Acupoints for Regulate Jiao Lower

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水道 (shuǐ dào)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv4.

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Edema, Urinary Retention

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 攢竹 (zǎn zhú)

🎯 Location: On the medial extremity of the eyebrow or on the supraorbital notch.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with supraorbital nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海俞 (qì hǎi yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd lumbar vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Hemorrhoids, Menstrual Cramps, Leg Weakness

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 關元俞 (guān yuán yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th lumbar vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Lower Back Pain, Bedwetting

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上髎 (shàng hé)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum at the midpoint between posterior superior iliac spine and posterior midline just at the 1st posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Knee Pain, Common Cold, Vomiting, Back Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 次髎 (cì hé)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the posterior superior iliac spine just at the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility, Sciatica

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中髎 (zhōng hé)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the ub32 just at the 3rd posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Pain, Urinary Retention, Infertility

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下髎 (xià hé)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum medial and inferior to the ub33 just at the 4th posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Swelling, Lower Back Pain, Painful Urination

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 會陽 (huì yáng)

🎯 Location: On the sacrum 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the tip of the coccyx.

⚠️ Cautions: Do not needle into thrombosed or actively inflamed haemorrhoidal tissue, and observe strict asepsis in this region.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Leg Pain, Dysentery, Rectal Prolapse, Hemorrhoids

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承扶 (chéng fú)

🎯 Location: On the posterior side of the thigh at the midpoint of the inferior gluteal crease.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Back Pain, Pain, Hemorrhoids, Sciatica, Lower Back Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽綱 (yáng gāng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du7 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胞肓 (bāo huāng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the median sacral crest at the level of the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Bloating, Pain, Edema, Urinary Retention, Sciatica

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 然谷 (rán gǔ)

🎯 Location: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus in the depression on the lower border of the tuberosity of the navicular bone.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Heat Deficiency, Asthma

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 照海 (zhào hǎi)

🎯 Location: In the depression the below tip of the medial malleolus.

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Deficiency, Dizziness, Constipation, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣穴 (qì xué)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv4.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods, Lower Back Pain, Urinary Problems, Diarrhoea Persistent

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四滿 (sì mǎn)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv5.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods, Blood Stagnation, Uterine Prolapse, Urinary Problems

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中注 (zhōng zhù)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width below umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv7.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Stools Dry, Constipation, Abdominal Pain, Dysentery

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 石關 (shí guān)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv11.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Vomiting, Blood Stagnation, Pain, Hiccups

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹通谷 (fù tōng gǔ)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths above the umbilicus 05 thumb widths lateral to the cv13.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Palpitations