Atlas of Acupuncture

5.2 Ren mai

Location

On the anterior midline, 1 cun inferior to the umbilicus.

How to find

The distance between the centre of the umbilicus and the upper

border of the pubic symphysis is divided into 5 cun, which can

vary considerably from the patient’s finger cun. Therefore, only

proportional cun measurements should be used here (helpful

device: elastic tape ➞2.3.1). Ren-7is located on the midline, 1

cun inferior to the umbilicus.

Located on the same level are ➞KID-15(0.5 cun lateral to the

midline) and ➞ST-26(2 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1 cun. Caution: Peritoneum, pregnancy.

Actions/Indications

● Regulates menstruation

● Regulates the Qi flow in the abdomen and the genital area

Special features

Meeting point with the chong maiand the KID channel

Yin Intersection YINJIAO Ren-7

Ren-2

Ren-7

Ren-8 Umbilicus

Upper border

of the pubic

symphysis

5 cun

1 cun

Upper border of

the pubic symphysis

Umbilicus

KID-16 Ren-08

KID-15 Ren-07

Umbilicus

Ren-06

2 cun

ST-26

ST-25

1 cun

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