Acupuncture Points for Stomach Qi Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 缺盆 (quē pén)

🎯 Location: In the midpoint of the supraclavicular fossa 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; caution with subclavian vessels.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Sweating

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 梁門 (liáng mén)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV12.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute abdominal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Qi Deficiency, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣衝 (qì chōng)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV02.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle with care near the femoral artery. 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, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胃俞 (wèi shū)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Jaundice, Vomiting