13 CV06 Qihai Sea of Qi 氣海
CV6 Qihai
Sea of Qi

氣海穴

LOCATION

1.5 cun below the umbilicus.

Features

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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 anterior skin branch of the eleventh intercostal nerve, the superficial artery and vein branches of the abdominal wall, and the branches of the artery and vein under the abdominal wall.

Indication

Abdominal pain,constipation,diarrhea,urination difficulty,enuresis,asynodia,spermatorrhea,involuntary emission,amenorrhoea,,metrorrhagia,leukorrhagia,erection,stroke,abdominal distension,asthma,under heartache/body emaciated/limbs weakness,kidney amassment (running piglet),hernia,insomnia,neurasthenia,enteritis. Generally, useful for Qi tonification. Women’s health – hernia, uterine bleeding, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation / cramps), amenorrhea, leukorrhea. Men’s health – impotence, seminal emission, nighttime urinartion, hernia. Deficiencies of the lower and middle warmers – abdominal distention, bloating, edema, poor digestion, loose stools, diarrhea, fatigue. Tonify ST/SP Qi Deficiencies. Main point for prolapse of any type – rectum, uterus, etc.  Lower abdominal and/or genital pain / swelling. Stroke, loss of consciousness, weakness of the muscles and body generally. Tong CV/Tam Healing System: Main point for building and storing Qi (energy), useful for deficiency conditions – asthma, shortness of breath, general fatigue, etc.

Combinations

Dribbling of urine,abdominal distension and pain,leukorrhea (white and yellow):CV 06 & CV 04 & SP 09 & LR 01 & LR 02.
Abdominal lump,five types of stranguria,Amenorrhoea:CV 06 & SP 10.
Leukorrhagia,stranguria with turbid discharge:CV 06 & BL 27.
Dysmenorrhea,vaginal bleeding,discredited:CV 06 & LR 01 & KI 10 & LR 03 & KI 02 & SP 06 & 7.CV 03.
Gonorrhea,spermatorrhea,lower abdominal pain,Hypomenorrhea:CV 06 & SP 06.
Lumbago,paralysis of the lower limbs:CV 06 & BL 37 & BL 60.
Dysmenorrhea,hemorrhoids:CV 06 & BL 57 & SP 06.
Five types of stranguria:CV 06 & SP 10.
Leukorrhagia:CV 06 & BL 27.
Dysmenorrhea:CV 06 & CV 03 & SP 06.
Stroke:CV 06 & CV 04 & CV 08.

穴位

在下腹部。前正中線上,當臍中下1.5寸。

特點

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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

第十一肋間神經前皮支,腹壁淺動、靜脈分支和腹壁下動、靜脈分支。

適應症

下腹疼痛,大便不通,洩痢不止,癃淋,遺尿,陽痿,遺精,滑精,閉經,崩漏,帶下,陰挺,中風脫症,脘腹脹滿,氣喘,心下痛,臟器虛憊,真氣不足,肌體羸瘦,四肢力弱,奔豚,疝氣,失眠,神經衰弱,腸炎。

穴位配伍療法

小便淋瀝不盡,少腹脹痛,黃白帶下:1.氣海 2.關元 3.陰陵泉 4.大敦 5.行間
小腹痞塊,五淋,經閉不通:1.氣海 2.血海
帶下,淋濁:1.氣海 2.小腸俞
痛經,血崩,血淋:1.氣海 2.大敦 3.陰谷 4.太衝 5.然谷 6.三陰交 7.中極
白濁,遺精,下腹痛,經少:1.氣海 2.三陰交
腰痛,下肢癱瘓:1.氣海 2.殷門 3.崑崙
痛經,痔瘡:1.氣海 2.承山 3.三陰交
五淋:1.氣海 2.血海
帶下:1.氣海 2.小腸俞
痛經:1.氣海 2.中極 3.三陰交
中風脫證:1.氣海 2.關元 3.神闕