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Song of Ren Mai Acupoints
There are twenty-four acupoints on the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) along the midline of the body. Huiyin (Perineum, CV1) is hidden between the two yin orifices (the anus and the urethra/vagina). Anterior to Qugu (CV2) lies Zhongji (CV3); Guan Yuan (CV4), Shi Men (CV5), and Qi Hai (CV6) follow in sequence. Yin Jiao (CV7), Shen Que (CV8, text error "Shen Guan"), and Shui Fen (CV9) are located there; Xia Wan (CV10), Jian Li (CV11), and Zhong Wan (CV12) are anteriorly above. Shang Wan (CV13) and Ju Que (CV14) connect to Jiu Wei (CV15); Zhong Ting (CV16), Dan Zhong (CV17), and Yu Tang (CV18) are within. Zi Gong (CV19) and Hua Gai (CV20) move like the Xuan Ji star; Tian Tu (CV21), Lian Quan (CV23), and Cheng Jiang (CV24) mark the end.

Huiyin (CV1) [also known as Ping Yi] Located anterior to the anus and posterior to the urethra/vagina, between the two yin orifices. It is a collateral branch of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), intersecting with the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) and Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel). Another view holds that the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), Du Mai (Governing Vessel), and Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) all originate here: the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) travels along the abdomen from here, the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) along the back, and the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) along the Shaoyin (Kidney/Liver) divisions. Needle depth: 2 cun; retain for three breaths (hu); moxibustion: 3 cones. One method prohibits needling; only in cases of sudden death, needle 1 cun and apply tonification. For drowning victims, carry them upside down out of water, needle and apply tonification; if urine and feces are expelled, life is restored. Needling is contraindicated in other cases.

Indications: Sweat in the genital region, various diseases of the vagina/yin, pain radiating between the anterior and posterior orifices, inability to urinate or defecate, chronic anal diseases leading to fistula/hemorrhoids, cold qi rushing to the heart in men, pain in the vulva in women, amenorrhea.
A transmitted method treats postpartum coma and loss of consciousness.

Qugu (CV2) Located above the pubic bone, 1 cun below Zhongji (CV3), in the depression of the pubic hair line where the artery beats. Intersection of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) and Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian. Needle depth: 1.5 cun; retain for seven breaths; moxibustion: 3 cones. Another method: needle 0.8 cun, moxibustion 7 to 49 cones.

Indications: Distension and fullness in the lower abdomen, edema, dysuria (scanty painful urination), blood strangury, hernia, lower abdominal pain, seminal emission due to deficiency-cold, red and white leukorrhea in women.
*Qianjin Fang* states: For edema and distension, moxibustion 100 cones.

Zhongji (CV3) [also known as Yu Quan, Qi Yuan] Located 4 cun below the umbilicus. Front-Mu point of the Bladder. Intersection of the Three Foot-Yin Meridians and the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; retain for ten breaths; moxibustion: 3 cones. Another method: moxibustion 100 to 300 cones. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Deficiency and exhaustion of Yang Qi, cold qi frequently rushing to the heart/chest, corpse-jue (syncope) with confusion, seminal emission and infertility, masses below the umbilicus, edema and Ben Tun (running piglet syndrome), hernia, Zha masses, five types of strangury, dark and scanty difficult urination, deficiency-cold of the lower yuan in women, metrorrhagia and turbid discharge, retention of lochia after childbirth, retained placenta, amenorrhea, blood stasis forming masses, swelling and pain of the cervical os, turning bladder (retention of urine).
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats blood stasis forming masses, irregular menstruation, prolonged postpartum lochia, pain from accumulations below the umbilicus, unstoppable metrorrhagia; moxibustion 14 cones.
*Tai Yi Ge* states: Combine with Qi Hai (CV6), Zhongji (CV3), and Zusanli (ST36) to treat lower abdominal difficulty in urination/defecation.
*Qianjin Fang* states: For failed conception and recurrent miscarriage, moxibustion Yu Quan (Zhongji CV3) 50 cones, repeated three times. Also states: This is the most important point for inducing sterility in women. Also states: For hard and full abdominal distension and edema, moxibustion 100 cones. Also states: For low back pain, difficult urination, and turning bladder, moxibustion 7 cones.

