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