Front-mu point of heart.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Ju" (巨), great or large; "que" (闕), palace gate. The acupoint is located on the midline near heart, a passageway for spirit and energy, resembling gate to palace where heart (the ruler) resides.

bubble_chart Location

Juque (CV14) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Located on the midline of upper abdomen, 6 cun above umbilicus. It is the midpoint between xiphisternal junction (where sternum and xiphoid process meet) and Zhongwan (CV12).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun belowJiuwei (CV15)",
• Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing: "One cun below Jiuwei (CV15), slightly reinforced".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: in linea alba of abdomen; deep layer is liver.
• Nerve: medial branch of anterior cutaneous branch of 7th intercostal nerve.
• Vessels: branches of superior epigastric artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert perpendicularly or obliquely downward 0.5~1 cun. Alternatively, perform a subcutaneous penetration toward Huangshu (KI16). Avoid deep insertion. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 15 to 20 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Tranquilize mind, harmonize stomach.

• Classical: heart pain, irritability and fullness in heart, palpitation due to fright, fever disease with phlegm in chest, sudden abdominal distension and pain, vomiting, manic and depressive psychosis, epilepsy.
• Modern: gastroptosis, hysteria, biliary ascariasis, angina pectoris, diaphragm spasm, chronic hepatitis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Mania with irrational speech and cursing: Juque (CV14), Zhubin (KI9).
• Irritability: Juque (CV14), Xinshu (BL15).
• Hysteria: Juque (CV14), Shenmen (HT7), Sanyinjiao (SP6).