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Channel: ST, foot yáng brightness (yáng míng) stomach channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the smaller abdomen, 3 cùn inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: Three cùn below Great Gigantic (ST-27), two cùn either side of the midline. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: Branches of the subcostal artery and vein; laterally the inferior epigastric artery and vein. Branch of the subcostal nerve.

Action: Clears damp-heat and disinhibits the lower burner.

Modern indications: Smaller abdominal distension and fullness; inhibited urination; urinary stoppage; menstrual pain; infertility; mounting qì (shàn qì, inguinal hernia).

Classical indications: Foxlike mounting (shàn); cold in the bladder; heat binding in the triple burner; menstrual lumbar pain; uterine conglomeration.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.2 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 7‒15 cones; pole 10‒30 min.

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