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
Kinesiology
Appetite
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.