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POINT: REN-5 (CONCEPTION VESSEL-5)  

English: Stone Gate
Also Known As: Stone Door
Jueyun
Infertility
  • 2 Cun inferior to the umbilicus.
  • On the midline of the lower abdomen, 2 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 3 cun superior to the pubic symphysis.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 Cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 Cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular insertion, 0.8 to 1.5 cun.
  • Front-Mu point of the San Jiao channel
  • Tonifies the Kidneys (especially Yang)
  • Tonifies Yuan Qi
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Regulates the Lower Jiao
  • Warms Yang
  • Warms Cold
  • Dries Dampness
  • Dries Cold-Damp
  • Promotes the concentration and excretion of Fluids in the Lower Jiao
  • Opens water passageways
  • Moves and benefits water passageways
  • Regulates Qi
  • Alleviates pain
  • Regulates the uterus
  • Hernial (Shan) disorders
  • Leukorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Postpartum hemorrhage
  • Edema
  • Abdominal Cold
  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal distention
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia)
  • Mastitis
  • Enuresis
  • Colic
  • Hematuria
  • Dyspepsia
  • Qi painful urinary dysfunction (Lin)
  • Blood painful urinary dysfunction (Lin)
  • Twisting pain of the lower abdomen
  • Shan disorder with severe periumbilical pain
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Genital itching
  • Persistent flow of lochia
  • Abdominal masses
  • Stone-like hardness in the lower abdomen
  • Hypertension
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Urinary retention
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Scrotal contraction
  • Retracted testicles
  • Swelling of the penis giving rise to lower abdominal pain and lumbar region
  • Anorexia
  • Difficult urination due to injury by Cold
  • Diarrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Anuria
  • Dysuria
  • Periumbicular pain
  • Dark urine
  • Menorrhagia
  • Undigested food in the stool
  • Dysenteric disorder
  • Hematemesis with inability to eat
  • Running piglet qi attacking the Heart
  • Deficiency taxation
  • Lower origin (Yuan) deficient and Cold
  • Lack of vitality
  • Vaginal disorders

REN-4
Guanyuan
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
REN-3
Zhongji
REN-2
Qugu

UB-39
Weiyang
REN-7
Yinjiao

SP-5
Shangqiu

Inability to urinate

Hardness and pain in the lower abdomen that radiates to the genitals with inability to urinate

Hypogastric pain radiating to the genitals

REN-9
Shuifen

ST-25
Tianshu
REN-8
Shenque
REN-6
Qihai

ST-25
Tianshu
REN-8
Shenque

Spasmodic pain of the hypogastrium

Hypogastric Shan disorder

Umbilical Shan disorder

SP-6
Sanyinjiao

REN-7
Yinjiao

REN-3
Zhongji
M-CA-18
Zigong
UB-23
Shenshu

Women who have had too many children

Profuse uterine bleeding

Ceaseless uterine bleeding

LIV-13
Zhangmen
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

REN-3
Zhongji
REN-4
Guanyuan
LIV-14
Qimen
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
SP-10
Xuehai

 

Running piglet Qi

Running piglet Qi in women

 

  • Classical texts prohibit needling in women.
  • Other sources say that it is forbidden to needle or use moxibustion during pregnancy.
  • It is said that this point inhibits women' ability to conceive.
  • Some say it can be used to control fertility in women.
  • Some say that needling this point can make a woman infertile for life.
  • It is principally indicated for Excess conditions.
  • This is a main center of energy.