Shimen

Shimen(CV5,石门) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Conception Vessel. It is the alarm point of TE.(TE meridian: Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian of Hand)

Location

On the midline of the lower abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus.

Indication

• ①Abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, pain around the umbilicus,and other intestine diseases;
• ②"Ben-Tun" syndrome ("running piglet qi"), hernia ;
• ③edema, dysuria;
• ④seminal emissions, impotence;
• ⑤amenorrhea, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, lochiorrhea.

Method

Perpendicular insertion 1-1.5 cun.