Guan Yuan (CV4) [also known as Ci Men, Xia Ji] Located 3 cun below the umbilicus. This point is at the center of the upper and lower four sides of the body, hence also called Da Zhongji. It is the place where men store essence and women store blood. Front-Mu point of the Small Intestine. Intersection of the Three Foot-Yin Meridians, Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; retain for seven breaths; moxibustion: 7 cones. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needle 2 cun. *Qi Fu Lun Zhu* states: Needle 1.2 cun. Another method: moxibustion 100 to 300 cones. *Qianjin Fang* states: Needling this point in women causes infertility.

Indications: Accumulated cold, various deficiencies and damages, colic below the umbilicus radiating to the genitals, cold qi entering the abdomen, Shaoyang Ben Tun (running piglet syndrome), nocturnal seminal emission, leukorrhea, five stranguries and seven hernias, hematuria, dark and scanty difficult urination, dribbling, turning bladder with inability to void, leukorrhea and Zha masses in women, amenorrhea and infertility, bleeding during pregnancy, prolonged postpartum lochia, or cessation of menstruation due to blood-cold. One view states that all conditions of accumulated cold and deficiency are suitable for moxibustion; needling is contraindicated in pregnancy as it may cause abortion. If abortion does not occur, needling Kunlun (BL60) will induce immediate expulsion. Another view states it treats Yin-pattern Cold Damage and frequent urination, and red/white leukorrhea in women; moxibustion should be applied, ranging from over 1,000 cones to at least 200-300 cones, saving many lives; however, frequent moxibustion is required, combined with Zusanli (ST36), hence the saying: "If you want the Dantian safe, never neglect Zusanli."
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats Pi Qi (mass) pain, moxibustion 21 cones.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Treats Zha Pi masses, moxibustion 50 cones. Also treats chronic dysentery unresponsive to hundred treatments, moxibustion 300 cones divided over ten days; also treats cold dysentery and abdominal pain, and pain knotting below the umbilicus radiating to the genitals occurring at any time; additionally moxibustion Tian Jing (SI10) 100 cones. Also treats Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), moxibustion 21 cones. Also treats Qi Strangury, Stone Strangury, and Hernia, and thirty-six types of diseases below the umbilicus, moxibustion 50 to 100 cones. Also states: For closed Bao Men (uterine gate) causing sterility, moxibustion Guan Yuan (CV4) 30 cones, repeated.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Yongquan (KI1) and Fenglong (ST40) as an example for treating Shi Lao (consumptive disease). Also states: Moxibustion heavily on Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) can attack Kidney failure.
*Xi Hong Fu* states: Treats urinary incontinence. Also states: Combine with Zhaohai (KI6), Yinjiao (CV7), Ququan (LR8), and Qihai (CV6) using reducing method to treat Seven Hernias pain miraculously.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: For infertility, select the regions of Yinjiao (CV7) and Shiguan (SP18).
A transmitted method treats postpartum blood-Qi pain and uterine failure to conceive.

Shi Men (CV5) [also known as Ming Men, Dantian, Jing Lu, Li Ji] Located 2 cun below the umbilicus. Front-Mu point of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner). Needle depth: 0.6 cun; retain for seven breaths; moxibustion: 5 cones. Another method: moxibustion 14 to 100 cones. One view says it should not be moxibustioned excessively as it causes damage. Contraindicated for needling and moxibustion in women; violation leads to lifelong sterility.

Indications: Hard and rigid abdominal distension, edema with fullness, Qi Strangury with dark and scanty difficult urination, lower abdominal pain, incessant diarrhea, alternating chills and fever, cough with rebellious Qi and vomiting blood, sudden Hernia pain, prolonged postpartum lochia leading to mass formation, metrorrhagia and leakage with blood strangury.
*Qianjin Fang* states: For large intestine obstruction and Qi knotting causing hardness/fullness below the heart, moxibustion 100 cones. Also treats severe lower abdominal colic and incessant dysentery, moxibustion Dantian (Shi Men CV5) 100 cones, repeated three times. Also treats Blood Strangury, moxibustion according to age (Sui Nian Zhuang). Also treats edema and fullness in the middle face, moxibustion 100 cones.
A transmitted method for sterilization: moxibustion 3 cones in the arterial depression 2.3 cun below the umbilicus.

