Intersecting point: conception vessel and foot jueyin.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Qu" (曲), curved; "gu" (骨), bone. It originally refers to pubic symphysis, named for its slightly curved shape. The point is located above it, hence the name. Beiji Qianjin Yaofang‧: "At the center of pubic bone above genitals, curved like a crescent moon."

bubble_chart Location

Cross section of Guanyuan (RN4), Zhongji (RN3), Qugu (RN2), and Changqiang (DU1) acupoints
(adapted from "Yan Zhenguo Acupoint Anatomy")

Qugu (CV2) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the midline of lower abdomen, 5 cun below umbilicus, in the depression above pubic symphysis.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On pubic bone, 1 cun below Zhongji (CV3), in the depression at the edge of pubic hair".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: pyramidalis muscle. The deep layer is bladder.
• Nerve: branches of iliohypogastric nerve.
• Vessels: branches of inferior epigastric artery and obturator artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert perpendicularly 0.5~1.5 cun. Caution is required in children or when bladder is full to avoid damaging bladder. Needling and moxibustion are contraindicated during pregnancy. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 15 to 20 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Facilitate urination, secure essence, stop leukorrhea.

• Classical: difficulty urinating, five types of strangury, yellow urine, urinary retention, pediatric edema with swelling of limbs and abdominal distension, seminal loss, exhaustion of five zang-organs, acute lower abdominal pain, red and white leukorrhea, damp and itching of scrotum, genital itching, dryness and pain in genitals, infertility, depressive psychosis.
• Modern: impotence, inability to ejaculate, urinary retention, cystitis, urethritis, pelvic inflammation.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Red and white leukorrhea: Tianshu (ST25), Qugu (CV2), Guanyuan (CV4), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Fuliu (KI7), Taichong (LR3).
• Priapism: Qugu (CV2), Shaofu (HT8), Ligou (LR5), Sanyinjiao (SP6) , Zhaohai (KI6).