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    Ex-CA5
    Qizhongsibian
    qí zhōng sì biān ( 臍中四邊|脐中四边 )
    Four Sides of the Umbilicus

Qizhongsibian (Ex-CA5)

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Four points total, each 1 cun lateral, superior and inferior to the center of the umbilicus.

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  • Indigestion, epigastric or stomach pain, stomach spasm, stomach distention, duodenal ulcer, stomach ulcer, indigestion
  • Borborigmus, diarrhea, enteritis, food poisoning, dysentary, biliary ascariasis
  • Hernia, acute or chronic epilepsy in children, seizures, convulsions
  • Orchitis, edema
  • Edema
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  • Promotes digestion, relieves food stagnation
  • Regulates qi, harmonizes Stomach
  • Extinguishes wind, relieves spasm
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Perpendicular needling 0.5-1 cun. Moxa is applicable. Salt moxa can be used on the umbilicus as well.