bubble_chart Category

Intersecting point: foot taiyin, jueyin and yin link vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

The point is beside the artery, lateral to Qichong (ST30), resembling the gate of Qichong.

bubble_chart Location

Located on the lateral side of the groin, 3.5 cun from the midpoint of the upper border of the pubic symphysis (Qugu (CV2)), lateral to the pulsating point of external iliac artery, at the outer one-third junction of the line connecting anterior superior iliac spine and pubic symphysis.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "5 cun above Daheng (SP15), below Fushe (SP13), at the pulsating artery near the ends of pubic bone in the crease";
• Leijing Tuyi: "3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the abdomen";
• Zhenjiu. Fengyuan: "0.7 cun below Fushe (SP13)... 3.5 cun lateral to the midline," i.e., 3.5 cun lateral to Qugu (CV2).
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Directly above, between the two breasts...4 cun lateral to conception vessel on both sides";
• Zhenjiu Zisheng Jing: "4.5 cun lateral to the midline of the abdomen".

There are discrepancies among various texts regarding the distance from the anterior midline. Currently, the measurement of 3.5 cun as stated in Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing is adopted.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: lateral to the midpoint of inguinal ligament, membrane of external oblique tendon, and lower part of internal oblique muscle.
• Nerve: femoral nerve.
• Vessels: the medial side is external iliac artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Avoid femoral artery and insert 1 to 2 cun. Direct moxibustion is contraindicated; moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 10 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate blood, Regulate lower jiao.

• Classical: abdominal cold and fullness, accumulation and pain in abdomen, fever, hernia pain, ischuria, upward rushing of fetus causing breathlessness during pregnancy, hemorrhoids, cholera, leukorrhea, postpartum menorrhagia, abdominal mass.
• Modern: urinary retention.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Abdominal fullness and accumulation: Chongmen (SP12), Fushe (SP13).
• Leukorrhea and postpartum menorrhagia: Chongmen (SP12), Qichong (ST30).
• Abdominal mass: Chongmen (SP12), Xuehai (SP10).