Alarm point

Also mustering point Any of a group of points on the abdomen or chest, each of which is the collecting point of the qì of a bowel or viscus in whose vicinity it lies. The alarm points are listed below.

Application: Disease in a given bowel or viscus may be reflected in tenderness, lumps, gatherings, depressions, or other aberrant signs at its alarm pointand can be treated by applying a stimulus at the point. In clinical practice, the alarm points of each bowels is commonly used in the treatment of that bowel, e.g., CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), the alarm point of the bladder, is almost always used in the treatment of urinary diseases; ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), the alarm point of the large intestine, is frequently used to treat constipation. The alarm points of the viscera are infrequently employed, the back transport points being the preferred points for the treatment of diseases of the viscera. The alarm points are often used in combination with the back transport points. See back transport point and point selection.

Etymology

Chin 募 mù, muster, gather. Mustering point is closer to the meaning of the Chinese term than alarm point.