Kidney 21

KD 21 / Youmen / Hidden Gate

POINT LOCATION

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

 

Associations

• Meeting Point of Kidney & Chong Channels

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal distention
• Indigestion
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Morning sickness
• Diarrhea
• Chest/costal pain
• Insufficient lactation

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Moves Liver Qi
• Harmonizes ST/SP
• Opens chest
• Clears Heat

Cautions

• Deep needling, will puncture the liver on the right side and the peritoneum on the left.