【Category】
meeting of thoroughfare vessel (TV) and foot shaoyin.
【Origin】
Literal meaning "abdomen connecting valley". Tong, channel: Valley, water and food. The point is located below Youmen (KI21) point, where water and valleys pass, hence the name. To distinguish it from the foot greater yang bladder meridian (BL) point of the same name (Zutonggu (BL66)), Zhenjiu Daquan is named "abdomen".
【Location】
Five inches above the umbilicus (
Shangwan (CV13) ) on the upper abdomen, five inches apart.
【Anatomy】
- Muscle: medial edge of rectus abdominis. (The deep layer is the liver)
- Nerve: Eighth intercostal nerve.
- Blood vessels: branches of the upper and lower arteries and veins of the abdominal wall.
【Manipulation】
Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 inch, do not insert deeply. moxa cone moxibustion 5~7 strong, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10~15 minutes.
【Efficacy】
Helps the tongue and throat, regulates the intestines and stomach.
- Classical: food fluid retention, nausea, inability to speak, sublingual swelling, crooked mouth, acute hoarseness, abdominal mass, abdominal mass.
- Modern: gastric spasm, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastroptosis.
【Recipe】
- Good fears: Futonggu (KI20), Zhangmen (LR13).
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