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Channel
Element
English
Lower Epigastrium
Name
下脘
Transliteration
Xiawan
Description
Meeting point with the Spleen channel
Indications
stomach qi food stagnation
Kinesiology
digestion nausea lower third of stomach
Channel Psychology
Sp: I worry about succeeding/failing,
Physical Conditions
Symptoms
Abdominal fullness or hardness, epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting after eating, severe constipation, undigested food in the stool, no pleasure in eating, improving function of the six fu, excessive weight loss, dark urine.
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.