Atlas of Acupuncture

5 The Eight Extraordinary Vessels (qi jing ba mai) with Points

Luo-Connecting Vessel of the Ren Mai(➞1.6)

Pathway

The luo-connecting vessel of the ren maioriginates at Ren-15

(jiuwei), below the xiphoid process (➞3) and disperses over the

skin of the abdomen.

Clinical importance

Pathology

Excess (shi): pain of the abdominal skin

Deficiency (xu): itching of the abdominal skin

Ren-15

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