13 CV03 Zhongji Central Pivot 中極
CV3 Zhongji
Central Pivot

中極穴

LOCATION

4 cun below the umbilicus, on the anterior midline.

Features

Meeting point of SP, KI and LR Meridians. Mu point or BL 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 branches of the iliac hypogastric nerve, the branches of the superficial arteries and veins of the abdominal wall, and the branches of the arteries and veins under the abdominal wall.

Indication

Urinary retention,leukorrhagia,asynodia,dysmenorrhea,postpartum,erection,hernia;accumulation of pain, punch of the heart when get into the cold air condition ;swelling,edema,absentminded;nephritis,cystitis,postpartum uterine neuralgia. Generally useful for Excess-Type Genito-urinary disorders. Urinary disorders from excess heat, stagnation a/or dampness – cystitis, dark/burning/urgent/frequent urination, retention of urine. Main point for damp-heat in the genital area – genital itching w/sensation of heat, rashes, genital herpes, impotence, seminal emission. Yin excess accumulations – masses below the umbilicus, cold lower abdomen. Moving and cooling point for Gynecological disorders – dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, fibroids, leukorrhea, uterine bleeding, uterine prolapse.
Running Piglet Disorder.

Combinations

Enuresis:CV 03 & SP 06.
Abnormal urination:CV 03 & BL 28 &(Shu-Mu acupoints).
Difficulty in urination,seminal emission:CV 03 & LR 05 & SP 07 & BL 36 & BL 67.
Urinary retention,gonorrhea:CV 03 & CV 04 & SP 06 & SP 09 & BL 32.
Vaginal discharge,leukorrhea:CV 12 & CV 06 & CV 03.
Dysmenorrhea:CV 03 & SP 08.
Amenorrhoea,lochiorrh:CV 03 & CV 07 & CV 05.
Leukorrhea,gonorrhea,wet dream,involuntary Emission:CV 03 & LR 04 & BL 20 & BL 27 & LR 13 & CV 06 & 7.CV 04.
Coma:CV 04 &,CV 03.
Placental retention:GB 21 & CV 03.
Menopause:BL 23 & CV 03 & LI 04 & SP 06.
Spermatorrhea,impotence,premature ejaculation:CV 03 & KI 11 & SP 09.

穴位

在下腹部,前正中線上,當臍中下4寸。

特點

交會穴,通足三陰。膀胱之募穴。

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

髂腹下神經的分支,腹壁淺動、靜脈分支,腹壁下動、靜脈分支。

適應症

癃閉,帶下,陽痿,痛經,產後惡露不下,陰挺,疝氣偏墜;積聚疼痛,冷氣時上衝心;水腫,屍厥恍惚;腎炎,膀胱炎,產後子宮神經痛。

穴位配伍療法

遺尿:1.中極 2.三陰交
小便異常:1.中極 2.膀胱俞(俞募配伍法)
小便不利、失精:1.中極 2.蠡溝 3.漏谷 4.承扶 5.至陰
尿瀦留,淋證:1.中極 2.關元 3.三陰交 4.陰陵泉 5.次髎
婦人赤白帶下:1.中脘 2.氣海 3.中極
痛經:1.中極 2.地機
閉經,惡露不止:1.中極 2.陰交 3.石門
白帶,白濁,夢遺,滑精:1.中極 2.中封 3.脾俞 4.小腸俞 5.章門 3.氣海 7.關元
尸厥:關元、中極。
胎衣不下:1.肩井 2.中極
月水斷絕:1.腎俞 2.中極 3.合谷 4.三陰交
遺精、陽萎、早泄:1.中極 2.橫骨 3.陰陵泉