Acupuncture Points for Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梅花 (méi huā)

🎯 Location: A group of five points on the upper abdomen around CV12: one on the anterior midline at the midpoint of the line from the lower border of the sternum to the umbilicus (CV12), two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths below the lower border of the sternum, and two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly – deep needling risks entering the peritoneal cavity over the stomach. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Loss of Appetite, Benefit Digestion, Dilatation Stomach, Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梅花 (méi huā)

🎯 Location: A group of five points on the upper abdomen around CV12: one on the anterior midline at the midpoint of the line from the lower border of the sternum to the umbilicus (CV12), two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths below the lower border of the sternum, and two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly – deep needling risks entering the peritoneal cavity over the stomach. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Loss of Appetite, Benefit Digestion, Dilatation Stomach, Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梅花 (méi huā)

🎯 Location: A group of five points on the upper abdomen around CV12: one on the anterior midline at the midpoint of the line from the lower border of the sternum to the umbilicus (CV12), two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths below the lower border of the sternum, and two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly – deep needling risks entering the peritoneal cavity over the stomach. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Loss of Appetite, Benefit Digestion, Dilatation Stomach, Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梅花 (méi huā)

🎯 Location: A group of five points on the upper abdomen around CV12: one on the anterior midline at the midpoint of the line from the lower border of the sternum to the umbilicus (CV12), two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths below the lower border of the sternum, and two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly – deep needling risks entering the peritoneal cavity over the stomach. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Loss of Appetite, Benefit Digestion, Dilatation Stomach, Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Chest & Abdomen

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梅花 (méi huā)

🎯 Location: A group of five points on the upper abdomen around CV12: one on the anterior midline at the midpoint of the line from the lower border of the sternum to the umbilicus (CV12), two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths below the lower border of the sternum, and two 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline 3.5 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly – deep needling risks entering the peritoneal cavity over the stomach. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Loss of Appetite, Benefit Digestion, Dilatation Stomach, Cramping Stomach

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 里內庭 (lǐ nèi tíng)

🎯 Location: On the foot palm, in the depression the anterior to the second and third metatarsophalaneal joint.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Hives, Toothache, Neuralgia Trigeminal, Tonsillitis