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LR 13 Acupuncture Point

LIV 13 Acupuncture Point

LR 13 Acupuncture Point is called as zhāng mén. Zhang means screen. Men means door. This point is below the hypochondrium, which acts like a screen for the internal organs

LR 13 Acupuncture Point
LIV 13 Acupuncture Point

LR 13 Acupuncture Point Location

On the lateral abdomen, slightly inferior and anterior to the tip of the free end of the eleventh rib. Needle perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5 – 0.8 cun.

Anterior and inferior to free end of 11th rib

LR 13 Acupuncture Point Names

章⾨ zhāng mén

Liver 13 Camphorwood Gate

Speciality

  • Front Mu Point of the Spleen that connects with Back Shu BL20
  • Meeting Point on the Liver Channel with the Gall Bladder, Kidney, Heart, Spleen and Lung Channels
  • Completion Gate
  • Hui-Gathering Point of the Zang

Functions

  • Regulates Liver qi
  • Fortifies the Spleen
  • Harmonizes Liver and Spleen

Indication

  • Vomiting
  • Abdominal Distention
  • Diarrhea
  • Indigestion
  • Pain in the dorso-lumbar region, hypochondriac region, costal region
  • propensity to anger, distention and pain of the abdomen, borborygmus, diarrhea and loss of appetite, constipation
  • running piglet

Diseases

Abdominal, hypochondriac region and chest pain.

Discomfort

Area of Protection

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