Name
鳩尾
- Jiu Wei
- Jiu: dove Wei: tail; Dove's tail
- Meet at the beginning
- Pigeon's tail
Location
7 CUN above the umbilicus, just below the xiphoid process
Nature
- Connecting (Luo) Point (branches along the skin of the abdomen)
Actions
- Calms the Heart Shen: Epilepsy, manic agitation or withdrawal (Dian, Kuang syndrome)
- Promotes the descending of the Stomach, difficulty swallowing, esophagitis, nausea
- Releases this entire area, relaxes the diaphragm: feeling of oppression in the chest, rigidity in the chest or abdomen
Longitudinal Connecting Channel
- Fullness: Pain in the skin of the abdomen
- Emptiness: Itching in the skin of the abdomen
Treatment
- Needling: caution: 0.3 - 0.5 CUN. Preferably needle transversely downward (25°)