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Alternate names: 上门 shàng mén, Upper Gate; 通谷 tōng gǔ, Freeing the Grain

Channel: KI, Foot Lesser Yīn (shào yīn) Kidney Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper abdomen, 5 cùn superior to the umbilicus and 0.5 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classic location: One cùn below Dark Gate (KI-21), one and a half cùn from the midline. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: See KI-18.

Action: Fortifies the spleen and harmonizes the stomach; loosens the chest and rectifies qì.

Modern indications: Abdominal pain; abdominal distension; retching and vomiting.

Classic indications: Accumulations and gatherings; strings and aggregations; lodged rheum; pain in the chest and rib-side; retching; cough and counterflow and panting; epilepsy; fulminant loss of voice; heart palpitation; abstraction.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 20‒30 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the kidney channel and thoroughfare vessel.

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