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Chong Men: TCM Acupoint Guide

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By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Chong Men (Chongmen)

Location

3.5 cun lateral to REN-2 Qugu, in the depression immediately lateral to the pulsation of the femoral artery at the upper border of the symphysis pubis.

Needling

  • Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: deep needling in the medial direction may puncture the femoral artery, and in a lateral direction, the femoral nerve.
  • Avoid puncturing the artery. Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Straight insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

Command Functions

  • Meeting point of the Spleen and Liver channels with Yin Qiao Mai

Actions

  • Invigorates the blood
  • Regulates qi
  • Alleviates pain
  • Drains dampness
  • Clears heat
  • Regulates urination
  • Removes obstruction from the channel
  • Tonifies yin

Indications

  • Abdominal pain
  • Cold in the abdomen with fullness
  • Abdominal masses
  • Shan disorder
  • Hemorrhoid pain
  • Fetal qi rushes upward to the heart leading to difficulty breathing
  • Difficult lactation
  • Hernia pain
  • Orchitis
  • Gestational edema
  • Difficult urination
  • Retention of urine
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Leukorrhea
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Heat in the body
  • Atrophy disorder
  • Bi syndrome of the lower limbs
  • Endometritis
  • Hip bi when the pain extends to the groin
  • Endometriosis

Notes

Fetal qi rushing up to the heart with distention, pain and fullness of the abdomen and heart is common in the later stages of pregnancy.

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Sources and further reading

We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.

  • Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
  • Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
  • Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
  • NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.

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