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CV-12 Central Stomach Duct
中脘 〔中脘〕 zhōng wǎn
Alternate names: 上纪 shàng jì, Upper Regulator; 太仓 tài cāng, Supreme Granary; 胃募 wèi mù, Stomach Alarm; 胃脘 wèi wǎn, Stomach Duct; 中管 zhōng guǎn, Central Duct
Channel: CV, controlling (rèn) vessel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper abdomen, 4 cùn superior to the umbilicus on the midline.
Classical location: Directly above Interior Strengthening (CV-11), four cùn above the navel, midway between the navel and the bone that covers the heart. From
Local anatomy: The superior epigastric artery and vein. The anterior cutaneous branch of the seventh intercostal nerve.
Action: Harmonizes the stomach and downbears counterflow; fortifies the spleen and disinhibits dampness.
Modern indications: Stomach pain; retching and vomiting; acid swallowing; abdominal distension; diarrhea; jaundice; mania and withdrawal.
Classical indications: Abdominal pain; abdominal fullness; rumbling intestines; stomach pain; scorched stench in the nose; difficult defecation; yellow or reddish urine; loss of taste; cholera (sudden turmoil); deathlike reversal; acute and chronic fright wind; damage due to preoccupation; heart pain; generalized swelling; vacuity taxation and blood ejection; mania and withdrawal; jaundice; running piglet (bēn tún); postpartum blood dizziness; internal damage to the spleen and stomach.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.8‒1.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 7‒14 cones; pole 20‒30 min.
Needle sensation: Distension, numbness, or heat following the course of the controlling vessel upward and downward, or laterally downward.
Point groups: Alarm point (mù xué) of the stomach; meeting (huì) point of the six bowels; one of the nine needles for returning yáng; intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the controlling vessel and the small intestine, triple burner and stomach channels.
Point name meaning:
While the character 脘 (wǎn) is a certain reference to the stomach duct, 中 zhōng can refer either to the point’s location at the center of the stomach duct or to its location halfway between the navel and the xiphoid process.
This point is also called 太仓 (tài cāng), Supreme Granary, in reference to a line from the Líng Shū that reads, The stomach is the Supreme Granary.
(胃者。太仓。) Nàn Jīng also refers to The bowels meet at the Supreme Granary.
(府会，太仓。) See