LOCATION
5 cun above the umbilicus, on the anterior midline.
Features
Meeting point of Conception Vessel, Stomach and 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 seventh intercostal nerve and the arteries and veins on the abdominal wall.
Indication
Nausea，vomit，indigestion，stomach pain，indigestion and loss of appetite，abdominal distensionabdominal pain，coughphlegm，jaundice，coughing up of blood hemoptysis。gestritis，gastric dilatation，diaphragm spasm，enteritis. CV 13 is useful for upper warmer issues (vomiting, hiatal hernia, hiccups, epigastric pain), whereas CV 12 is useful for middle warmer issues and CV 10 is useful for lower warmer issues. Abdominal pain a/or distention, epigastic pain, nausea, vomiting. Spleen deficiency related heart and emotional issues – insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, heart pain, running piglet, sensations of heat in the chest and/or body (possibly without sweating).
Combinations
Stomach duct pain a. indigestion：CV 13 & CV 12.
Stomach duct pain b.：CV 13 & LI 04 & ST 36.
Heartachevomit， caused by a cold，spit roundworm ：CV 13 & ST 40.
Running piglet，insomnia ，fretful：CV 13 & HT 07.
Hematemesis：CV 13 & ST 19 & PC 07.
Running piglet：CV 13 & HT 07.
Heat and coughing up of blood hemoptysis：CV 13 & LU 05 & LU 10 & LR 08 & LR 02.
Cardiac spasm：CV 13 & PC 06 & SP 04.
穴位
前正中線上，當臍中上5寸。
特點
交會穴，通足陽明、手太陽。在上腹部，
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
第七肋間神經前皮支和腹壁上動、靜脈。
適應症
反胃，嘔吐，食不化，胃痛，納呆，腹脹腹痛，咳嗽痰多，積聚，黃疸，虛癆吐血。胃炎，胃擴張，隔肌痙攣，腸炎。
穴位配伍療法
胃脘痛 a，飲食不化：1.上脘 2.中脘
胃脘痛 b：1.上脘 2.合谷 3.足三里
心痛嘔吐，傷寒吐蛔：1.上脘 2.豐隆
發狂奔走，失眠煩躁：1.上脘 2.神門
嘔血：1.上脘 2.不容 3.大陵
發狂奔走：1.上脘 2.神門
蓄熱吐血：1.上脘 2.尺澤 3.魚際 4.曲泉 5.行間
賁門痙攣：1.上脘 2.內關 3.公孫