POINT: REN-12 (CONCEPTION VESSEL-12)

English:	Middle Cavity
Also Known As:	Zhongguan Middle Controller Middle Duct Middle of Epigastrium Middle Stomach Cavity Middle Channel Middle Bowel

On the midline of the abdomen, four cun above the umbilicus and midway between the umbilicus and the sternocostal angle.
On the anterior midline four cun above the umbilicus.

Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.5 cun.
Caution: In thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 Cun.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1.2 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun or the needle may be inserted at a slant in all directions around the point. Sensation: a heavy, distended feeling in the upper abdomen, or a feeling of contraction in the Stomach region.
Caution: Because the Stomach, pancreas, and abdominal aorta are in the deep position behind this point, be careful not to needle too deeply, particularly with thin patients.
For patients who have an enlarged Liver or Spleen, slanted needling to the left or right of the point should be avoided.

Front Mu point of the Stomach
Front Mu point of the Middle Jiao
Meeting point of the Fu organs
Meeting point of the REN channel with the Small Intestine, San Jiao, Lung, Liver, Pericardium and Stomach channels

Injury by worry, anxiety and over thinking
Injury by the seven emotions leading to epigastric pain
Diarrhea
Undigested food in the stool
Red and white dysenteric disorder
Difficult defecation
Heat in the Small Intestine
Dark urine
Sudden turmoil disorder
Deficiency-taxation
Sallow complexion
Postpartum Blood dizziness
Heart pain
Chronic and acute childhood fright Wind
Cold body
Scorched, foul odor in the nose
Running piglet Qi
Warm malaria
Aversion to Cold
Purple lips
Swelling
Somber face in color
Dyspepsia
Stomach ache
Distention and pain in the abdomen and Stomach
Pain in the Spleen
Sudden abdominal distention
Hypertension
Cholera with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
Inability to eat due to Spleen dysfunction with a sensation like an inverted cup below the false ribs on the left side
Acute and chronic enteritis
Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Constipation
Gastric cancer
Gastric prolapse
Neurasthenia
Nine types of Heart pain
Mental diseases
Spitting blood related to consumptive diseases
Fever from epidemic diseases
Yellowish complexion without jaundice
Renal inflammation
Middle Jiao wasting and thirsting syndrome with emaciation
Childhood nutritional impairment
Fatigue after childbirth
Morning sickness
Burning sensation in the esophagus and throat
Difficulty breathing
Suicidal tendencies
Paralysis
Facial paralysis
Vaginal prolapse

UB-17 Geshu LIV-13 Zhangmen	REN-17 Shanzhong PC-7 Daling PC-8 *Laogong*	SP-4 Gongsun ST-41 Jiexi ST-36 Zusanli
Vomiting	Vomiting clear, watery saliva	Food Stagnation in the mid-abdomen Stabbing pain in the abdomen that does not cease
PC-6 Neiguan ST-36 Zusanli	REN-10 Xiawan	ST-20 Chengman
Abdominal pain	Hardness of the abdomen	Hardness and pain in the lateral costal region
UB-22 Sanjiaoshu	SP-6 Sanyinjiao	ST-25 Tianshu REN-3 Zhongji
Abdominal masses in the hypogastrium due to Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis that are hard and big like a plate with epigastric distention and undigested food	Undigested food in the stool	Ceaseless diarrhea
ST-36 Zusanli REN-6 Qihai	KI-4 Dazhong UB-33 Zhongliao REN-4 Guanyuan UB-57 Chengshan KI-3 Taixi	ST-40 Fenglong
Hemafecia	Difficult defecation	All Phlegm diseases Head Wind Dyspnea and cough All types of Tan Yin
LIV-14 Qimen LI-9 Shanglian	ST-36 Zusanli	SI-4 Waigu
Dyspnea with inability to walk	Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach Qi Jaundice with weakness of the four limbs	Spleen Deficiency jaundice
N-CA-18 Weizhong ST-36 Zusanli	ST-25 Tianshu PC-6 Neiguan REN-6 Qihai	REN-6 Qihai REN-17 Shanzhong
Prolapsed Stomach	Acute intestinal obstruction	Vomiting
LIV-14 Qimen ST-37 Shangjuxu
Asthma

This point is equally applicable for Excess and Deficiency.
it is the best point to use, especially with moxa, for Cold-Deficient patterns of the Spleen and Stomach.
It is very widely used to eliminate Dampness in any part of the body.