ACUPUNCTURE
Tai Yi: TCM Acupoint Guide
TAIYI
Name
Tai Yi (Taiyi)
Location
On the abdomen, 2 cun lateral to the midline and 2 cun superior to the umbilicus, level with REN-10 Xiawan.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneum.
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.7 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Transforms phlegm
- Calms the shen
- Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
Indications
- Mania-depression
- Agitation
- Tongue thrusting
- Mad walking
- Stomach
- Intestinal pain
- Hernia
- Insanity
- Indigestion
- Epigastric pain
- Abdominal pain
- Poor appetite
- Diarrhea
- Shan disorder
- Beriberi
- Enuresis
- Irritability
Notes
This point is said to bring out the true pulse.
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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