bubble_chart Category Intersecting point: foot taiyin and conception vessel.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Xia" (下), lower; "wan" (脘), stomach or gastric cavity. This point is located near the lower part of stomach, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
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Xiawan (CV10) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the midline of upper abdomen, 2 cun above umbilicus, at the midpoint between
Zhongwan (CV12) and umbilicus.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: in linea alba of abdominal; deep layer is transverse colon.
- Nerve: medial branch of anterior cutaneous branch of 8th intercostal nerve.
- Vessel: junction of branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 1～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 15 to 20 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
- Classical: difficulty swallowing, diaphragmatic obstruction, indigestion, vomiting hiccups, abdominal hardness, abdominal pain, stomach distension, constipation, swelling, dark urine.
- Modern: indigestion, peptic ulcer, gastroptosis, gastric volvulus, acute intestinal obstruction, dysentery.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Indigestion with food regurgitation: Xiawan (CV10), Sanli.
- Borborygmus: Xiawan (CV10), Xiangu (ST43).
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