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Protocols
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Location
3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV11.
Cautions
Caution in pregnancy.
Indications
Conditions for which KD18 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Bleeding Uterus MalignConstipationHiccupsMouth Closed StiffnessSpinal StiffnessImmobility Mouth ClosedImmobility SpineInfertilityPainAbdomen Post Partum PainAbdomen Post-partum PainAbdomen Unbearable PainCostal Lateral Acute Following Childbirth PainEye Canthus Medial PainEye Canthus Medial RednessRetchingSaliva ExcessiveExcessive SalivationBlood StagnationUrine DarkVomiting
TCM actions
What classical sources say KD18 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Regulate Jiao LowerBenefit Regulate QiBenefit Regulate StomachRegulate Jiao LowerRegulate QiRegulate Stomach
Protocols using KD18
- Infertility Female, Diminished Ovarian Reserve – LU07, ST30, SP04, KD06, KD12, KD14, KD16, KD18, PC06, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.19879/j.cnki.1005-5304.202211467 ↗)
- Obesity – ST24, ST26, ST28, SP15, SP16, KD13, KD15, KD17, KD18, GB26, CV04, CV10, CV11 (doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0258-5 ↗)
- Blood Stagnation, Blood Stagnation – LI16, ST37, ST38, SP08, SP10, BL17, KD18 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Stomach Food Stagnation, Stomach Food Stagnation – ST30, ST34, ST37, BL21, BL22, KD18, KD21 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Qi Rebellious Stomach, Qi Rebellious Stomach – LI11, ST09, ST10, ST11, ST12, ST19, ST20, ST24, ST34, ST44, SP14, BL14, BL16, BL17, BL19, BL21, KD18, KD19, KD21, KD23, KD24, KD25, KD26 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Infertility Male, Azoospermia – ST36, SP06, SP10, HT07, BL18, BL23, KD03, KD18, LV03, LV05, CV03, CV04, CV06, CV07, GV04 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside KD18
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with KD18. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CV04Original Qi Gate3 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point2 protocols
- BL21Stomach Shu Point2 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi2 protocols
- KD21Dark Gate2 protocols
- SP10Sea Of Blood2 protocols
- ST24Slippery Flesh Gate2 protocols
- ST30Qi Surge2 protocols
- ST34Ridge Mound2 protocols
- ST37Upper Great Hollow2 protocols
- BL14Absolute Yin Shu Point1 protocols
- BL16Governing Vessel Shu Point1 protocols