Name
氣海
- Qi Hai
- Sea of Qi
- Sea of Qi
Location
1.5 CUN below the umbilicus
Nature
Source Point of the membranes
Actions
- Tonifies Qi, Yang and Yuan Qi. Treats all states of weakness: exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness, anxiety, depression, cold in the limbs, chronic illness that does not improve.
- Energetic key of the lower burner: moves the energy and unblocks the lower burner. Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, chronic leukorrhea, frequent urination, night urination, prostatitis, impotence, abdominal distension, masses in the lower abdomen.
- Source Point of the membranes: by membranes is meant the covering of the internal organs, muscles and bones. This point helps the original energy to hold all structures. It is used for all types of prolapse: prolapse ani, prolapse of uterus.
- Lower back pain
Comments
- Treats the lower burner together with: CV-12: treats the middle burner and CV-17 the upper burner
- It is usually moxa'd together with CV-4 using a moxa box
Treatment
- Needling: 1 CUN perpendicular
- Moxibustion