Name

漏谷

• Lou Gu
• Hole through which food escapes
• The dripping of the Valley
• The drop by drop of the Valley

Location

6 CUN above the medial malleolus, behind the border of the tibia.

Actions

• Treats digestion. This point strengthens the Spleen, strengthens the Earth so it does not lose food (nutrition). Person who does not gain weight but loses it. Does not digest well, lacks energy. Borborigmus, abdominal distension and coldness.
• Sadness, since the Spleen Channel reaches the Heart
• Treats prostate
• Treats heavy, swollen legs

Comments

• If painful on palpation, needle
• Treats diarrhea with undigested food typical of Spleen-Qi Deficiency
• Indirect moxibustion for diabetes

Treatment

• Needling: 0.3 CUN perpendicular
• Do not moxa / indirect moxibustion