Name

水分

• Shui Fen
• Shui (separar) Fen (agua): reparto de agua
• Division of the waters

Location

1 CUN above navel

Actions

• Metabolizes water, transforms fluids. Used for fluid retention, ascites, edema, obesity, cellulite and to lose weight as it eliminates fluids. Induces diuresis.
• When Spleen and Small Intestine do not perform the function of separating the pure from the impure: liquid stools, little urine (does not distinguish well between solid and liquid), diarrheal stools. Promotes urination to harden stools.
• Abdominal borborigmi (much Yin)
• Nausea, gastroesophageal reflux, vomiting after eating.

Treatment

• Needling: 1 - 1.5 CUN perpendicular