ACUPUNCTURE
Qu Gu: TCM Acupoint Guide
QUGU
Name
Qu Gu (Qugu)
Location
On the midline of the lower abdomen, at the superior border of the pubic symphysis, 5 cun below the navel.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Caution: deep insertion will penetrate a full bladder, which should therefore be emptied before treatment.
- Straight insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point with the Liver channel
Actions
- Benefits urination
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Warms and invigorates the kidneys
Indications
- Dribbling of urine
- Hesitant flow of urine
- Difficult urination
- Retention of urine due to fetal pressure
- Enuresis
- The five types of painful urinary dysfunction
- Red and white leukorrhea
- Irregular menstruation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Spermatorrhea
- Orchitis
- Groin hernia
- Uterine inflammation
- Uterus failing to return to normal after childbirth
- Uterine fibroids
- Cold sensations in the uterus
- Amenorrhea
- Frigidity
- Syphilis
- Fullness, distention and pain of the lower abdomen
- Acute lower abdominal pain
- Painful shan disorder
- Impotence
- Seminal emission
- Dampness and itching of the scrotum
- Contraction of the penis
- Dryness and pain of the genitals
- Deficiency and exhaustion of the five zang
- Deficiency and weariness with extreme cold
- Uterine prolapse
- Uterine bleeding
- Nocturnal emission
- Morbid leukorrhea
- Cystitis
- Lack of virility
- Gonorrhea
Contraindications
Use needles and moxa with caution during pregnancy.
Notes
This point acts primarily on the genitourinary area. Use it especially where there is cold.
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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