Jiuwei (CV15)
Jiuwei (CV15), “Turtledove Tail”, is a point on the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). It is point 15 of the 24 on the channel. Great Luo of the Conception Vessel: calms the Shen, unbinds the chest and stops convulsions.
Location
On the upper abdomen, 1 cun below the xiphisternal junction, on the anterior median line.
Functions according to tradition
Great Luo of the Conception Vessel: calms the Shen, unbinds the chest and stops convulsions.
Traditional indications
- Epilepsy
- Palpitations
- Anxiety
- Cardiac pain
- Chest oppression
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
From here the collateral that links the channel to its interior-exterior partner departs, which is why it is credited with acting on both channels at once.
Precautions
Needle obliquely downward and shallowly: never deep below the xiphoid process.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- BL14 Jueyinshu (Bladder): Cardiac pain, Chest oppression, Palpitations
- BL44 Shentang (Bladder): Anxiety, Chest oppression, Palpitations
- GB13 Benshen (Gallbladder): Anxiety, Epilepsy
- GV11 Shendao (Du Mai (Governing Vessel)): Anxiety, Palpitations
- HT9 Shaochong (Heart): Cardiac pain, Palpitations
- PC5 Jianshi (Pericardium): Epilepsy, Palpitations
Point profile
- Code
- CV15
- Pinyin name
- Jiū Wěi
- Characters
- 鸠尾
- Translation
- Turtledove Tail
- Meridian
- Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)
- Classification
- Luo-Connecting
- Topics
- Mental, Heart, Epilepsy
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