Liver alarm point. crossing point: foot taiyin, the meeting of Jueyin and Yinwei.

[Origin]

Period refers to the cycle, and the first anniversary is called "period year". Biaoyou Fu: "It starts with Taiyin and ends with Jueyin; it comes out of Yunmen (LU2) and ends at Qimen (LR14)." Twelve meridians Multiple abscess of qi and blood. This is the time for one Periodically, the acupoints are divided into two sides, so they are called "doors". In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built "Qimen (LR14) Martial Palace", and Gan was the "General's Palace", so it was named after this.

[Location]

Qimen, Riyueacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Qimen (LR14) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Chest, directly below the nipple, in the depression of the 6th intercostal space, 4 inches from the front midline.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "At the end of the second rib, Burong (ST19) is one and a half inches from each side, straight up to the two breasts";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "On Riyue (GB24), straight across Juque (que)." That is, 6 inches above the navel (Juque (CV14)) 3.5 inches from side to side and 1.5 inches from Riyue (GB24). That is to say: 5 inches to the side of Juque (CV14) is Youmen (KI21); 2 inches to the side is Burong (ST19) ( Just below the rib arch); 3.5 cun next to it is Qimen (LR14), just below the breast and the medial end of the two intercostal spaces, and 1.5 cun below it (one rib lower) is Riyue (GB24). However, because the nipple is often located on the fifth rib (below the fourth intercostal space), the position of Rugen (ST18) point also moves downward accordingly, so Qimen (LR14) should be located on the seventh rib The inner end of the interspace; Riyue (GB24) also moves downward to the lower edge of the eighth and ninth ribs (the end of the ninth rib). Pang An-shiShanghan Zongbing Lun: "Qimen (LR14) point, directly under the breast, when it is a point on the side of the abdomen near the hypochondrium, insert the needle one inch." Then it is directly under the nipple at the lower edge of the costal arch. Fixed acupoint. Also, Zhu GongNanyang Living Book: "Whenever a woman is ill, the method should be to acupuncture Qimen (LR14). There is no need to perform the twirling method (twirling method), for fear of entangling the internal membrane and causing the rising of qi, but Insert the needle and ask the patient to take five breaths, stop the needle for a long time, and then slowly withdraw the needle. This is the method of flattening the patient. Any acupuncture of Qimen (LR14) will cause diarrhea without supplementation. It can make a person two inches fatter and half an inch thinner. Depth does not apply to intercostal space acupoint.

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: rectus abdominis, intercostal muscles.
• Nerve: Sixth and seventh intercostal nerves.
• Vessels: intercostal arteries; veins.

[Manipulation]

Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 inch laterally along the intercostal space, do not insert directly and deeply. The appropriate depth for electroacupuncture is from subcutaneous to between muscle membranes. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 7 weeks, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Soothing liver and regulating qi, removing blood stasis and resolving accumulation.

• Classical: Chest and hypochondriac pain, chest irritation, chest distension, liver disease, hypochondrium swelling, abdominal mass under the hypochondrium, vomiting, cough, dizziness and faintness, vomiting, heat in the chest, heart pain, running-piglet Breathlessness, malaria, disease caused by cold heat entering the uterus, convulsions, dysentery, incontinence, cholera, muteness, inability to speak, postpartum illness in women, fluid retention.
• Modern: intercostal neuralgia, liver pain, hepatosplenomegaly, hepatitis, Dannang (EX-LE6) inflammation, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, diaphragm spasm, gastric neurosis, Mastitis, indigestion, breast hyperplasia.

[Recipe]

• Heat in the chest, abdominal mass due to lung disorder, lowering of the flank: Quepen (ST12), Qimen (LR14).
• heart pain shortness of breath: Tiantu (CV22), Qimen (LR14), Changqiang (GV1), Xiabai (LU4 ), Zhongchong (PC9).
• disease caused by cold Crazy: Qimen (LR14), Qihai (CV6), Quchi (LI11).
• Hernia: Qimen (LR14), Dadun (LR1).
• hypochondriac pain (excess syndrome/pattern): Qimen (LR14), Zhigou (TE6), Yanglingquan (GB34), Zusanli (ST36), Taichong (LR3).
• Hepatitis: Qimen (LR14), Yanglingquan (GB34), Zhongfeng (LR4).
• thoracic accumulation: Qimen (LR14), Feishu (BL13).