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Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

KI-20

Futonggu

Abdomen Connecting Valley

Autres nomsConnecting Valley on the Abdomen

Méridien
Rein

Cette entrée n’est pas encore traduite — le texte ci-dessous est en anglais.

Localisation

  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.

Puncture

  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.

Actions

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

Indications

  • 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

Notes

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.