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CV11

Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) Channel

Building the Center

建里Jiàn Lǐ

Use caution during pregnancy

Abdomen; avoid deep needling from the second trimester onward.

Anatomical location

On the midline, 3 cun above the navel.

Main function

Regulates the Stomach, eliminates stagnation, harmonizes the Middle Jiao.

Therapeutic indications

  • Abdominal pain
  • vomiting
  • indigestion
  • abdominal distension
  • stomach pain
  • poor appetite
  • edema

Name and classical tradition

Jianli, 建里, means "Build the Interior." 建 means to build, establish, or strengthen; 里 (裡) is the interior, as opposed to 表, the exterior, and here the abdominal organs. The usual gloss describes it as the point that strengthens the digestive center, and the functional name is transparent. It lies between CV10 and CV12, in the middle of the series of stomach points.

The first work to record it is the Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing (Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). It is one of the few Ren Mai points for which no alternative name has been found.

Location of point CV11, Building the Center
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View point on the 3D modelCV11 on the anatomy
Needling techniquePerpendicular insertion 0.8-1.5 cun.
Depth0.8-1.5 cun
MoxibustionApplicable (3-5 cones or 5-10 minutes, indirect moxa)
PrecautionsAvoid deep needling so as not to injure internal organs.
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Protocols for the 20 patterns you see most in practice

Each pattern with its tongue, its pulse, the treatment principle and the points to tonify and disperse. Made for the treatment table, not the bookshelf.

Do you use CV11 with your patients?

In the Clinic you record it in the patient's file, next to the tongue, the pulse and the measurements, so at the next session you know exactly what you used. The Atlas is built in.

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