ACUPUNCTURE
Huo Rou Men: TCM Acupoint Guide
HUAROUMEN
Name
Huo Rou Men (Huoroumen)
Location
On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 1 cun superior to the umbilicus, level with REN-9 Shuifen.
Needling
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.7 to 1 cun.
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
Actions
- Transforms phlegm
- Calms the shen
- Harmonizes the stomach
- Alleviates vomiting
- Enhances the processing of food
- Limbers up the whole body
Indications
- Chronic and acute gastritis
- Gastric pain
- Tongue thrusting
- Stiff tongue
- Hematemesis
- Insanity
- Vomiting
- Mania-depression
- Lotus flower tongue
- Epigastric pain
Notes
This point is useful if the physical body or the mind/shen is stuck. This is a good point for dancers.
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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