LOCATION
On the upper abdomen, 2 cun above the center of the umbilicus, 2 cun lateral to anterior midline.
Features
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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 artery and vein branch and the abdominal wall artery and vein branch; the eighth Intercostal nerve branch (inside is the transverse colon)
Indication
Gestritis，gastrospasm，enteritis，ascites，constipation；enuresis，swelling，edema . Abdominal pain, bloating, gurgling in the stomach/intestines (boborygmus). Diarrhea, constipation, poor appetite. Edema.
Combinations
Boweldiarrhea：ST22 & ST 36 & CV 09.
Abdominal distension，abdominal pain，indigestion：ST22 & CV 12 & ST 36 & ST 39 & BL 26.
Enuresis a：ST22 & HT 07 & BL 40.
Enuresis b：ST22 & LU 01 & HT 07.
穴位
在上腹部，當臍中上2寸，距前正中線2寸。
特點
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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、九肋間神經分支，動、靜脈分支及腹壁下動、靜脈分支。第8、9、10肋間神經的前皮支分佈。腹腔內相對應器官為大網膜和小腸。
適應症
急性胃炎，消化不良，腸鳴，腹脹；癔病，癲癇，精神病；遺尿。
穴位配伍療法
消化不良：1.太乙 2.足三里 3.脾俞 4.胃俞
癲 狂，吐舌：1.太乙 2.滑肉門
胃痛：1.太乙 2.中脘