ST 27 Location

• 2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 5.
• For point location tips, read our meridian notes; unsure about "cun" measurements, read what is a cun?.

CV 5 Stone Gate

• Generally, useful for patterns of excess involving the lower abdomen a/or urinary tracts.  Not used as often as other CV points.
• Mentioned classically to both cause and treat infertility, although the cause may merely be incorrect needling which is specifically mentioned.  Modern texts have largely ignored these cautions.
• Useful for lower abdominal pain of an excess nature, genital pain/itching, shan disorders, hernia.
• Diarrhea, undigested food in stools, poor appetite, abdominal pain, edema.  

SP 14 Abdominal Bind

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• Warms the middle warmer and dissipates cold for lower abdominal pain, diarrhea (from cold), abdominal pain, constipation.
• Resolves counterflow qi - can be used to subdue fright (i.e. panic attacks) from counterflow qi disrupting the heart and/or cough from counterflow qi disrupting the lung.