Ren-4

Gate of Origin

關元

Guanyuan

Front-Mu point of the Small Intestine Meeting point with the Spleen, Liver and Kidney channels Moxa often used on this point

SI: I do not know when to trust others to speak the truth - I do not know the right thing to say, Ki: I am afraid of success and/or failure, Lv: I am angry with my lack of success - I find it hard to change my plans - I always compromise, Sp: I worry about succeeding/failing

Insomnia, kidney deficiency, weakness of the lumbar region and legs, pain of the lumbar region and the bones and joints of the legs in the middle-aged and elderly, aversion to cold in the back, withered ears, gradual darkening of the face, fear, fright, deep-rooted bone ulcers due to fear, frequent urination, incontinence, seminal emission, impotence, infertility, infertility with cold sensation in the vagina, absence of menstruation, bleeding during pregnancy, persistent flow of lochia, post-partum abdominal pain, red and white vaginal discharge, short breath with inability to lie down, insomnia, dizziness, headache, wasting and thirsting disorder, lethargy and lack of strength, excessive weight loss of the four limbs despite much eating, weariness of the four limbs, weakness of Spleen qi, undigested food in the stool, diarrhoea, inflamed colon, incontinence of the stool in the elderly, belching, vomiting of phlegm, retention of urine due to foetal pressure, retention of urine, dark urine, painful urinary dysfunction, blood in the urine, burning pain on urination, oedema that leads to pain of the lateral costal region, lower abdomen pain, rushing sensation rising to the heart, fullness of the lower abdomen, back pain and twisting pain below the umbilicus that gradually radiates to the genitals, sudden painful hernia & acute abdominal pain, intense heat in the hypogastrium, sudden turmoil disorder, heaviness of the body like a mountain, tremor of the hands, production of LH and FSH for ovulation