Name

關門

• Guan Men
• Gate Closure
• Barrier Gate

Location

2 cun lateral to the midline and 3 cun above the umbilicus.

Actions

• Abdominal distension
• Pain around the umbilicus
• Slow digestion (the bowel can never be full, the organs can)
• Diarrhea, abdominal pain
• Borborigmus, intestinal sounds

Comments

If the Stomach is full, it goes to the Small Intestine. If the Gate does not close, food goes to the intestine: Diarrhea, pain (something spoiled has been eaten)

Treatment

• Needling: 0.5-0.8 CUN
• Moxibustion