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Protocols
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Location
On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus.
Cautions
Caution in pregnancy.
Indications
Conditions for which CV11 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
TCM actions
What classical sources say CV11 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using CV11
- Chemotherapy Nausea, Vomiting Chemotherapy-induced – LI04, ST21, ST24, ST25, ST34, ST36, SP15, PC06, CV04, CV06, CV08, CV09, CV10, CV11, CV12, CV13, CV14 (doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2024.13.4027 ↗)
- Chemotherapy Nausea, Vomiting Chemotherapy-induced – ST21, ST25, ST36, PC06, CV04, CV06, CV08, CV10, CV11, CV12, CV13 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230705-0001 ↗)
- Anxiety, Sleep Disorder, Depression Subthreshold – BL13, BL17, BL18, BL19, BL42, BL46, BL47, BL48, CV11, CV12 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250609-0004 ↗)
- 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 – ST24, ST26, ST28, SP15, SP16, KD13, KD15, KD17, KD18, GB26, CV04, CV10, CV11 (doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0258-5 ↗)
- Insomnia, Stroke – KD16, CV06, CV09, CV10, CV11, CV12, CV13 (Li Li-Jun. [On academic thought and clinical application of LI Yan-Fang's middle-warmer energy method].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2010)
- Hiccups, Abdominal Bloating, Lupus Neuropsychiatric – ST36, SP04, KD07, KD20, CV04, CV11 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Abdominal Bloating, Lupus Neuropsychiatric – ST36, SP03, BL20, CV04, CV11 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Urticaria Chronic – ST36, SP06, LV03, CV11, CV12, GV20 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
- Retention Food, Upper Stomach Pain, Retention Food, Upper Stomach Pain – ST36, PC06, CV11, XL25 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
- Heat, Damp, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Overeating Overfeeding, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Overeating Overfeeding – ST25, ST37, CV06, CV11, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)
Most often selected alongside CV11
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with CV11. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CV04Original Qi Gate6 protocols
- CV12Stomach Centre6 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles6 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi5 protocols
- CV10Lower Stomach5 protocols
- CV08Spirit Palace Gate3 protocols
- CV09Water Separation3 protocols
- CV13Upper Stomach3 protocols
- PC06Inner Gate3 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot3 protocols
- BL20Spleen Shu Point2 protocols
- SP15Great Horizontal2 protocols