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POINT: KI-20

NAME: FUTONGGU

English: Abdomen Connecting Valley
Also Known As: Connecting Valley on the Abdomen

LOCATION:

  • On the upper abdomen, 5 cun above the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline.
  • On the abdomen, 0.5 cun lateral to REN-13 Shangwan.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion 1-1.5 cun.
  • Caution: Deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
  • Straight insertion, 0.7-1 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
  • Unbinds the chest
  • Transforms Phlegm

INDICATIONS:

  • Vomiting
  • Undigested food in the stool
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Palpitations
  • Disorientation
  • Sudden loss of consciousness
  • Swelling beneath the tongue with difficulty speaking
  • Malaria
  • Stiff neck
  • Seizures
  • Indigestion
  • Impatience
  • Agalactia
  • Breast abscess
  • Fullness of the chest
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Heart pain
  • Coughing
  • Dyspnea
  • Epilepsy
  • Protrusion of the tongue
  • Deviation of the mouth
  • Inability to turn the neck
  • Redness of the eyes, originating at the inner canthus
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Jaundice
  • Headaches
  • Vomiting during pregnancy

COMBINATIONS:

LI-4
Hegu
UB-12
Fengmen
DU-24
Shenting
UB-2
Zanzhu
LI-20
Yingxiang
UB-67
Zhiyin

 

 

Rhinitis with clear nasal discharge.

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is often used in combination with KI-21 Youmen to treat lonely, suicidal people. They are said to bathe the Spirit in the purest water and to clear toxins from the body.