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Alternate names: 在泉 zài quán, At the Spring

Channel: ST, Foot Yáng Brightness (yáng míng) Stomach Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the smaller abdomen, 1 cùn inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classic location: One cùn below Celestial Pivot (ST-25), two cùn either side of the midline. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: See ST-25.

Action: Disperses cold; relieves pain; rectifies qì.

Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia); painful menstruation.

Classic indications: Menstrual pain.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.2 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 7‒15 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

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