bubble_chart Category Intersecting point of thoroughfare vessel and foot shaoyin.
bubble_chart Etymology
"You" (幽), hidden or secluded; "men" (門), gate or portal. The point is located near pylorus (the lower opening of stomach) and is associated with it, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
In upper abdomen, 6 cun above umbilicus (
Juque (CV14)) and 0.5 cun lateral to midline.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscle: medial edge of rectus abdominis. (The deep layer is liver)
- Nerve: seventh intercostal nerve.
- Vessels: branches of the superior and inferior epigastric arteries and veins.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Avoid deep insertion. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Descend counterflow, benifit pharynx, harmonize stomach.
- Classical: pain radiating between chest, ribs, and back, nausea, vomiting, excessive salivation, difficulty swallowing food, frequent belching, fullness in limbs, hardness in lower abdomen, heart pain, counterflow of qi, and irritability.
- Modern: gastric spasm, gastroptosis, intercostal neuralgia.
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