Futonggu

1. 01On the upper abdomen, 5 cun above the navel and 0.5 cun to the side of the midline.
2. 02On the abdomen, half a cun lateral to REN-13 Shangwan.

1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 1 to 1.5 cun.
2. 02Caution: needling too deep may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
3. 03Insert straight in, 0.7 to 1 cun.
4. 04Needle perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
5. 05Moxibustion may be used.

• ·Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
• ·Opens the chest
• ·Transforms Phlegm

• ·Vomiting
• ·Undigested food in the stool
• ·Abdominal distention and pain
• ·Diarrhea
• ·Palpitations
• ·Disorientation
• ·Sudden loss of consciousness
• ·Sublingual swelling with difficulty speaking
• ·Malaria
• ·Stiff neck
• ·Seizures
• ·Indigestion
• ·Impatience
• ·Agalactia
• ·Breast abscess
• ·Chest fullness
• ·Pain in the lateral costal region
• ·Heart pain
• ·Coughing
• ·Dyspnea
• ·Epilepsy
• ·Tongue protrusion
• ·Deviation of the mouth
• ·Inability to turn the neck
• ·Red eyes originating at the inner canthus
• ·Intercostal neuralgia
• ·Jaundice
• ·Headaches
• ·Vomiting during pregnancy

This point is frequently combined with KI-21 Youmen for lonely, suicidal patients — together they are said to bathe the Spirit in the purest water and rid the body of toxins.