Name
中脘
- Zhong Wan
- Middle Stomach
- Central Granary
Location
4 CUN above the umbilicus
Nature
- Front-Mu Point of the Stomach
- Gathering Point of the Fu organs
Actions
- Treats all Stomach problems. See Stomach Syndromes
- Major point to eliminate Dampness, Phlegm, Phlegm + ST-40. Helps to lose weight
- Treats problems of the Fu organs: Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Gall Bladder, Bladder
- Regulates the Middle Burner: Spleen, Stomach, Liver problems, epigastric distension. Digestive problems of emotional origin: loss of appetite due to worry, stomach pain from nervousness, diarrhea, vomiting, jaundice. See: Liver invading the Stomach and Liver invading the Spleen
- Emotional aspects: worry, anxiety, obsession, overthinking
Comments
- Front-Mu points become tender on palpation in case of pathology, so it is important to palpate them for diagnosis. Needle the most painful ones.
- This point regulates the Middle Burner, CV-6 the Lower Burner and CV-17 the Upper Burner
- The Nutritive Qi Rong Qi originates in the Middle Burner and ascends to the Lungs to be distributed through the channels. This point is the first in the combination the 50 Yin cycles to tonify the Qi and Blood of the body
Treatment
- Needling: 1 - 1.5 CUN perpendicular
- Moxa if Cold