ACUPUNCTURE
Jing Men: TCM Acupoint Guide
JINGMEN
Name
Jing Men (Jingmen)
Location
At the side, just below the twelfth rib, anterior and inferior to the free end of the twelfth rib.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
- Straight insertion, 0.7 to 1 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Front-Mu point of the Kidney
Actions
- Tonifies the kidneys
- Regulates the water passages
- Fortifies the spleen
- Regulates the intestines
- Strengthens the lumbar region
Indications
- Borborygmus
- Cold or damp diarrhea
- Abdominal distention
- Vomiting
- Lower abdominal pain
- Painful shan disorder
- Weakness of the spine
- Lumbar pain with inability to stand for long
- Pain of the lateral costal region and back
- Pain of the inner aspect of the scapula
- Hip pain
- Hypochondriac pain
- Lower jiao wasting and thirsting
- Painful urinary dysfunction
- Alternating chills and fever
- Lower abdominal cramps
- Kidney prolapse
- Difficult urination
- Dark urine
- Swelling of the face
- Failure of the water passages to flow
- Desire to drink
- Chills and fever
- Disgruntled, with inability to catch the breath
- Nephritis
- Hernia
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Lumbago
- Restless fetus disorder due to kidney deficiency
- Dyspnea
- Kidney pain
- Upper urinary tract stones
Notes
The main action of this point is to assist the relationship between the kidneys and spleen.
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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