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Alternate names: 肠结 cháng jié, Intestinal Bind; 腹出 fù chū, Abdominal Exit; 腹窟 fù kū, Abdominal Hole; 腹屈 fù qū, Abdominal Bend

Channel: SP, foot greater yīn (tài yīn) spleen channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the smaller abdomen, 3 cùn superior to SP-13 (fǔ shè) and 4 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn and three fēn below Great Horizontal (SP-15), four and a half cùn from the midline of the abdomen. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The 11th intercostal artery and vein. The 11th intercostal nerve.

Action: Warms the center and disperses cold; rectifies qì and downbears counterflow.

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

Classical indications: Cough and counterflow; susceptibility to fright and sorrow.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 10‒30 min.

Point name meaning:

• 腹 fù: abdomen
• 结 jié: a knot; to tie, weave, congeal

The name Abdominal Bind and the alternate name Intestinal Bind both refer to the effectiveness of this point in treating pain and stagnation in the abdomen, presenting as constipation, hernia, or abdominal pain.

By itself, the character 结 (jié) can mean curve or bend. (广雅、释诂: 结，曲也). The point name may therefore refer to the turn in the intestine beneath this point. The alternate name Abdominal Bend supports this interpretation. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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