POINT: LIV-14 (LIVER-14)

English:	Cyclic Gate
Also Known As:	Gate of Hope Period Door Expectation's Door

6 cun above the umbilicus and 3.5 cun lateral to REN-14 Juque, in the sixth intercostal space.
Directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
On the mammilary line, two ribs below the nipple in the intercostal space.
On the mammilary line, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline.

Slanted insertion, 0.54 cun. Sensation: slight pain, sometimes extending to the back of the abdominal wall.
Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Oblique medial or lateral insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique insertion carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.

Chest pain
Nervousness
Vomiting
Diarrhea with vomiting
Hard abdomen
Shortness of breath
Epigastric pain due to Cold
Anorexia
Swelling of the flanks
Heat in the Blood
Bloody stools
Women's diseases
Menstrual problems
Trouble giving birth
Postpartum problems
Hypochondriac pain
Hiccup
Acid regurgitation
Mastitis
Depression
Febrile diseases
Insufficient lactation
Belching
Nausea
Masses in the lateral costal region
Much sighing
Cutting pain of the Heart
Distention and pain of the breast
Agitation and Heat of the chest
Cough
Dyspnea
Enlarged, hard abdomen with difficulty breathing
Injury by Cold leading to Heat which enters the Blood chamber (uterus)
Jaundice
Gallstones
Wasting and thirsting
Running piglet Qi
Stiffness and pain of the head and neck
Visual dizziness
Frequent vomiting
After a Cold Attack, patient presents with Heart pain and acid vomiting and cannot eat or drink. if he eats, there is watery vomiting
Intense dyspnea preventing lying down or sleep
Cholelithiasis
Inguinal Bubo (enlarged and inflamed lymph gland)
Anuria
Intolerable Heat in the pit of the Stomach
Irregular menstruation
Pain in the penis

Raging anger
Chaotic actions
Lack of desire
Lack of will
Hypertension
Abnormal thirst
Both sides of the body painful and sore
Intercostal neuralgia
Hepatitis
Hepatomegaly
Cholecystitis
Pleurisy
Nervous dysfunction of the Stomach
Distention around the ribs
Tidal fevers
Splenomegaly as a result of prolonged tidal fevers
Failure to discharge the placenta
Malarial disorders
Pancreatitis
Liver cirrhosis
Hunger with no desire to eat
Epigastric distention and pain due to Qi Stagnation
Chest and hypogastric fullness, distention and pain
Vomiting fluid after eating
Sudden turmoil disorder
Desire to eat despite difficult ingestion
Abdominal distention with watery diarrhea
Hardness of the epigastrium, hypogastrium and abdomen
Manic raving
Alternating chills and fever
Uterine bleeding
Red face
Tetany
Dry mouth
Disordered speech at night
Cholera
Vomiting with yellow conjunctiva
Intolerable chest pain with a ruddy, dry face and thirst
Schistosomiasis with hepatic and splenic enlargement
Fever with Blood on passing stools and divagation; for six days from the start of the fever the patient does not perspire
Chronic peritonitis
Myocarditis
Congestion of Blood in the chest
Indigestion
Sensation of malaise and Heat in the chest

UB-17 Geshu UB-18 Ganshu ST-36 (moxa) Zusanli	LIV-4 Zhongfeng GB-34 Yanglingquan	LIV-1 Dadun
Intercostal neuralgia	Hepatitis	Hard nodules and pain in the flanks
DU-1 Changqiang REN-22 Tiantu LU-4 Xiabai PC-9 Zhongchong	ST-19 Burong	UB-13 Feishu LU-2 Yunmen LU-1 Zhongfu SP-1 Yinbai UB-47 Hunmen PC-7 Daling
Pain of the Heart with shortness of breath	Stabbing pain of the Heart	Chest pain
ST-12 Quepen	PC-7 Daling	REN-12 Zhongwan LI-9 Shanglian
Heat in the chest	Chest pain due to injury by Cold	Dyspnea with inability to walk
REN-14 Juque	REN-4 Guanyuan LU-11 Shaoshang	UB-48 Yanggang LU-11 Shaoshang PC-8 Laogong
Fifty cones of moxa on each point for Qi Rebellion with cough, fullness of the chest and shortness of breath with pain that radiates to the back	Distention of the lateral costal region	Difficult ingestion
ST-43 Xiangu	REN-4 Guanyuan REN-3 Zhongji SP-6 Sanyinjiao REN-5 Shimen SP-10 Xuehai	LI-7 Wenliu
Postpartum belching	Running piglet Qi in women	Stiffness of the nape of the neck due to injury by Cold
LIV-1 Dadun KI-10 Yingu UB-40 Weizhong UB-39 Weiyang
Involuntary erection with difficult urination

This point gives hope.
When this point is opened, it allows verbal stuff to come out.
It is used to make childbirth easier.
This point has a similar function to LIV-13 Zhangmen. the main difference being that this point mainly affects the Stomach, while Zhangmen mainly affects the Spleen. This point is used for Liver Qi Attacking the Stomach.
LIV-13 Zhangmen acts on the Middle and Lower jiao, while Qimen acts on the Middle and Upper Jiao.