08 KI20 Futonggu Reaching Valley 腹通谷
KI20 Futonggu
Reaching Valley

腹通谷穴

LOCATION

5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to Shangwan (CV13).

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 and the branches of arteries and veins on the abdominal wall.

Indication

Acute chronic gestritis,indigestion,gastric dilatation,neurological vomiting;intercostal nerve pain,Acute hyoid muscle paralysis,epilepsy;emphysema,asthma;conjunctival hyperemia.

Combinations

Abdominal pain,abdominal distension:KI 20 & BL 21 & ST 36.
Susceptible to fright and fear:KI 20 & LR 13.

穴位

在上腹部,當臍中上5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

第八肋間神經及腹壁上動、靜脈分支。

適應症

急慢性胃炎,消化不良,胃擴張,神經性嘔吐;肋間神經痛,急性舌骨肌麻痺,癲癇;肺氣腫,哮喘;眼結膜充血。

穴位配伍療法

腹痛,腹脹:1.腹通谷 2.胃俞 3.足三里
善恐:1.腹通谷 2.章門