Intersecting point of thoroughfare vessel and foot shaoyin.

bubble_chart Etymology

The point belongs to foot shaoyin kidney meridian, hence the term "Yin" (陰). It is located near Zhongwan (中脘), hence the term "du" (都), a gathering place. It is also called "Shigong" (食宮) (Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing), indicating its connection to stomach. Located below Shiguan (石關, KI18), it is also called "Tongguan" (通關) (Zhenjing Zhaiying Ji).

bubble_chart Location

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun below Tonggu";
• Qianjin Yaofang: "One cun lateral to stomach duct (Zhongwan (CV12)), which is located 3 cun below heart".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: medial edge of rectus abdominis. (deep layer: pyloric part of the stomach)
• Nerve: eighth intercostal nerve.
• Vessels: branches of superior and inferior epigastric arteries and veins.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun. Reduce the depth if the liver is enlarged. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate intestines and stomach, disinhibit qi.

• Classical: fullness in heart, counterflow of qi, lung distension, heat and pain below ribs, borborygmus, difficulty in defecation, abdominal pain, chills and fever, malaria.
• Modern: indigestion, infertility.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Restlessness and fullness in heart: Juque (CV14), Yindu (KI19).
• Lung distension, qi rushing upward, and heat, fullness, and pain below ribs: Yindu (KI19), Taiyuan (LU9), Feishu (BL13).
• Night sweating: Qihai (CV6), Zhongji (CV3), Yindu (KI19), Jianshi (PC5), Shouwuli (LI13).