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POINT: REN-8  (CONCEPTION VESSEL-8)

English: Spirit Gateway
Also Known As: Spirit's Palace Gate
Mind Palace
Qizhong
Middle of the Navel
Qishe
Abode of Qi
Qihe
Joining of Qi
Spirit Shrine
Sea of spirit
Palace of the Gods
  • Located in the center of the umbilicus.
  • Use moxibustion only.
  • Use moxibustion on salt, sliced ginger, crushed garlic or aconite cake only for 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Caution: Do not needle this point.
  • Tonifies, strengthens and regulates the Spleen (especially Qi and Yang) and Stomach
  • Strengthens the transporting function of the Spleen and Stomach
  • Regulates the Intestines
  • Warms the Interior
  • Reduces digestive Stagnation
  • Tonifies the Kidneys (especially Yang)
  • Warms and stabilizes the Yang
  • Regulates the water pathways
  • Restores collapsed Yang
  • Dries Dampness and Cold-Damp
  • Tonifies Yuan Qi
  • Warms and harmonizes the Intestines
  • Gastrointestinal disorders due to Dampness or Cold
  • Headache due to Deficiency
  • Lip swelling
  • Abdominal Cold and pain
  • Periumbilical pain
  • Acute or chronic diarrhea due to Deficiency or Cold
  • Heatstroke
  • Neurasthenia
  • Rectal prolapse
  • Acute and chronic enteritis
  • Shock resulting from Intestinal adhesions
  • Flaccid-type apoplexy
  • Borborygmus and pain
  • Unchecked diarrhea
  • General weakness
  • Fainting
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Infantile cholera
  • Syncope in apoplexy
  • Tympanites
  • Abdomen very distended
  • Icy limbs
  • The patient hears water flowing in the Intestines
  • Convulsions
  • Diarrhea in the elderly or in deficient people
  • Infantile diarrhea following breast feeding
  • Qi painful urinary dysfunction
  • All urinary disorders
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary retention
  • Retention od urine in postpartum women
  • Abondoned-type Windstroke
  • Restless fetus disorder
  • Collapsing disorder with chills and cold extremities
  • Shock
  • Edema
  • Bloody leukorrhea
  • Intestinal tuberculosis
  • Prolapsed anus
  • Heat exhaustion
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Low spirits
  • Continual vomiting
  • Unconsciousness
  • Vomiting and diarrhea in cholera
  • chronic dysentery
  • Infantile dysentery
  • Ascites
  • Dyspepsia
  • All acute gynecological disorders
  • Chronic Intestinal lesions
  • Epilepsy with opisthotonis
  • Deficiency Cold of the abdomen
  • Infertility from Cold in the blood

ST-25
Tianshu

REN-13
Shangwan
PC-6
Neiguan
ST-36
Zusanli

ST-25
Tianshu

UB-25
Dachangshu

REN-9
Shuifen

REN-6
Qihai

Acute gastroenteritis or enteritis

Moxa for chronic enteritis

Pain around the navel

REN-9
Shuifen

LI-3
Sanjian

LIV-3
Taichong
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

DU-20
Baihui
UB-28
Pangguangshu

Borborygmus and diarrhea

Diarrhea with thin stools

Rectal prolapse

ST-25
Tianshu

REN-5
Shimen

REN-9
Shuifen

LIV-4
Zhongfeng
or
REN-9
Shuifen

REN-6
Qihai

REN-5
Shimen

ST-25
Tianshu

REN-6
Qihai

Umbilical Shan (hernia) disorder

Periumbilical pain

Hypogastric Shan (hernia) disorder

KI-7
Fuliu

 

 

Edema with qi distention and fullness

 

 

  • Needling is contraindicated.
  • This point's main function is to strongly tonify Yang.
  • Use with indirect moxa after filling the navel with salt.
  • This point is especially good for people addicted to drugs.
  • This point deals with the nourishment of the spirit.