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POINT: REN-15 (CONCEPTION VESSEL-15)  

NAME: JIUWEI

English: Turtledove Tail
Also Known As: Wild Pigeon's Tail
Dove Tail

LOCATION:

  • 7 cun directly above the navel, 0.5 cun below the xiphoid process.
  • On the anterior midline, 1 cun below the xiphosternal synchondrosis.
    Note: locate this point in the supine position with the arms uplifted.
  • 7 cun superior to the umbilicus on the anterior midline.
  • On the midline, 7 cun above the umbilicus and 1 cun below the sternalcostal angle.
    Note: many sources locate this point below the tip of the xiphoid process. The xiphoid process varies considerably in length, however, and this point may be on the xiphoid process itself.

NEEDLING:

  • Slanted insertion, pointed slightly downward, 1 cun.
  • Puncture obliquely downwards0.4 to 0.6 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Oblique insertion directed inferiorly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: deep insertion, especially in thin patients, may damage the left lobe of the Liver or the Heart if either is enlarged. Oblique superior insertion in contraindicated.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Luo-Connecting point
  • Yuan-Source point of the five Yin organs

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Heart
  • Calms the Shen
  • Descends Lung Qi
  • Unbinds the chest
  • Benefits Yuan Qi

INDICATIONS:

  • Angina pectoris
  • Seizures
  • Hiccups
  • Mental illness
  • Asthma
  • Lassitude
  • Mental exhaustion
  • Vomiting
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Cough
  • Sore throat
  • Diaphragmatic spasms
  • Stomach ache
  • Abdominal migraine
  • Oppressive sensation of the Heart
  • Excessive sighing
  • Pain radiating from the Heart to the back
  • Hemoptysis
  • Diminished Qi
  • Rattling sound in the throat
  • Throat Bi
  • Swelling of the throat
  • Excessive sexual activity leading to exhaustion in youths
  • Severe anxiety
  • Worry
  • Obsessions
  • Intermittent suffocation
  • Delirious speech
  • Hypertension
  • Hypotension
  • Loss of virility
  • Pain in the cardiac region and chest
  • Nausea
  • Mental disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Hysteria
  • Mania
  • Pericarditis
  • Palpitations
  • Fear
  • Fright
  • The five types of epilepsy
  • Mad walking
  • Mad singing
  • Aversion to the sound of people talking
  • Fright palpitations
  • Pain of the skin of the abdomen
  • Itching of the skin of the abdomen
  • Wheezing
  • Dyspnea
  • Fullness of the chest
  • Difficult ingestion
  • Stomach reflux
  • Prolapse of the rectum
  • Febrile disease
  • One-sided headache extending to the outer canthus
  • Pain in the outer canthus
  • Migraine
  • Panic
  • Speech problems
  • Drug withdrawal

COMBINATIONS:

SI-3
Houxi
HT-7
Shenmen

UB-18
Ganshu
ST-12
Quepen
UB-15
Xinshu
REN-14
Juque

DU-20
Baihui

The five types of epilepsy

Coughing and spitting blood

Prolapse of the rectum (moxa both points for children)

Dysenteric disorder

GB-6
Xuanli

    

Febrile disease with one-sided headache

   

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • According to several classical texts, moxibustion is forbidden on this point.
  • Oblique superior insertion.

NOTES:

  • This is a very important and powerful point to calm the Mind.
  • This point stimulates the pituitary gland.
  • This point can be used to stop smoking.