GB-25 Jingmen - Capital Gate

More Spirit Names: Capital Door, Palace Door, Qi Mansion

English:	Capital Gate
Also Known As:	Capitol's Door

Location

Below the lateral aspect of the rib cage, anterior and infer to the free end of the twelfth rib.
At the side, just below the twelfth rib.

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: in thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
Straight insertion0.7 to 1 cun.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.

KI-2 Rangu SP-9 Yinlingquan	UB-60 Kunlun	KI-6 Zhaohai
Cold or Damp diarrhea with undigested food	Cold or Damp diarrhea with body pain	Dark urine Obstruction of the water pathways
LIV-5 Ligou LIV-4 Zhongfeng	LIV-2 Xingjian	UB-52 Zhishi
Lower abdominal swelling	Lumbar pain with inability to stand for long or move	Lumbar pain with tension of the spine

The main action of this point is to assist the relationship between the Kidneys and Spleen.
Used more for diagnosis than for treatment.
The Front-Mu points are found on only five channels: REN, LIV, GB, LU and ST.

Spirit of the Point	A powerful physical point, used to get things moving. A capital is a place where people gather, and an important one. Being the Kidney's Alarm point on a Wood meridian, it brings the Kidney's Will to Wood, the child of Water. A gate to the Emperor's official residence, which has to open and shut smoothly. Here live wisdom, righteousness and clarity.
Worsley	Location: On the side of the abdomen, at the front tip of the 12th rib. Needle depth: 7 fen Moxa: 7-12 cones
When to Consider	When the Will is lacking and the Kidney is too cold to warm and support Wood
Notes	Front Mu (Alarm) point of the Kidney Considered a useful point in the Five Element tradition

BL-23 + BL-18 with LV-14 + GB-25 (shu-mu pairs): Perimenopausal insomnia RCT: 10 sessions over 3 weeks at bilateral BL-23, BL-18 with unilateral LV-14, GB-25 (vs sham); shu-mu pairing treats kidney-liver yin deficiency.
Ren-2, Ren-8 (moxa), GB-25 — sealing jing: To induce remission/latency, 'seal the jing' (feng jing): consolidating points Ren-2, Ren-8 with moxa, GB-25 (near the Dai at the 12th floating rib); herbally astringents. (Yuen)
Dai Mai for diabetes: Opening the Dai reduces visceral fat and accesses the pancreas (LV-13, GB-26–28); Li Shizhen: moxa Ren-6, then GB-26, and Du-20 to raise yang. (Rabinowitz)
Earth School 'three triangles' for early diabetes: In the insulin-resistance/damp-phlegm stage: upper triangle clears heat; lower triangle (ST-36, Ren-12) broadly applicable; add SP-6, LV-13, GB-25, SP-13. (Rabinowitz)