Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
REN-10
Xiawan
Lower Cavity
También conocido como*Xiaguan* · Lower Controller · Lower Epigastrium · Lower Stomach Cavity
- Canal
- Ren Mai
- Clasificación
- Punto de cruce
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
On the abdominal midline, 2 cun above the navel and 6 cun below the sternocostal angle.
Punción
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.8 to 1.5 cun.
- 02Caution: deep needling in thin patients risks penetrating the peritoneal cavity.
- 03Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1.2 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
- 05Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
Funciones del punto
Meeting Point of the REN channel with the Spleen channel
Acciones
- Harmonizes the Stomach
- Regulates Qi
- Resolves Food Stagnation
- Directs Stomach Qi downward
- Tonifies the Spleen
- Harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach
- Transforms Dampness
- Transforms Damp-Heat
Indicaciones
- Fullness in the abdomen
- Hardness of the abdomen
- Abdominal distention with pain
- Distention and pain in the epigastrium
- Nausea and vomiting following meals
- A thin, weak pulse
- Emaciation
- Diarrhea
- Gastric prolapse
- Food retained in the Stomach
- Dysentery
- Duodenal ulcer
- Anorexia
- Focal distention
- Undigested food appearing in the stool
- No enjoyment of food
- Cold Qi in the six Fu organs
- Dark urine
- Poor appetite
- Gastric pain
- Acid regurgitation
- Feeling of fullness after meals
- Gastritis
- Abdominal masses
- Chest disorders
Precauciones
Avoid moxibustion during pregnancy.
Combinaciones
Notas
- It is the primary point for cases where food and drink go undigested and come back up after eating.
- It also addresses "mental indigestion" — an inability of the mind to absorb mental nourishment.
- A useful point, it pairs a tonifying effect on the Spleen and Stomach with a moving action on Stomach Qi.
- It governs the lower epigastrium, including the pylorus and duodenum.
- It also treats the adrenal and pituitary glands.