Qugu

1. 01On the lower abdominal midline, at the upper border of the pubic symphysis, 5 cun below the umbilicus.
2. 02At the midpoint of the pubic symphysis's upper border.

1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
2. 02Caution: a full Bladder will be punctured by deep insertion, so the patient should empty it before treatment.
3. 03Moxibustion may be used.
4. 04Insert straight in, 1 to 1.5 cun.

Meeting point with the Liver channel

• ·Promotes urination
• ·Harmonizes the Lower Jiao
• ·Warms and strengthens the Kidneys

• ·Urinary dribbling
• ·Hesitant urine flow
• ·Difficult urination
• ·Urinary retention caused by pressure from the fetus
• ·Enuresis
• ·The five types of painful urinary dysfunction
• ·Red and white leukorrhea
• ·Irregular menstruation
• ·Dysmenorrhea
• ·Spermatorrhea
• ·Orchitis
• ·Groin hernia
• ·Uterine inflammation
• ·The uterus failing to return to normal after childbirth
• ·Uterine fibroids
• ·A sensation of Cold in the uterus
• ·Amenorrhea
• ·Frigidity
• ·Syphilis
• ·Fullness, distention, and pain in the lower abdomen
• ·Acute lower abdominal pain
• ·Painful Shan disorder
• ·Impotence
• ·Seminal emission
• ·Dampness and itching of the scrotum
• ·Contraction of the penis
• ·Dryness and pain of the genitals
• ·Deficiency and exhaustion affecting the five Zang
• ·Deficiency and fatigue with severe Cold
• ·Uterine prolapse
• ·Uterine bleeding
• ·Enuresis
• ·Nocturnal emission
• ·Morbid leukorrhea
• ·Cystitis
• ·Lack of virility
• ·Gonorrhea

Exercise caution with needling and moxibustion during pregnancy.

• ·This point acts mainly on the genitourinary region.
• ·It is especially useful where Cold is present.