LOCATION
4 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Zhongwan (CV12).
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 eighth intercostal nerve, the artery and vein on the abdominal wall.
Indication
Abdominal distension,bowel,abdominal pain,constipation,infertility,sternocostal fullness,malaria.
Combinations
Lung distension and fullness:KI 19 & LU 09 & BL 13.
Hearts fanre and fullness:KI 19 & CV 14.
Night sweats:CV 06 & CV 03 & KI 19 & PC 05 & LI 13.
Amenorrhoea:KI 19 & SP 06 & SP 10.
Malnutrition and indigestion syndrome:KI 19 & CV 12 & ST 25 & ST 36 & 5.EX-UE10.
穴位
在上腹部,當臍中上4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,腹壁上動、靜脈。
適應症
腹脹,腸鳴,腹痛,便秘,婦人不孕,胸脅滿,瘧疾。
穴位配伍療法
肺脹、膨膨氣搶、脅下熱滿痛:1.陰都 2.太淵 3.肺俞
心中煩滿:1.陰都 2.巨闕
盜汗:1.氣海 2.中極 3.陰都 4.間使 5.手五里
閉經:1.陰都 2.三陰交 3.血海
納呆及小兒疳積:1.陰都 2.中脘 3.天樞穴 4.足三里 5.四縫