bubble_chart Category Intersecting point of thoroughfare vessel and foot shaoyin.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Fu" (腹), abdomen; "tong" (通), passage; "gu" (谷), water and food. The point is located below Youmen (KI21), where food and water pass through, hence the name. To distinguish it from the point of the same name on foot taiyang bladder meridian (Zutonggu (BL66)), Zhenjiu Daquan adds the prefix "Fu" (腹), meaning abdomen.
bubble_chart Location
In the upper abdomen, 5 cun above umbilicus (
Shangwan (CV13)) and 0.5 cun lateral to midline.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscle: medial edge of rectus abdominis. (the deep layer is liver)
- Nerve: eighth intercostal nerve.
- Vessels: branches of superior and inferior epigastric arteries and veins.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Avoid deep insertion. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Benefit tongue and throat, regulate intestines and stomach.
- Classical: vomiting after eating, inability to speak, sublingual swelling, crooked mouth, acute sudden loss of voice, abdominal mass, hard lumps.
- Modern: gastric spasm, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastroptosis.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Frequent fear: Futonggu (KI20), Zhangmen (LR13).
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