Qi Hai (CV6) [also known as Bo Na, Xia Huang] Located 1.5 cun below the umbilicus in the depression. Source of the Huang (Bladder/Peritoneum); it is the Sea of Vital Qi for men. Needle depth: 0.8 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needle 1.3 cun. Another method: moxibustion 100 cones. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Deficiency-cold of the Lower Jiao rushing to the heart and abdomen, incessant vomiting, Yang deficiency with palpitations and insomnia, Ben Tun (running piglet syndrome) and Seven Hernias, Zha masses in Small Intestine and Bladder shaped like an inverted cup, cold Qi below the umbilicus, Yang collapse approaching death, Yin-pattern Cold Damage, retracted testicles and cold limbs, dark and scanty difficult urination, emaciation and leukorrhea, red/white leukorrhea and irregular menstruation in women, prolonged postpartum lochia, periumbilical pain, enuresis in children. One view states it treats sudden Jue (syncope) with Qi attacking the hypochondrium and epigastrium causing pain, gasping and near-death, named Ben Tun; first soak feet in hot water for a long time, then moxibustion 100 cones. This is Qi Hai (CV6); for any organ Qi exhaustion and all conditions of true Qi deficiency with chronic illness, moxibustion is indicated.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Treats watery diarrhea/dysentery and lower abdominal accumulation/distension, and female Zha masses with emaciation, moxibustion Qi Hai (CV6) 100 cones, repeated three times.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Xuanji (CV9), treats emaciation and panting.
*Xi Hong Fu* states: Treats Five Stranguries, immediately needle Zusanli (ST36). Also combine with Shuifen (CV9) to treat edema. Also combine with Zhaohai (KI6), Yinjiao (CV7), Ququan (LR8), and Guan Yuan (CV4) using reducing method to treat Seven Hernias lower abdominal pain miraculously.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Needle Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Qi Hai (CV6) specifically to control chronic leukorrhea and seminal emission.
*Ling Guang Fu* states: Combine with Xuehai (SP10) to treat Five Stranguries.
A transmitted method treats Xiao Chang Qi pain, Cold Damage abdominal pain, Qi distension with water drum and yellow swelling; suitable for heavy moxibustion in all seasons.
Formerly, Liu Gongdu said: My health preservation has no other technique, but simply not letting Yuan Qi assist anger and joy, keeping Qi Hai warm. Since modern people cannot avoid letting Yuan Qi assist anger and joy, if one can frequently moxibustion Qi Hai to keep it warm, that is the next best method. I used to be often ill, feeling short of breath; a doctor taught me to moxibustion Qi Hai, and my breath became steady. Since then, I moxibustion it once or twice a year due to Qi timidity.

Yinjiao (CV7) [also known as Shao Guan, Huang Hu] Located 1 cun below the umbilicus. Another view: at the upper border of the Bladder. Front-Mu point of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner). Intersection of Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), and Shaoyin (Kidney/Liver). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones. Another method: moxibustion 100 cones. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Diseases of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), pain rushing from lower abdomen to heart, inability to urinate, Hernia pain, genital sweat and itching, Ben Tun (running piglet syndrome), stiffness and cramping of waist and knees, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, vaginal itching, prolonged postpartum lochia, periumbilical cold pain.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats cold pain below the umbilicus, moxibustion 21 cones.
*Qianjin Fang* states: For constipation and urinary retention, moxibustion 3 cones. For turning bladder, moxibustion according to age. Also treats edema with Qi moving up and down, moxibustion 100 cones.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Zusanli (ST36) and Shuifen (CV9) to treat Drum Distension.
*Xi Hong Fu* states: Combine with Zhaohai (KI6), Ququan (LR8), Guan Yuan (CV4), and Qi Hai (CV6) using reducing method to treat Seven Hernias lower abdominal pain miraculously. Also states: Treats Xiao Chang Qi pulling pain connecting to umbilicus; urgently reduce this point, and taking Qi from Yongquan (KI1) is excellent. Also states: Combine with Baihui (GV20), Taichong (LR3), and Zhaohai (KI6) to treat throat diseases.
*Biao You Fu* states: Yinjiao and Yang separation stabilize Blood Yun (syncope due to blood).
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Zusanli (ST36) to treat epidemic Huo Luan. Also states: For infertility, select Yinjiao (CV7) and Shiguan (SP18).
A transmitted method treats wind-cold wandering pain and distension in the abdomen.

