bubble_chart Category

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

bubble_chart Etymology

"Fu" (府) refers to six fu-organs; "she" (舍) , residence. The point is located in abdominal region, where the six fu-organs reside, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

In lower abdomen, 3 cun below Fujie (SP14), in the depression 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline, above inguinal groove, and 0.7 cun superior and lateral to Chongmen (SP12).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "3 cun below Fujie (SP14)";
• Leijing Tuyi : "3.5 cun lateral to the midline of abdomen";
• Yizong jinjian: "0.7 cun above Chongmen (SP12)"; i.e., 3.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Directly above, between the two breasts, 4 cun lateral to conception vessel four cun on each side";
• Zhenjiu Zisheng Jing: "4.5 cun lateral to the midline of abdomen."

There are discrepancies among various texts regarding the distance from the anterior midline. Currently, the measurement of 4 cun as stated in Zhenfang Liuji is adopted.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: superior to the lateral part of inguinal ligament, aponeurosis of external oblique muscle, the lower part of internal oblique muscle and the lower part of transverse abdominal muscle.
• Nerve: ilioinguinal nerve.
• Vessels: superficial epigastric artery, intercostal arteries and veins.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.5～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 minutes, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate lower jiao, dissipate abdominal mass.

• Classical: hernia and abdominal mass, sudden severe pain in thigh, rushing pain toward heart, abdominal pain, abdominal fullness and accumulation, cholera with cold extremities.
• Modern: uterine prolapse.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Uterine prolapse: Guanyuan (CV4), Fushe (SP13), Yinlingquan (SP9).
• Abdominal fullness: Fushe (SP13), Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6).