石門
Shimen(CV5,石门) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Conception Vessel. It is the alarm point of TE.(TE meridian: Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian of Hand)
Location
On the midline of the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus.
Indication
- ①Abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, pain around the umbilicus,and other intestine diseases;
- ②"Ben-Tun" syndrome ("running piglet qi"), hernia ;
- ③edema, dysuria;
- ④seminal emissions, impotence;
- ⑤amenorrhea, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, lochiorrhea.
Method
Perpendicular insertion 1-1.5 cun.