Kidney 20

KD 20 / FUTONGGU / OPEN VALLEY

POINT LOCATION

5 cun superior to the umbilicus, 0.5 cun lateral to the midline

 

Associations

• Meeting Point of Kidney & Chong Channels

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Abdominal pain
• Distention
• Indigestion
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Pain and fullness of the chest
• Palpitations

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Opens chest
• Harmonizes Middle Jiao

 

Cautions

• Deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity