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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the anterior midline 2 thumb widths below umbilicus.
Categories
- Front-Mu point of the Triple Burner
The classical groups this point belongs to, from Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture.
Cautions
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Indications
Conditions for which CV05 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Abnormal Uterine BleedingDiarrheaDisease BreastShan DisorderAbdomen Inferior BloatingDysenteryEating ProblemsUrinary ProblemsFibroids / Masses AbdomenFibroids Masses AbdomenHardness Abdomen InferiorInjury ColdGenital ItchingVaginal DischargeEdemaPainLower Abdominal PainAbdomen Inferior Twisting PainLower Back PainPeriumbilical Acute PainPeriod / Menstruation Persistent Post-partumPeriod Persistent Post PartumQi Running Piglet HeartUrinary RetentionRetraction TesticlesWater Passages StagnationUndigested Food in StoolPenis SwellingUrination Dysfunction QiPainful UrinationUrine DarkVomiting Blood
TCM actions
What classical sources say CV05 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using CV05
- Hypertension, Obesity Abdominal, Hyperglycemia, Insulin Resistance, Dyslipidemia, Metabolic Syndrome – ST21, ST25, ST36, SP15, GB26, CV05, CV10, CV12 (doi:10.1155/2017/8598210 ↗)
- Endometriosis, Pelvic Chronic Pain, Fibroids – LI04, ST25, ST36, SP06, SP09, KD03, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV05, GV20 (doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1379 ↗)
- Frequency Urinary, Urgency Urinary, Discomfort Urinary Catheter-related, Suprapubic Pain, Agitation Postoperative – BL32, BL33, BL34, CV03, CV04, CV05, CV06, CV07 (doi:10.1155/2021/6691459 ↗)
- Obesity – ST25, ST27, ST28, SP15, KD13, KD14, CV04, CV05 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60033-3 ↗)
- Endometriosis, Pelvic Chronic Pain – LI04, ST25, ST36, SP06, SP09, KD03, LV03, CV03, CV04, CV05, GV20, XC01 (doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1379 ↗)
- Bladder Discomfort Catheter-related – BL32, BL33, BL34, CV03, CV04, CV05, CV06, CV07 (doi:10.1155/2021/6691459 ↗)
- Myasthenia Gravis – GB34, CV04, CV05, CV12, CV17 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Fatigue Cancer-related – BL20, BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, CV04, CV05, CV06, CV07, CV08, CV09, CV10, CV11, CV12 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.107698 ↗)
- Obesity – ST23, ST25, ST27, SP14, SP15, KD14, KD16, GB26, CV05, CV06, CV07, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0258-5 ↗)
- Infertility Male, Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia – ST29, ST36, SP03, SP06, KD03, CV03, CV04, CV05, CV06, CV07 (doi:10.1089/acu.2020.1513 ↗)
- Infertility Male, Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia – ST29, ST36, SP03, SP06, KD07, CV03, CV04, CV05, CV06, CV07 (doi:10.1089/acu.2020.1513 ↗)
- Anxiety, Headache, Constipation, Insomnia, Nausea, Nervousness, Hiccup, Abdominal Pain, Stomach Bloating, Stomach Pain, Anorexia, Eructation – ST03, ST40, SP01, SP03, SP09, HT07, BL20, BL21, KD03, PC06, GB34, LV03, LV13, CV05, CV06, CV12 (Zhao Yaping, Ding Min, Wang Yanjun. Forty Cases of Gastrointestinal Neurosis Treated by Acupuncture. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2009, 29(3): 207-209)
- Abdominal Pain – CV05 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside CV05
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with CV05. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CV04Original Qi Gate9 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi7 protocols
- CV03Central Pivot6 protocols
- CV07Yin Intersection6 protocols
- CV12Stomach Centre5 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot5 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles5 protocols
- KD03Great Stream4 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection4 protocols
- LV03Great Surge3 protocols
- SP03Great White3 protocols
- SP09Yin Mound Spring3 protocols