12 LR06 Zhongdu Middle Capital 中都
LR6 Zhongdu
Middle Capital

中都穴

LOCATION

On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 7 cun proximal to the highest prominence of the medial malleolus, just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia, between the crest of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle.

Features

Xi/cleft point.

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 branch of the saphenous nerve, the great saphenous vein.

Indication

Acute rib pain,hypochondrium pain, acute LRer pain,acute eye pain;irregular menstruation,metrorrhagia,leukorrhagia,postpartum congestion ;hernia,spermatorrhea ;abdominal pain,diarrhea;weakness of the lower limbs,acute hepatitis;pain along the channel, genital region or medial knee.

Combinations

Abdominal distension,diarrhea:LR 06 ST 36 & ST 34.
Menorrhagia,postpartum lochiorrhea: LR 06 SP 10 & SP 06.
Dysmenorrhea:LR 06 LI 04 & BL 32 & SP 06.
Leukorrhea:LR 06 BL 20 & SP 09.
Hernia:LR 06 LR 03.
Swollen limbs:LI 11 & SI 03 & LR 06 SP 09 & ST 44.
Flaccidity of the lower limbs:LR 06 SP 06 & SP 09 & GB 33 & ST 32 & SP 11.

Good for uterine bleeding and hernia.

穴位

在小腿內側,當足內踝尖上7寸,脛骨內側處。

特點

郄穴。

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

隱神經的分支,大隱靜脈。

適應症

急性肋骨痛脅痛, 急性肝區痛,急性眼睛脹痛;月經不調,崩漏,帶下 ,淋漓不盡,產後淤血、排不盡;疝氣,遺精 ;腹痛,泄瀉;下肢無力、 行走不便或疼痛等。

穴位配伍療法

肝木乘土之腹脹、泄瀉:1.中都 2.足三里 3.梁丘
月經過多和崩漏、產後惡露不絕: 1.中都 2.血海3.三陰
痛經:1.中都 2.合谷 3.次髎 4.三陰交
白帶:1.中都 2.脾俞 3.陰陵泉
疝氣:1.中都 2.太衝
四肢浮腫:1.曲池 2.中渚 3.中都 4.陰陵泉 5.內庭
下肢痿痺癱痛:1.中都 2.三陰交 3.陰陵泉4.膝陽
關 5.膝關 6.伏兔 7.箕門