Name

食竇

• Shi Dou
• Food Hole
• Barrier of Life
• Food Cavern

Location

5th intercostal space, 6 CUN lateral to the midline.

(In women, the base of the breast is usually at the 5th intercostal space)

Actions

• Treats eating disorders: slow digestion, food that does not circulate, choking, food that does not go down after eating
• Barrier of Life: elderly people with exhausted Post-Heaven. Recovers some of the Spleen energy. Ideal to moxa to strengthen Post-Heaven, which is the Spleen. Cannot eat anything, loses a lot of weight, very ill
• Yin-type jaundice: yellow due to Cold and Dampness (Yang type would be due to hepatitis), pancreas problems, eats and vomits. Eating disorder, diabetes

Comments

When a person is very ill and stops eating, this is already a very bad sign, since eating is the Post-Heaven. Therefore, this point will strengthen the true energy of the Spleen.

Treatment

• Needling: 0.5 CUN oblique or subcutaneous laterally. Risk of pneumothorax
• Moxa