13 CV12 Zhongwan Stomach Centre 中脘
CV12 Zhongwan
Stomach Centre

中脘穴

LOCATION

4 cun above the umbilicus, or midway between the umbilicus and the xiphisternal symphysis.

Features

Front-Mu Point of the Stomach Meridian. Crossing Point of Small Intestine, Triple Energizer, Stomach Meridians and Conception Vessel.
One of the Eight Influential Points (Fu/organs Convergence). Great point for moxibustion.

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 seventh and eighth intercostal nerves are the medial branch of the anterior cutaneous branch, and the arterial and venous branches on the abdominal wall.

Indication

Abdominal pain, peptic ulcer, acute or chronic gastritis, gastroptosis, gastric torsion, intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal motility disease, dyspepsia, acute pancreatitis, neurasthenia, insomnia, chronic convulsions, esophageal cancer, urticaria, hepatitis, early liver cirrhosis.

Combinations


穴位

在上腹部,前正中線上,當臍中上4寸。

特點

交會穴,通手太陽、手少陽、足陽明。胃之募穴。八會穴之腑會。

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

第七、八肋間神經前皮支內側支,腹壁上動、靜脈分支。

適應症

腹痛,消化性潰瘍,急慢性胃炎,胃下垂,胃扭轉,腸梗阻,胃腸運動功能性疾病,消化不良,急性胰腺炎,神經衰弱,失眠,慢驚風,食管癌,蕁麻疹,肝炎,早期肝硬化。

穴位配伍療法

喘息不能行:1.中脘 2.期門 3.上廉
胃脹:1.中脘 2.章門
胃痛:1.中脘 2.內關 3.梁丘
食不化:1.中脘 2.三陰交
黃疸、四肢無力:1.中脘 2.足三里
泄瀉不止:1.中脘 2.天樞 3.中極
便血:1.中脘 2.氣海 3.三里
急性腸梗阻:1.中脘 2.天樞 3.內關 4.氣海
慢驚風:1.中脘 2.關元 3.足三里 4.章門 5.印堂