REN10 (Conception Vessel 10) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Xiawan
English Name: Lower Epigastrium

Location: On the anterior midline, 2 cun above the umbilicus.

Nature:

Meeting of Directing Vessel and Spleen

Functions:

Promotes the descending of Stomach-Qi, relieves stafnation of food, tonifies the Spleen.

Indications:

Epigastric pain, abdominal pain, borborygmus, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea.

References:

The English Name, Nature and Function have been reprinted from Maciocia: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Copyright 1989, with permission from Elsevier. Point indications have been used from the book Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

View other points on the Conception Vessel:

(REN1, REN2, REN3, REN4, REN5, REN6, REN7, REN8, REN9, REN10, REN11, REN12, REN13, REN14, REN15, REN16, REN17, REN18, REN19, REN20, REN21, REN22, REN23, REN24)

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