Bl-21

Bl-21

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Channel
Element
English
Stomach Shu
Name
胃俞
Transliteration
Weishu
Special Point
Back-Shu Point
Description
Back-Shu point of the Stomach
Indications
stomach spleen digestion nausea the middle jiao
Kinesiology
Appetite vomiting reflux
Channel Psychology
St: I am content & in control. I need to live up to other people’s expectations. I am frustrated by others, other people disappoint me
Symptoms
Epigastric pain, cold and feeble stomach, distension and cold of the stomach, distension and fullness of the abdomen and epigastrium, fullness of the lateral costal region, oedema and drum distension, thin body despite much eating, hungry but unable to eat, lack of appetite, difficult ingestion, vomiting, vomiting clear fluid, vomiting in the morning what was eaten the evening before, stomach reflux, sudden turmoil disorder, contracted sinews, childhood nutritional impairment, regurgitation of milk in children, bowel sounds, diarrhoea, undigested food (in the stool), chest pain, contraction and pain of the back, jaundice, dimness of vision, prolapse of the rectum, gastrointestinal peristalsis, gastrointestine function
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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.