KD20 Futonggu (Open Valley)

腹通谷fù tōng gǔFutonggu

Kidney Meridian

Location of acupuncture point KD20 Futonggu (Open Valley)
25
Indications
1
Protocols
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Location

5 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV13.

Cautions

Caution in pregnancy.

Indications

Conditions for which KD20 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Benefit Regulate Jiao LowerCoughFacial DroopDiarrheaDisorientationAbdominal BloatingShortness of BreathEpilepsyChest FullnessUnable to Turn NeckImmobility Neck TurningMalariaRib PainHeart PainPalpitationsPhlegmEye Canthus Medial RednessRegulate Jiao LowerSpeech ImpairmentUndigested Food in StoolMouth Beneath Tongue SwellingTongue Body ProtrusionUnbind ChestVoice LossVomiting

Protocols using KD20

  • Phlegm Misting Heart, Phlegm Misting HeartST23, ST24, ST40, ST41, ST45, SI19, BL03, BL08, KD20 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)

Most often selected alongside KD20

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with KD20. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

  • BL03Eyebrow Ascension1 protocols
  • BL08Declining Connection1 protocols
  • SI19Palace Of Hearing1 protocols
  • ST23Great Unity1 protocols
  • ST24Slippery Flesh Gate1 protocols
  • ST40Abundant Bulge1 protocols
  • ST41Dividing Cleft1 protocols
  • ST45Running Point1 protocols