Conception Vessel

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 會陰 (huì yīn)

🎯 Location: Between anus and root of the scrotum in the males/posterior labial commissure in the females.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with genitourinary infection.

🛡️ Treats: Depression, Absent Periods, Rectal Prolapse, Uterine Prolapse, Coma

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 曲骨 (qū gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the midpoint of the upper border of the symphysis pubis.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Deficiency, Damp, Fullness, Bedwetting, Painful Urination

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中極 (zhōng jí)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication. Empty the bladder before needling.

🛡️ Treats: Absent Periods, Back Pain, Pain, Damp, Edema

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 關元 (guān yuán)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication. Bleeding in pregnancy requires obstetric assessment.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Kidney Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 石門 (shí mén)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 2 thumb widths below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Pain, Dysentery, Edema, Urinary Retention

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海 (qì hǎi)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Constipation, Yang Weakness, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰交 (yīn jiāo)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1 thumb width below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Knee Pain, Constipation, Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神闕 (shén què)

🎯 Location: In the center of the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications; often use moxa only.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Bloating, Rectal Prolapse, Edema, Cold Blood, Loss of Consciousness

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水分 (shuǐ fēn)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1 thumb width above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Edema, Stomach Deficiency, Breathing Problems, Heart Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下脘 (xià wǎn)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 2 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Upper Stomach Pain, Nausea, Food Stagnation, Abdominal Fullness, Urine Dark

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 建里 (jiàn lǐ)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating, Edema, Heart Pain, Turmoil Disorder

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中脘 (zhōng wǎn)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Common Cold, Depression

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上脘 (shàng wǎn)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Phlegm, Palpitations, Jaundice, Heat, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 巨闕 (jù què)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle obliquely downwards and shallowly – deep or upward needling risks the heart and liver. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Phlegm, Palpitations, Jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 鳩尾 (jiū wěi)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1 thumb width below xiphoid process, locate point with patient supine with arms raised.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution; proximity to xiphoid process.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Coughing Blood, Palpitations

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中庭 (zhōng tíng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 5th intercostal space on the xiphoid process.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Common Cold, Chest Fullness, Benefit Digestion, Pain Around Navel, Costal Lateral Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膻中 (shān zhōng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 4th intercostal space, midway between nipples.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – needle transversely along the sternum. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 玉堂 (yù táng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 3rd intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Chest Fullness, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 紫宮 (zǐ gōng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 2nd intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Coughing Blood, Vomiting, Benefit Digestion

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 華蓋 (huá gài)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the midpoint of the sternal angle at the level with 1st intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 璇璣 (xuán jī)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline in the center of the sternal menubrium 1 thumb width below CV22.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Chest Fullness, Pain, Wheezing

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天突 (tiān tū)

🎯 Location: In the center of the suprasternal fossa.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; caution with trachea.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Coughing Blood

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 廉泉 (lián quán)

🎯 Location: Above adam's apple in the depression of the upper border of the hyoid bone.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with hyoid bone.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Excessive Salivation, Dry Mouth

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承漿 (chéng jiāng)

🎯 Location: In the depression the in the center of the mentolabial groove.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Sweating, Depression, Wind, Pain, Deviation Eye