crossing point: meeting of conception vessel (CV) and foot jueyin.

[Origin]

It originally refers to the pubic symphysis and is named after its slightly curved bone. There are caves living on it, hence the name. Beiji Qianjin Yaofang‧: "In the center of the yin manubrium of sternum, it is like the middle of the moon."

[Location]

Guanyuan, Zhongji, Qugu, Changqiangacupoint cross sections
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

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

Five inches below the umbilical cord in the midline of the lower abdomen, in the depression above the pubic symphysis.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On Henggu (KI11), Zhongji (CV3) next inch, Mao Among those trapped in the world."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: Pyramidal muscles. (The deep layer is bladder).
• Nerve: branches of the iliohypogastric nerve.
• Blood vessels: branches of the inferior epigastric artery and obturator artery.

[Manipulation]

The perpendicular insertion is 0.5 to 1.5 inches. In children or when the bladder is full, care should be taken not to make it too deep to avoid bladder injury. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited for pregnant women. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 15 to 20 minutes.

[Efficacy]

It facilitates urination, stabilizes sperm and stops vaginal discharge.

• Classical: Difficulty urinating, five stranguria, yellow urine, bladder colic and pregnant dysuria, no drowning, water vapor in children, swollen limbs and enlarged abdomen, seminal emission, five zang-organs exhaustion, acute pain in the lower abdomen, Red leucorrhea under the skin, wet itching of the scrotum, itching of the vulva, dryness and pain in the vagina, childlessness, and epilepsy.
• Modern: Impotence, inability to ejaculate, urinary retention, bladder inflammation, urethritis, pelvic inflammation.

[Recipe]

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