08 KI18 Shiguan Stone Gate 石關
KI18 Shiguan
Stone Gate

石關穴

LOCATION

3 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Jianli (CV11).

Features

Meeting point of Kidney Meridian and Chong vessel.

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 branches of arteries and veins on the abdominal wall of the eighth intercostal nerve.

Indication

vomit,abdominal pain,constipation,postpartum abdominal pain,infertility.

Combinations

Stomach pain , vomit , abdominal distension:KI 18 & CV 12 & PC 06.
Threatened abortion , infertility:KI 18 & SP 06 & CV 07 & BL 23.

穴位

在上腹部,當臍中上3寸,前正中線旁開0.5寸。

特點

交會穴,通衝脈。

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

第八肋間神經的腹壁上動、靜脈的分支。

適應症

嘔吐,腹痛,便秘,產後腹痛,婦人不孕。

穴位配伍療法

胃痛、嘔吐、腹脹:1.石關 2.中脘 3.內關
先兆流產和不孕症:1.石關 2.三陰交 3.陰交穴 4.腎俞