LOCATION
3 cun above the umbilicus, on the anterior midline.
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 branch at the junction of the anterior cutaneous branch of the eighth intercostal nerve and the upper and lower abdominal arteries.
Indication
Stomach pain，abdominal pain，abdominal distension，vomit inverse, no appetite, swollen body，gastric dilatation，gastroptosis，ulcer，muscle spasm. Digestive issues – bloating, poor appetite, vomiting after eating, borborygmus, anorexia. Edema of the whole body.
Good point for appetite and weight gain.
Combinations
Heartache：KI 03 & KI 02 & LU 05 & LR 02 & CV 11 & SP 02 & SP 03 & CV 12 & HT 07 & KI 01.
Chest anguish，hiccup：CV 11 & PC 06.
Belly swelling, vomiting hiccup：CV 11 & CV 09.
Cholerabowel，abdominal pain：CV 11 & CV 12.
穴位
在上腹部，前正中線上，當臍中上3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
第八肋間神經前皮支和腹壁上、下動脈交界處的分支。
適應症
胃痛，腹痛，腹脹，嘔逆，不嗜食，身腫，胃擴張，胃下垂，胃潰瘍，腹肌痙攣。
穴位配伍療法
心痛：1.太溪 2.然谷 3.尺澤 4.行間 5.建里 6.大都 7.太白 8.中脘 9.神門 10湧泉
胸中苦悶，呃逆：1.建裡 2.內關
肚腹腫脹，嘔噦：1.建裡 2.水分
霍亂腸鳴，腹痛脹滿：1.建裡 2.中脘