Shen Que (CV8) [also known as Qi She] Located in the center of the umbilicus. Moxibustion 3 cones; **Needling is prohibited**. Needling causes malignant ulcers and suppuration, leading to untreatable death. Another method: Fill the umbilicus with clean fried salt, cover with a thick slice of ginger, moxibustion 100 cones; or use Sichuan pepper instead of salt is also good.

Indications: Yin-pattern Cold Damage and Wind-Stroke, loss of consciousness, deficiency-cold injury in the abdomen, incessant borborygmus and diarrhea, edema and drum distension, incessant infantile milk dysentery, severe abdominal wind epilepsy, opisthotonos, rectal prolapse. For women with cold-blood uterus unable to conceive, moxibustion this point ensures no miscarriage. Most texts do not mention moxibustion, only prohibiting needling. *Tong Ren* states: Suitable for moxibustion 100 cones. A person named Xu suffered sudden stroke and loss of consciousness; following instructions from *Tao Yuan Bu*, he was moxibustioned at the umbilicus 100 cones and revived, but died months later. Zheng Jiu said: A relative suddenly had wind-stroke; the physician moxibustioned him 500 cones until red, and he lived past eighty. Had Xu been moxibustioned 300-500 cones, who knows he wouldn't have lived long? Therefore, Shen Que (CV8) moxibustion must use fine salt filling, and more is better. If moxibustioned 300-500 cones, it not only cures disease but extends life; if few cones are used, it may temporarily cure but likely relapse, becoming untreatable. However, in summer when the Spirit is in the umbilicus, moxibustion is contraindicated.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Salt in umbilicus moxibustion 3 cones treats Strangury. Also states: For all Huo Luan, salt in umbilicus moxibustion 14 cones, also treats distension.

Shui Fen (CV9) [also known as Fen Shui, Zhong Shou] Located 1 cun below Xia Wan (CV10) and 1 cun above the umbilicus. At the lower outlet of the Small Intestine; here clear and turbid are separated, water enters the Bladder, dregs enter the Large Intestine, hence named Shui Fen (Water Division). **Needling prohibited**; moxibustion 5 cones. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needle 1 cun. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Water disease with hard abdomen, yellow swelling like a drum, Qi rushing to chest causing breathing difficulty, periumbilical pain, borborygmus and diarrhea, urinary retention, fontanelle depression in infants. If water disease causes hard distension and inability to eat, moxibustion is highly effective: 7 cones daily up to 400 cones; **do not needle**, as needling with complete drainage of water leads to death.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Abdominal distension and edema, moxibustion 14 to 21 cones.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Treats regurgitation and vomiting, moxibustion 20 cones. Also treats hard periumbilical knotting pain and inability to eat, moxibustion 100 cones. Also treats Huo Luan with tendon twitching entering abdomen approaching death: hold limbs with four people, moxibustion 4-5 cones until still, then stop holding, continue to 14 cones.
*Tai Yi Ge* states: Reduce this point for abdominal distension; combine with Zusanli (ST36) and Yin Gu (KI10) to promote diuresis and reduce edema.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Yinjiao (CV7) and Zusanli (ST36) to treat Drum Distension.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Yinling (Yinlingquan SP9) to remove edema filling the umbilicus.
*Xi Hong Fu* states: Combine with Qihai (CV6) to treat edema.
*Tian Xing Mi Jue* states: Combine with Jianli (CV11) to treat abdominal floating swelling and distension.

Xia Wan (CV10) Located 1 cun below Jianli (CV11) and 2 cun above the umbilicus. At the lower outlet of the Stomach and upper inlet of the Small Intestine. Intersection of Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones. Another method: 14 to 100 cones. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Hard pain from rebellious Qi above the umbilicus, abdominal distension, indigestion of cold food, deficiency swelling and Pi masses connecting to umbilicus, emaciation with poor appetite, regurgitation, dark urination.
*Ling Guang Fu* states: Combine with Zhong Wan (CV12) to treat abdominal hardness.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Xiangu (ST41) to calm intra-abdominal borborygmus.

