SP-16 Fuai - Abdomen Sorrow
More Spirit Names: Abdomen Lament, Abdominal Lament, Intestinal Lament, Intestinal Bend
| English: | Abdomen's Sorrow |
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Location
- On the abdomen, in the depression at the lateral border of the rectus abdominus muscle, 3 cun superior to SP-15 Daheng.
Note: In some patients with a narrow subcostal angle, the point may fall on the costal margin; it should then either be located more medially or needle transversely on the costal margin. - On the abdomen, in the depression at the lateral border of the rectus abdominus muscle, 4 cun lateral to the midline at the lateral border of the rectus abdominus muscle.
- Located 3 cun above SP-15 Daheng 3.5 cun lateral to the median line of the abdomen.
- 3 cun above the center of the umbilicus and 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution:
1. In thin patients, deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.
2. Deep needling may penetrate an enlarged Spleen. - Straight insertion 1-1.5 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.7 to 1.2 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting Point of the Spleen and Yinwei Channels
- Crossing point of the Yin Wei channel (Secondary source).
Actions
- Regulates the Intestines
Indications
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Combinations
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Undigested food in the stool |
Contraindications
Notes
- When a narrow subcostal angle puts this point on the costal margin, another option is simply to select a different point.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Abdomen Sorrow takes away and moves the sorrow. It is for a sense of loss, when Earth has stopped doing for us what it should: a terrible, deep sadness, the feeling of not being loved by mother. When the Spleen is exhausted and oppressed it cannot take in and transform, and the person may close in on themselves. It addresses a spiritual emptiness, a sadness like that of someone saying 'I don't want to eat' as an appeal for sympathy and wanting to be understood. Somewhat like Broken Bowl, it concerns loss in the Earth element, the sadness of nothing being there, of loss or departure. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the abdomen on the paramedian nipple line, 4 ACI from the midline and 2½ ACI above the umbilicus level, at a height midway between REN-10 and REN-11. |
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From Class
- SP-16 Fuai: Yin Wei point where grief, sorrow and disconnection from center can be acknowledged and integrated. (Lewis)
- SP-16 Fuai (Abdomen Sorrow): On the Yin Wei Mai; helps recognize unresolved past regrets and integrate previously undigested life experience. (Lewis)
- Ren-12 Zhongwan (Center Cavity): Where excess collects; stimulating it digests worry and overthinking held in the 'gut brain' and releases mental attachments burdening the Spleen. (Lewis)
- Yin Wei & Yang Wei for diabetes: For diabetes, Yin Wei points KI-9, SP-13, SP-15, SP-16, LV-14 and opening point PC-6; Yang Wei eye points (GB-16, GB-17) for retinopathy, opening point SJ-5. (Rabinowitz)
- Yin Wei Mai — weaving the inner story: Unintegrated experiences are knots in the Yin Wei Mai's fabric; Yin Wei lets us gather what was left behind, addressing conditioning at odds with the Chong blueprint. (Lewis)
- Yin Wei Mai psychic treatment — forgiving the past: Resolves deepest internal conflict: PC-6 opens the chest, KI-9 witnesses life as a revered guest, SP-15 centers, SP-16 for unresolved heartbreak, LV-14 unbinds the chest, Ren-22/23 tell a new story. (Lewis)