extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

This acupoint is one cun above, below, left and right in the navel, and there is a point on each side of the navel, so it is called the four sides of the navel.

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bubble_chart Anatomy

The upper and lower part of the umbilicus is the abdominal white line, and the deep part is the small intestine; there are branches of the superficial epigastric artery and vein, branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein, and the medial branches of the anterior cutaneous branches of the eighth, ninth, and tenth intercostal nerves. On the left and right sides are the internal and external oblique tendon membrane, the transversus abdominis tendon membrane and the rectus abdominis muscle; there are muscle branches of the inferior epigastric artery and vein; and the tenth intercostal nerve is distributed.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.3~0.8 cun, Shenque (CV8) No needling; moxibustion at three to seven points.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Bowel diarrhea, abdominal pain, edema, fright epilepsy in children, opisthotonus.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Children with epilepsy: Zhongwan (CV12), four sides of the umbilicus.
• infantile diarrhea: main acupoints: the middle and four sides of the navel; accessory acupoints: dampness-heavy tendons Pishu (BL20), Yinlingquan (SP9); spleen deficiency does not Gujia Ming, Pishu (BL20); wind-heat partiality plus Hegu (LI4), Dachangshu (BL25); summer-heat partiality ShengjiaWaiguan (TE5), Neiting (ST44), Hegu (LI4).

bubble_chart Notes

Beiji Qianjin Yaofang There is an unknown person, Handbook of Acupuncture Points and Their Therapies named the four sides of the navel.