Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
REN-3
Zhongji
Middle Pole
Autres noms*Yuan* Barrier · Central Pole · Utmost Middle · Middle Summit · Middle Extremity
- Méridien
- Ren Mai
- Classification
- Mu antérieur, Point de croisement
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Localisation
- 01On the lower abdomen's midline, 4 cun below the navel and 1 cun above the pubic symphysis.
- 02Directly 4 cun below the navel.
Puncture
- 01Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Caution: A deep insertion can pierce a full Bladder, so it should be emptied before treatment.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
- 04Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 2 cun, producing local distention and soreness that may extend to the genital region.
Fonctions du point
- Front-Mu point of the Bladder
- Meeting point of The REN channel with the Spleen, Liver, Small Intestine, Bladder, Gall Bladder, San Jiao and Kidney channels
Actions
- Benefits the Bladder
- Regulates Qi transformation
- Drains Damp-Heat (from the Bladder, uterus, and genitals)
- Drains Dampness
- Treats leukorrhea
- Benefits the uterus
- Regulates menstruation
- Resolves Stagnation
- Benefits the Lower Jiao
- Strengthens the Kidneys
- Promotes urination
- Assists Qi transformation
Indications
- Severe lower abdominal pain
- Urinary retention during pregnancy
- Frequent urination
- Dark urine
- Scanty urination
- Copious urination
- Urethral pain
- The five types of painful urinary dysfunction
- Edema
- Masses below the navel
- Severe twisting pain below the navel
- The seven kinds of Shan disorder
- A cold sensation in the lower abdomen
- A heat sensation in the abdomen
- Sudden, severe pain in the lower abdomen and back
- Accumulated Cold Qi rising to invade the Heart
- Running Piglet Qi rising to the Heart with resulting inability to breathe
- Loss of consciousness
- Swelling of the external genitals
- Anorexia
- Excessive thinness
- Enuresis
- Vaginal discharge
- Leukorrhea
- Red-and-white vaginal discharge
- Hernia
- Vaginitis
- Urethritis
- Sciatica
- Ascites
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary tract infection
- Lassitude
- Difficult menstruation
- Impotence
- General bodily weakness and fatigue
- Menstrual disorders
- Uterine bleeding
- Urinary disorders in women
- Gonorrhea
- Anuria
- Uterine spasm
- Paralysis of the urethral sphincter
- Failure of the placenta to descend
- Uterine displacement
- Vulvar itching
- Lower abdominal pain
- Sciatica
- Yang Deficiency
- Sexual overindulgence
- Nocturnal Yin sweat that is not salty
- Rectal prolapse
- Heat consuming the genital region
- Genital itching with a sensation of Heat
- Genital pain
- Red-and-white leukorrhea
- Seminal emission
- Seminal emission with dreaming
- Cervical pain and swelling
- Vulvar pain and swelling
- Infertility
- Irregular menstruation
- Amenorrhea
- Menorrhagia
- Uterine prolapse
- Abdominal masses
- Retained placenta
- Retained lochia
- Retained fetus
- Persistent lochial flow
- Dark blood that fails to discharge after childbirth
- Lumbar pain
- Yang Qi Deficiency
- Yuan Qi Deficiency
- Uterine deviation resulting in sterility
- Urinary urgency
- Dysuria
- Hunger despite inability to eat
- Heat in the lower abdomen
- Sterility
- Alternating chills and fever
- Orchitis
- Pathological leukorrhea
- Nephritis
- Pelvic peritonitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Uterine fibroids
- Collapse syndrome
- Prostatitis
- Urinary tract stones
- Vaginal prolapse
- Fainting
- Prostatitis
- Poor Blood circulation in the female genitals, causing external genital pain, dysuria, and passage of clots
- Urinary retention with bleeding
- Premature ejaculation
- Male sterility due to lack of sperm
- Diminished virility
- Endometritis
- Salpingitis
- An icy-cold sensation in the lower abdomen in women
- Cadaveric syncope
- Asthenia
- General fatigue
- Disorders arising from intercourse during menstruation
Précautions
- Contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Avoid this point when there is a marked pulse imbalance.
Associations
For inability to urinate
For difficult urination and seminal emission
For seminal emission
For penile pain
- REN-1
- SP-6
For sudden vaginal redness, swelling, and pain
- M-CA-18
For infertility and uterine bleeding
For unremitting uterine bleeding
For irregular menstruation
- SP-6
- GB-41
For inhibited menstruation
For infertility
For retained placenta
For unremitting diarrhea
For ascites due to rheumatic Heart disease
- SP-9
- KI-11
For spermatorrhea, impotence, and premature ejaculation
- SP-9
- SP-6
For enuresis
- SP-6
- M-CA-18
For irregular menstruation
- UB-23
- LI-4
- SP-6
For amenorrhea
Notes
- It is generally the preferred point for Excess patterns, whereas REN-4 Guanyuan is preferred for Deficiency patterns.
- It is also used for edema.
- This point takes heavy moxibustion well.
- It serves as a general local point for Bladder disorders and specifically supports Qi transformation, helping convert Body Fluids into urine.
- It is a particularly powerful point for the testes and pancreas.
- It is useful for pulses that fluctuate erratically.