BL-21

BL-21

Punto V 21

Name

胃俞

  • Wei Shu
  • Back Shu point of the Stomach
  • Transport to offer to the Stomach

Location

Below D12, 1.5 CUN outside of Du Mai

Nature

Functions

  • Regulate and tonify Stomach-Qi: gastric pain, vomiting, poor appetite, Dampness in the Middle Burner. See Stomach Syndromes
  • If you eat a lot but lose weight, you are very thirsty and have abundant urination. The four "P"s of diabetes: polyphagia, polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss.
  • Thin children, without muscle tone
  • Regulates the digestive system, tonify the Post-Heaven: abdominal distension, pain BL-20 + 21 BL

Comments

Strengthens the Spleen and eliminates food accumulation

Treatment

  • Needling: 0.3-0.8 CUN transverse
  • Moxibustion

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Page updated on April 20, 2021

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