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[Origin]

Shimen (CV5) means "off". He Guanzi: "Two inches adjacent to the navel is called the pass" refers to this. Xun Yue Shenjian: "Guan is the one who stores the breathing energy in order to impart the four qi. Therefore, when the qi is long, it is used to close the breath." Zhenjiu Zishengjing Note : "When it comes to the Dantian point, it should be two inches below the navel."

[Location]

Shimen (CV5) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Two inches below the navel."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: In the linea alba of the abdomen. (The deep part is small intestine).
• Nerve: The anterior cutaneous branch of the eleventh intercostal nerve medial branch.
• Blood vessels: branches of superficial epigastric artery and vein, branches of inferior epigastric artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

The perpendicular insertion is 1 to 1.5 inches, and should not be too deep to avoid injury to the small intestine. The bladder may also be punctured when it is full, so it is recommended to urinate before acupuncture. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 7 weeks, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 15 to 20 minutes. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited for pregnant women.

[Efficacy]

Li the lower jiao.

• Classical: abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distension and fullness, constipation, vomiting blood, cough fever, cold limbs, difficulty urinating, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, amenorrhea, vaginal itching, postpartum lochiorrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis , the scrotum is retracted into a small abdominal pain, and I want to die, my teeth are frail, and I am childless.
• Modern: enteritis, nephritis.

[Recipe]

• Hardness and pain in the lower abdomen, leading to the vagina: Shimen (CV5), Shangqiu (SP5).
• Cough, excessive salivation: Yuzhong (KI26), Shimen (CV5).