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POINT: UB-21 (URINARY BLADDER-21)  

English: Stomach Shu
Also Known As: Stomach's Hollow
  • 1.5 cun lateral to the DU channel, at the lower border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra.
  • Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Oblique insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Transverse oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Caution: perpendicular needling or oblique needling away from the spine carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
  • Straight insertion, slanted slightly toward the spine1 to 1.5 cun
    Sensation: local soreness, numbness and distention extending to the lumbar region
  • Caution: Do not needle to deeply in order to avoid puncturing the Kidneys or Liver.
  • Back Shu Point of the Stomach
  • Regulates Stomach Qi
  • Regulates Stomach Yin
  • Reinforces Central Qi
  • Regulates, strengthens and tonifies the Qi and Yang of the Spleen
  • Tonifies nutritive Qi
  • Reduces digestive Stagnation
  • Relieves retention of food
  • Clears Stomach Fire
  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
  • Transforms Dampness
  • Transforms Spleen and Stomach Damp-Heat
  • Dries Dampness
  • Dries Cold-Damp
  • Eliminates Stagnation
  • Descends rebellious Qi
  • Epigastric pain
  • Epigastric pain due to Stomach Qi Deficiency and Cold
  • Abdominal distention
  • Nausea
  • Regurgitation
  • Vomiting
  • Weak and Deficient Spleen and Stomach
  • Dysenteric disorders
  • Hepatitis
  • Gastritis
  • Stomach ache
  • Edema (like a drum)
  • Flatulence
  • Belching
  • Hiccup
  • Ulcer
  • Insomnia
  • Infant vomiting milk
  • Distention and fullness of the abdomen and epigastrium
  • Thin body despite much eating
  • Vomiting in the morning what was eaten the night before
  • Contracted sinews
  • Undigested food in the stool
  • Jaundice
  • Long-term abdominal masses
  • Prolapse of the rectum
  • Borborygmus
  • Pain in the chest, hypochondriac and epigastric regions
  • Anorexia
  • Diarrhea
  • Middle Jiao Xiao Ke
  • Atrophy syndrome due to Damp-Heat
  • Pancreatitis
  • Enteritis
  • Stifling sensations in the chest and hypochondriac regions
  • Abdominal pain
  • Indigestion
  • Mid-back pain
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Prolapsed Stomach
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pain along the spine
  • Abdominal pain due to Cold in the Stomach
  • Fullness of the lateral costal region
  • Hungry but unable to eat
  • Vomiting clear fluid
  • Stomach reflux
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Childhood nutritional impairment
  • Contraction and pain of the back
  • Malaria
  • Dimness of vision

UB-20
Pishu

UB-20
Pishu
REN-12
Zhongwan
ST-36
Zusanli

UB-23
Shenshu

Tonifies Qi and Blood

May be joined to UB-21 for chronic gastritis

Abdominal pain with no pleasure eating

Much eating but remains thin

Chronic gastritis

Cold and distended Stomach maybe with vomiting

UB-47
Hunmen

 

 

Cold in the Stomach with undigested food in the stool

 

 

  • This is a powerful point to treat all diseases of the Stomach.