13 CV07 Yinjiao Yin Intersection 陰交
CV7 Yinjiao
Yin Intersection

陰交穴

LOCATION

1 cun below the umbilicus, on the anterior midline.

Features

Meeting point of CV, Chong Vessel and Kidney Meridian.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The tenth anterior skin branch of the intercostal nerve, the superficial artery and vein branches of the abdominal wall, and the lower artery and vein branches of the abdominal wall.

Indication

Abdominal pain,urination difficulty,diarrhea,kidney amassment (running piglet),hernia,cold sweat,vaginal bleeding,lochiorrh,nosebleed,enteritis,testicular neuralgia,uterus meningitis. This point is not used very often clinically, although its connections with the Chong, CV & KI meridians make it useful for Uterine and menstrual issues and running piglet disorder (similar to phobia attacks). Abdominal pain, bloating, edema, hernia, genital pain. Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea.

Combinations

Mass at the right hypochondrium,bowelabdominal pain:CV 07 & LR 02.
Dribbling of urine:CV 07 & KI 01.
Metrorrhagia,abdominal hard and pain:CV 07 & CV 05.
Colicky:CV 07 & KI 01.
Metrorrhagia:CV 07 &CV 05.
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding:BL 18 &2BL 20 &CV 07 &SP 06 & SP 01.

YinJiao is a place of exchange and mingling which nourishes the qi of the lower jiao. CV7 is useful in re-establishing a regular pattern of menstruation, as well as for painful periods, pain in the genitals and lower jiao, as well as problems conceiving.

穴位

在下腹部,前正中線上,當臍中下1寸。

特點

交會穴:任脈、衝脈、足少陰之會。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

第十肋間神經前皮支,腹壁淺動、靜脈分支,腹壁下動、靜脈分支。

適應症

腹痛,下引陰中,不得小便,泄瀉,奔豚,繞臍冷痛,疝氣,陰汗濕癢,血崩,惡露不止,鼻出血,腸炎,睾丸神經痛,子宮內膜炎。

穴位配伍療法

痞氣,腸鳴腹痛:1.陰交 2.行間
小便淋瀝不盡:1.陰交 2.湧泉
月經崩漏,小腹硬痛:1.陰交 2.石門
小腸氣痛:1.陰交 2.湧泉
崩中:1.陰交2.石門
功能性子宮出血:1.肝俞2脾俞3.陰交4.三陰交 5.隱白