bubble_chart Etymology "Bu" (不), no, unable; "rong" (容), accommodate. The acupoint is located near the upper part of stomach, indicating that food and drink have reached a point of fullness and can no longer be accommodated.
bubble_chart Location
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Burong (ST19) acupoint
(quoted "Meridians and Acupoints")
In the upper abdomen, 6 cun above navel (
Juque (CV14)), 2 cun lateral to it, in the depression below the costal margin.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: rectus abdominis and its sheath, and the deep layer is transversus abdominis.
- Nerve: seventh intercostal nerve branches.
- Vessels: branches of the seventh intercostal artery and vein and superior epigastric artery and vein.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5～0.7 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Harmonize stomach, stop vomiting.
- Classical: Abdominal fullness and epigastric pain, vomiting, hematemesis, wheezing and coughing, chest and back pain, loss of appetite, shoulder breathing, hypochondriac pain, dry mouth, nyctalopia, absent pulse, abdominal rumbling.
- Modern: gastric dilation, intercostal neuralgia.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Stomach cutting pain, frequent acid regurgitation: Burong (ST19), Qimen (LR14).
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