ACUPUNCTURE
Dan Ju: TCM Acupoint Guide
DANJU
Name
Dan Ju (Danju)
Location
On the lower abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 2 cun inferior to the umbilicus, level with REN-5 Shimen. Note: the 2 cun line is located halfway between the midline and the palpable lateral border of the rectus abdominus muscle.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.7 to 1.2 cun.
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Benefits the kidneys
- Firms the jing
- Regulates qi
- Promotes urination
- Regulates stomach qi
Indications
- Premature ejaculation
- Seminal emission
- Irregular menstruation
- Difficult urination
- Urinary retention
- Lower abdominal distention and fullness
- Shan (hernia) disorder
- Abdominal pain
- Cystitis
- Fright palpitations
- Insomnia
- Propensity to fright
- Agitation without thirst
- Loss of use of the four limbs
- Hemiplegia
- Dysuria
- Intestinal obstruction
Notes
This point is frequently used in excess conditions giving rise to lateral abdominal pain.
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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