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JINGMEN GB-25 INDICATIONS
Bladder
Capital Gate • Borborygmus, cold or damp (dong) diarrhoea, ab-
Kidney dominal distention, vomiting, pain of the lower
Front-Mu point of the Kidneys
Pericardium abdomen, painful shan disorder.
Sanjiao • Difficult urination, dark urine, swelling of the face,
LOCATION failure of the water passages to flow, desire to drink.
Gall Bladder
Below the lateral aspect of the ribcage, anterior and in- • Chills and fever, disgruntled with inability to catch
feriorLiver
to the free end of the 12th rib. the breath.
Conception • Weakness of the spine, lumbar pain with inability to
Governing Jingmen GB-25
free end of twelfth rib
stand for long, pain of the lateral costal region and
Extra Points back, pain of the inner aspect of the shoulder blade,
Zhangmen LIV-13 pain of the hip.
free end of eleventh rib

LOCATION NOTE
To locate the free end of the twelfth rib, first place the
entire hand on the upper abdomen and with gentle finger
pressure palpate downwards along the costal margin,
until the end of the eleventh rib is located just above the
level of the umbilicus. Then palpate further along the
inferior margin of the ribcage until the free end of the
twelfth rib is located in the lateral lumbar region.
NEEDLING
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: in thin subjects, deep needling may penetrate
the peritoneal cavity.
ACTIONS
Tonifies the Kidneys and regulates the water passages
Fortifies the Spleen and regulates the intestines
Strengthens the lumbar region
COMMENTARY
Jingmen GB-25 is the front-mu point of the Kidneys. The
term ‘mu’ means to gather or to collect, and the front-mu
points are where the qi of the zangfu gathers and concen-
trates on the anterior surface of the body.
The main action of Jingmen GB-25 is to assist the mutual
relationship between the Kidneys and the Spleen. Ac-
cording to the Complete Works of Jing-yue “Ming men is the
sea of essence [and] blood, the Spleen is the sea of water
and grain, together they are the root of the five zang and
six fu”. The Kidneys are the source of pre-heaven qi and
rule the fluids, whilst the Spleen is the source of post-
heaven qi, and rules the transportation and transformation
of food and water. The Kidney yang is the root of all the
yang of the body, and its fire is the source for the vigour
of the Spleen’s transportation and transformation func-
tion. At the same time, it is the Spleen which extracts the
essence from food to supplement the Kidney essence.
When this mutual support between the Kidneys and
Spleen breaks down, there will be impairment of both the
Spleen’s digestive function, and the Kidneys’ function of
ruling the fluids. Jingmen GB-25 is indicated for cases of
cold or damp (dong) diarrhoea, borborygmus and ab-
dominal distention resulting from Spleen yang deficiency
which either derives from Kidney yang deficiency, or due
to its prolonged nature has injured the Kidney yang. It is
also used to tonify Kidney yang to facilitate the flow of
water in urinary diseases and is indicated for difficult
urination, concentrated urine, swelling of the face and
‘failure of the water passages to flow’.
The Kidneys rule the lumbar region and the bones. The
other principal application of Jingmen GB-25 is in the
treatment of disorders of the lumbar region and spine,
particularly when due to deficiency of the Kidneys. It is
therefore indicated for weakness of the spine and for
lumbar pain with inability to stand for long. Due to its
location on the Gall Bladder channel it is also indicated for
combined pain of the back and lateral costal region, for
example in renal colic, as well as for pain of the hip.
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COMBINATIONS
• ColdBladder
or damp (dong) diarrhoea with undigested
Kidney
food: Jingmen GB-25, Rangu KID-2 and Yinlingquan
SP-9Pericardium
(Thousand Ducat Formulas).
• ColdSanjiao
or damp (dong) diarrhoea with body pain:
Jingmen GB-25 and Kunlun BL-60 (Thousand Ducat
Gall Bladder
Formulas).
• DarkLiver
urine and obstruction of the water pathway:
Conception
Jingmen GB-25 and Zhaohai KID-6 (Thousand Ducat
Formulas).
Governing
• Swelling
Extra of the lower abdomen: Jingmen GB-25, Ligou
Points
LIV-5 and Zhongfeng LIV-4 (Supplementing Life).
• Lumbar pain with inability to stand for long or move:
Jingmen GB-25 and Xingjian LIV-2 (Systematic Classic).
• Lumbar pain with tension of the spine: Jingmen
GB-25 and Zhishi BL-52 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).