Digestion
- Bowel health
Location
On the upper abdomen, 4 cun above the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
How to locate: Find the midpoint between the sternocostal angle and the centre of the umbilicus (CV12, 4 cun above the umbilicus) with proportional cun, then go 2 cun laterally. With a narrow costal angle the point may lie on the rib margin.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
Needling hazard — see Needling safety
3D view
3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.
Needling
Cited needling
- ⚠ Organ
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Perpendicular insertionDepth 1–1.5 cunskindeeper
Case reports: organ injury after needling at this point (1 case in Wu et al. 2015).
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 (2)
- Wu J, Hu Y, Zhu Y, Yin P, Litscher G, Xu S. Systematic review of adverse effects: a further step towards modernization of acupuncture in China. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:432467 — Table 4 (Organ injury associated with acupuncture) Supports: organ (case report)
- Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 145 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Harmonises the Stomach and middle burner and relieves epigastric pain
- Regulates qi and resolves food stagnation
- Raises qi and stops diarrhoea
Indications
Clinical Notes
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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