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POINT: ST-28 (STOMACH-28)  

NAME: SHUIDAO

English: Water Passage
Also Known As: Waterway

LOCATION:

  • On the lower abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline inferior to the umbilicus, level with REN-4 Guanyuan.
    Note: the 2 cun line is halfway between the midline and the palpable border of the rectus abdominus muscle.
  • 3 cun below the navel, 2 cun lateral to REN-4 Guanyuan.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1,5 cun.
    Caution: deep insertion may penetrate the peritoneal cavity in thin patients or may penetrate a full Bladder. Advise the patient to evacuate prior to treatment.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness, possibly extending to the lower side of the abdomen on which the point is needled.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.7 to 1.2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Lower Jiao
  • Dispels Stagnation
  • Benefits the Bladder
  • Benefits the uterus
  • Cools Damp-Heat
  • Eliminates Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao
  • Benefits urination
  • Opens the water passages
  • Benefits Difficult Urination Syndrome
  • Stops pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Retention of urine
  • Retention of feces
  • Edema
  • Cold in the Bladder
  • Distention and fullness of the lower abdomen
  • Distention and pain of the lower abdomen which radiates to the vagina
  • Shan disorder
  • Pain of the lumbar vertebrae
  • Pain of the shoulder and back
  • Urinary obstruction
  • Difficulty urinating
  • Inability to urinate
  • Lack of urine
  • Yin in the uterus causing infertility
  • Nephritis
  • Cystitis
  • Constipation
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Clots in the uterus
  • Leukorrhea
  • Sterility
  • Hypogastric pain in women extending to the genitals
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Infertility
  • Cold in the uterus that radiates down the thigh to the knee
  • Uterine masses
  • Retention of dead fetus
  • Retention of the placenta
  • Lumbar pain accompanying menstruation
  • Heat binding the San Jiao
  • Ascites
  • Hernia
  • Orchitis
  • Inflammation of the scrotum
  • Pain leading to the genitals
  • Rectal prolapse
  • Enteritis
  • Contracture in the shoulder and renal region of the back
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Kidney stones lodged in the upper and lower tract

COMBINATIONS:

DU-8
Jinsuo

SJ-16
Tianyou
ST-12
Quepen
DU-11
Shendao
UB-11
Dazhu
REN-22
Tiantu
LI-16
Jugu

REN-9
Shuifen
SP-9
Yinlingquan
ST-36
Zusanli

Stiffness of the spine

Pain of the shoulder and back

Ascites

UB-23
Shenshu
UB-28
Pangguangshu
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

 

 

Nephritis

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is used when Excess pathogenic factors obstruct the Qi transformation function of the Bladder and Cold congealing the uterus.
  • It is also specifically indicated for uterine masses.