Front-mu point of kidney.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Jing" (京) is interchangeable with "Yuan" (原), meaning source; "men" (門), door or gateway. Kidney governs primordial qi of body, and this point is the front-mu point of kidney, serving as the gateway for kidney qi.

bubble_chart Location

Jingmen (GB25) point
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Below iliac crest, in lower back, 1.8 cun posterior to lower ribs";
• Beiji Qianjin Yaofang‧: "At iliac crest in back, near lower ribs, adjacent to spine";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Located at the midpoint between Shenque (CV8) and Mingmen (GV4)." This can be used as a reference for locating the point.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: external oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle, transversus abdominis.
• Nerve: eleventh intercostal nerve.
• Vessels: eleventh intercostal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert obliquely 1~1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Fortify waist, disinhibit water, reduces fullness.

• Classical: abdominal distension, lower abdominal pain, urgency, through-flux diarrhea, difficulty in urination, dark urine, lumpago, bone -syndrome pain radiating to back.
• Modern: nephritis, intercostal neuralgia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Dark urine and difficulty in urination: Jingmen (GB25), Zhaohai (KI6).
• Through-flux diarrhea with undigested food: Jingmen (GB25), Rangu (KI2), Yinlingquan (SP9).
• Through-flux diarrhea with body pain: Jingmen (GB25), Kunlun (BL60).
• Stiffness and arching of back: Jingmen (GB25), Shiguan (KI18).
• Swelling in lower abdomen: Jingmen (GB25), Ligou (LR5), Zhongfeng (LR4).
• Lumbago with difficulty standing or bending: Jingmen (GB25), Xingjian (LR2).
• Lumbago : Jingmen (GB25), Shenshu (BL23), Pangguangshu (BL28), Weizhong (BL40).