Name
期門
- Qi Men
- Gate of the Cycle of Qi
- Gate of Time
Location
In the 6th intercostal space in line of the nipple, 4 CUN lateral to the midline.
Nature
- Front-Mu point of Liver
- Gathering point of Liver, Spleen and Yin Linking Vessel
Actions
- Regulates the functions of Liver and Gall Bladder
- Point for anxiety. Being a Liver Front-Mu point, it drains stagnant Liver: blockage, oppression, nervousness, anguish, feeling of suffocation in the chest
- Clears, purifies. Eliminates all rubbish from organs and viscera. Releases emotions
- Greenish face, anger, desire to vomit, pain in thorax-hypochondrium, stomach acid reflux, hiatal hernia, vomiting
- Problems in the chest and genitals
- After childbirth: prevents postpartum illness
- Premenstrual syndrome, breast distension
- Hypogalactia. Liver-Qi stagnation that blocks lactation
Comments
- Regulates Qi Ji, drains Liver, harmonizes Stomach and Liver
- Connects with GV-20, the crown of the head. Heaven-Earth connection.
Treatment
- Needling: with care, transversal outwards following the curve of the rib, 0.5 CUN
- Moxibustion