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    SP 16

    Fuai

    fù ā (腹哀 )
    Abdominal Lament, Abdomen Sorrow
    Foot Taiyin - SP Channel
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Fuai (SP 16)

Location

3 cun above the center of the umbilicus, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline at the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle, level with Jianli (CV 11).

Indications
  • Abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation, dysentery
Applications
  • Regulates the Intestines
Balance Method: 
Techniques

Needle perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 cun.

Remarks
  • Meeting Point of the Spleen channel with the yinwei (linking) channel