The acupoint can cure hernia and other syndromes and make them recover, hence the name.

[Location]

Guilai (ST29) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Two inches under Shuidao (ST28)";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Equal to Qugu (CV2)"; that is, 5 inches below middle navel (Qugu (CV2)) 2 inches. Zhenjiu Fengyuan: "One inch above Qichong (ST30), four inches below the navel, and one inch above and below it."
• Donggong Anmo Mijue: "Four inches below the navel, two inches on each side; lying down and raising your head, there is a rat-shaped flesh." Today from Zhenjiu Fengyuan.

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: outer edge of rectus abdominis, internal oblique muscle, transversus abdominis tendon membrane.
• Nerve: iliohypogastric nerve.
• Blood vessels: There are inferior epigastric artery and vein on the outside.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 1～1.5 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 5 ~ 7 strong, moxibustion with moxa stick 10 ~ 20 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Regulate qi, lift cells, and cure hernia.

• Classical: Less abdominal pain, running-piglet, hernia, upward contraction of vaginal pills, menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, pudendal coldness, leukorrhea, cold accumulation of blood in women, and impotence in men.
• Modern: Testicularitis, Zigong (EX-CA1) endometritis, oophoritis, sterility, postpartum lochiorrhea.

[Recipe]

• hernia partial fall: Guilai (ST29), Taichong (LR3).
• Male and female genital diseases, excessive amenorrhea and leucorrhea: Guilai (ST29), Guanyuan (CV4), Zhongji (CV3), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shenshu (BL23).