Borborygmus Connections
Below you will find various relationships to the concept of and potential clinical approaches for borborygmus. It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine (and most related systems), treatment for "borborygmus" is rarely designed with the resulting "borborygmus" exclusively in mind.
For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.
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Some acupuncture points are considered "empirically" related to a specific condition or diagnostic pattern. While this would rarely, if ever, dictate the entire composition of a treatment, the following points should be considered, possibly even more so within the context of acupressure:
SP 5 (Shang Hill)
In a depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus…
Tonifies the spleen and resolves dampness - lethargy, desir…
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SP 17 (Food Hole)
6 cun lateral to the anterior midline in the 5th inter-cost…
Promotes smooth spleen qi (digestion), moves water stagnati…
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ST 22 (Pass Gate)
2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 11.
Abdominal pain, bloating, gurgling in the stomach/intestine…
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ST 30 (Surging Qi)
2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 2.
Upper Sea of Water & Grain Point - excess or deficient …
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ST 37 (Upper Great Hollow)
6 cun below ST 35, one finger width lateral from the anteri…
Generally for excess and more acute disorders of the intest…
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ST 43 (Sunken Valley)
In a depression distal to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd m…
Similar actions to ST 44 but used less often - will clear h…
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UB 16 (Governing Shu)
1.5 cun lateral to GV 10, level with T6.
Hot a/or toxic skin conditions (esp. on the back): acne, bo…
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UB 21 (Stomach Shu)
1.5 cun lateral to GV line, level with T12.
Main point for all Stomach related issues in TCM diagnostic…
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UB 22 (Triple Burner Shu)
1.5 cun lateral to GV 5, level with L1.
As Triple Heater Shu this point effects conditions related …
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UB 25 (Large Intestine Shu)
1.5 cun lateral to GV 3, level with L4.
Main point for low back pain especially when related to con…
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