Jianli (CV11) Located 3 cun above the umbilicus and 1 cun below Zhong Wan (CV12). Needle depth: 0.5 cun; retain for ten breaths; moxibustion: 5 cones. One view states suitable for needling but not moxibustion; especially contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Abdominal distension and body swelling, heart pain with rebellious Qi, borborygmus, vomiting, retching, and anorexia.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Mainly for Huo Luan with borborygmus and abdominal distension; needle 0.8 cun, reduce with five exhalations, withdraw quickly; daily moxibustion 14 to 100 cones.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Neiguan (PC6) to sweep away chest bitterness and oppression.
*Tian Xing Mi Jue* states: Combine with Shuifen (CV9) to treat abdominal swelling.

Zhong Wan (CV12) [also known as Tai Cang, Wei Wan, Shang Ji] Located 1 cun below Shang Wan (CV13) and 4 cun above the umbilicus, midway between the xiphoid process and umbilicus. Front-Mu point of the Stomach. Hui-Sea point of the Fu Organs. Intersection of Hand-Taiyang, Hand-Shaoyang, Foot-Yangming, and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; moxibustion: 7 cones. One view states 14 to 100 cones. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Epigastric distension, indigestion from overeating, Five Obstructions and Five Chokes, regurgitation and anorexia, heat-pain in Heart and Spleen, accumulations with phlegm-fluids and sallow complexion, excessive water drinking in Cold Damage causing abdominal distension and asthma, Warm Malaria, Huo Luan with vomiting/diarrhea, persistent chills/fever, Ben Tun Qi attacking upward from reading strain, Fu Liang mass under heart, cold Pi Qi knotting. All conditions of unbearable Spleen cold, epigastric distension, inability to eat/digest, Qi knotting with thunderous pain are suitable for moxibustion. As the Hui-Sea of Fu Organs, it treats all Fu organ diseases.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Consumption with hematemesis, vomiting/anorexia, satiety with somnolence, hundred diseases, moxibustion 300 cones. Also treats distension/edema, Qi gathering with cold, moxibustion 100 cones, repeated three times. Also treats Ben Tun/Fu Liang cold Qi, needle 0.8 cun, retain 7 breaths, reduce 5 exhalations, daily moxibustion 14 to 400 cones. Also treats Five Toxin Infestation with inability to eat/drink, moxibustion up to 1,000 cones. Also treats Huo Luan starting with abdominal pain, moxibustion 14 cones; if ineffective, another 14 cones. Also treats Zhong E (evil invasion), moxibustion 50 cones.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Wangu (SI4) to treat Spleen deficiency jaundice. Also states: Combine with Shang Wan (CV13) to treat Nine Types of Heart Pain.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Mainly treats accumulative dysentery.
*Ling Guang Fu* states: Combine with Xia Wan (CV10) to treat abdominal hardness.
*Kuai Jie Fang* states: Treats food impaction.

Shang Wan (CV13) Located 1.5 cun below Ju Que (CV14), 3 cun from the xiphoid process, 5 cun above the umbilicus. Intersection of Foot-Yangming Stomach, Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine, and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). Needle depth: 0.8 cun; retain for seven breaths; moxibustion: 5 cones. *Qianjin Fang* states: Daily moxibustion 14 to 100 cones, repeated three times. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Indications: Vexing heat in the heart, unbearable pain, borborygmus in abdomen, indigestion, Huo Luan with regurgitation/vomiting, excessive saliva in Sanjiao, Ben Tun/Fu Liang, Qi distension and accumulations, Jaundice and Heart Wind, palpitations with hematemesis, fever with anhidrosis.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats heart pain, masses, and vomiting, moxibustion 14 cones.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Zhong Wan (CV12) to treat Nine Divine Heart Pains.
*Tai Yi Ge* states: Combine with Fenglong (ST40), needle/treat heart pain/vomiting, Cold Damage with roundworm vomiting.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Shenmen (HT7) to treat manic running/walking.
*Kuai Jie Fang* states: Treats wind-epilepsy, febrile disease, and roundworm heart pain.

Ju Que (CV14) Located 1 cun below Jiu Wei (CV15). Front-Mu point of the Heart. Needle depth: 0.6 cun; retain for seven breaths; moxibustion: 7 cones. Another method: needle 0.3 cun, moxibustion 49 cones.

