LOCATION
2 cun above the umbilicus, on the anterior midline.
Features
Crossing point with Spleen 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 anterior cutaneous branch of the eighth intercostal nerve and the arteries and veins under the abdominal wall.
Indication
Belly swollen，indigestion，vomit inverse，diarrhea；gestritis，ulcer，gastrospasm，gastric dilatation，enteritis.
CV 10 is indicated for issues with the lower stomach (stagnation, bloating, distention, weak digestion, diarrhea, undigested food in the stool, vomiting, borborygmus).
CV 12 is indicated for issues with the middle stomach and CV 13 is indicated for the upper stomach.
Combinations
Bowel，indigestion：CV 10 & ST 43.
Hard belly, lump：CV 10 & CV 12.
Indigestion ， diarrhea ：CV 10 & ST 36.
Has effect on pancreatic enzyme.
Important point for gastric pain and diarrhea.
穴位
在上腹部，前正中線上，當臍中上2寸。
特點
交會穴，通足太陰。
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
第八肋間神經前皮支和腹壁下動、靜脈。
適應症
腹堅硬脹，食穀不化，痞塊連臍上；嘔逆，泄瀉；虛腫，日漸消瘦。胃炎，胃潰瘍，胃痙攣，胃擴張，腸炎。
穴位配伍療法
腸鳴，食穀不化：1.下脘 2.陷谷
腹堅硬脹，痞塊：1.下脘 2.中脘
食飲不化，入腹還出：1.下脘 2.足三里