"Guilai" (歸來), come back. The acupoint can cure hernia and other syndromes and make them recover, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Guilai (ST29) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

In the lower abdomen, 4 cun below the umbilicus (Zhongji (CV3)), 2 cun to the side, 4 cun below Tianshu (ST25), and 1 cun above Qichong (ST30).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Two cun below Shuidao (ST28)";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Level with Qugu (CV2)"; that is, 5 cun below middle navel (Qugu (CV2)) 2 cun. Zhenjiu Fengyuan: "1 cun above Qichong (ST30), 4 cun below umbilicus, 2 cun to the side, with 1 cun distance above and below."
• Donggong Anmo Mijue: "Four cun below the navel, two cun on each side; lying down and lifting head, on a rat-shaped muscle." Currently, the location follows Zhenjiu Fengyuan.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: external edge of rectus abdominis, internal oblique muscle, and tendon membrane of transversus abdominis.
• Nerve: iliohypogastric nerve.
• Vessels: On the lateral side, inferior epigastric arteries and veins.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular or oblique insertion 1～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5 ~ 7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 10 ~ 20 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate qi, lift uterus, treat hernia.

• Classical: lower abdominal pain, running piglet, hernia, shrinkage of testicles, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, cold and swollen pain in genital area, leukorrhea, cold accumulation in uterus, male impotence.
• Modern: orchitis, endometritis, oophoritis, infertility, postpartum lochiorrhea.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Hernia with downward bulging: Guilai (ST29), Taichong (LR3).
• Reproductive organ diseases in men and women, excessive amenorrhea, excessive leucorrhea: Guilai (ST29), Guanyuan (CV4), Zhongji (CV3), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shenshu (BL23).