SP 17 Acupuncture Point

• English Name: Food Hole
• Pinyin Name: Shidou
• Chinese Character: 食竇

SP 17 Clinical Usages

• Promotes smooth spleen qi (digestion), moves water stagnation - fullness of the chest and/or lateral costal region, abdominal distention perhaps with water swelling, belching, vomiting after eating, boborygmus.

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This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following Conditions / Symptoms:

• Edema
• Borborygmus
• Breast Distention

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".

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