Indications: Rebellious Qi with cough/wheezing, chest fullness and shortness of breath, Nine Types of Heart Pain, cold pain radiating to lower abdomen, roundworm pain, phlegm-fluid cough, Huo Luan abdominal distension, confusion/manic behavior, jaundice, Middle Obstruction discomfort, vexation/sudden heart pain, Corpse-Jue, Gu Poison, Xi Ben with hematemesis, incessant vomiting/dysentery, Ox Epilepsy.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Treats vomiting/anorexia, moxibustion 50 cones. Upper Qi chest fullness with back pain, moxibustion 50 cones. If Huo Luan heart pain starts with vomiting, moxibustion 14 cones; if not healed, another 14 cones. Also treats sudden shock, moxibustion 100 cones.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats heart/abdominal Qi accumulation, moxibustion 14 cones. Also states: Treats childhood epilepsies, such as mouth twisting/spitting foam, moxibustion 3 cones, cone size like wheat grain.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with needling Danzhong (CV17) to relieve intercostal pain and difficult-to-control fluid retention.

Jiu Wei (CV15) [also known as , Wei Yi] Located 0.5 cun below the xiphoid process. In persons without a xiphoid process, measure 1 cun down from the xiphoid junction (*Jia Yi Jing* says 1.5 cun). Source of the Gao (Pleura/Pericardium). **Needling and moxibustion prohibited**. One view allows needle 0.3 cun, moxibustion 3 cones. This point is very difficult to needle; only skilled masters should attempt it lightly.

Indications: Palpitations with fright, dissipation of Shen (Spirit), epilepsy and manic disorders.
*Xi Hong Fu* states: Jiu Wei can treat five types of epilepsy; if Yongquan (KI1) is added, the person will not die.

Zhong Ting (CV16) Located 1.6 cun below Danzhong (CV17) in the depression; take while supine. Needle depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones.

Indications: Hypochondriac fullness, choking sensation with vomiting/retching, food coming back out, infant spitting up milk.

Danzhong (CV17) [also known as Yuan Er, Shang Qi Hai] Located 1.6 cun below Yutang (CV18), in the depression between the nipples; take while supine. **Needling prohibited**; moxibustion: 7 cones. Unfortunate needling may cause premature death. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needle 0.3 cun.

Indications: All Upper Qi and Shortness of Breath, phlegm-wheezing/cough, rebellious cough/choking, food obstruction/regurgitation, laryngeal wheezing/asthma, Lung Abscess with vomiting of frothy/purulent/bloody sputum, scanty lactation in women. This is the Hui-Sea of Qi; all conditions of Upper Qi failing to descend, Qi choking, Qi obstruction, and Qi pain are suitable for moxibustion.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Upper Qi asthmatic cough, moxibustion 7 cones.
*Qianjin Fang* states: Chest Bi and heart pain, moxibustion 100 cones. Upper Qi rebellious cough, moxibustion 50 cones.
*Yu Long Fu* states: Combine with Tian Tu (CV21) to treat asthma/cough.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Ju Que (CV14) needling to relieve intercostal pain and difficult-to-control fluid retention.
A transmitted method treats Cold Damage with abundant wind-phlegm obstruction.

Yutang (CV18) [also known as Yu Ying] Located 1.6 cun below Zigong (CV19) in the depression; take while supine. Needle depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones. One view says light moxibustion.

Indications: Chest and breast fullness/pain, vexation with rebellious cough, upper Qi asthma with inability to breathe, throat Bi and congestion, inability to swallow fluids, vomiting of cold phlegm.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Youmen (ST21) to treat vexing heart and vomiting.

Zigong (CV19) Located 1.6 cun below Huagai (CV20) in the depression; take while supine. Needle depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones.

Indications: Hypochondriac fullness, chest pain, throat Bi and congestion, inability to swallow fluids, rebellious cough/upper Qi, hematemesis with vexation.

Huagai (CV20) Located 1 cun below Xuanji (CV9) in the depression; take while supine. Needle depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 5 cones.

Indications: Rebellious cough/asthma, upper Qi wheezing/cough, throat Bi, chest/hypochondriac fullness/pain, inability to swallow fluids.
*Nong Shen Jing* states: Treats asthma/cough, chest fullness/rebellious asthma, inability to speak, moxibustion 7 cones.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combine with Qihu (ST15) to treat rib-side pain.