Forbidden in Pregnancy?
After 5th monthAcupuncture
Element
English
Hidden Gate
Name
幽門
Transliteration
Youmen
Description
Meeting point with the Chong Mai
Indications
spleen stomach vomiting spreads liver qi chest breasts and pain
Kinesiology
Memory digestion and intestines
Channel Psychology
Ki: Fear, taking action, and a love of being alive. Chong Mai : Afraid of not being accepted or desired
Symptoms
Abdominal pain, lower abdominal pain, acute cramping pain in abdomen, vomiting, nausea, retching, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, much spittle, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, fullness with no pleasure in eating, difficult ingestion, fullness and agitation below the heart, diarrhoea, blood in stools, dysenteric disorder, chest pain, distension of the lateral costal region, pain of the chest and lateral costal region radiating to the back, cough, coughing blood, breast milk does not flow, breast abscess, heart pain in women, poor memory, redness of the eyes originating at the inner canthus
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.