Acupoint+ST-28+Shui+Dao

**ST28 ** ** • **   **Shui Dao**    •    **Stomach** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **28** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Waterway. = = =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//On the lower abdomen, 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline, at the level of CV-4.//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Regulates The Lower Burner Benefits the Bladder Benefits the Uterus Transforms Stagnation// damp heat in lower warmer; genital herpes; damp heat leucorrhoea

=Needling=

Depth:
0.7- 1.2 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None.

=General Indications=

Functions
dispels damp; clears and regulates fluid pathways; cool damp heat; benefit bladder; any genital inflammation; pelvic inflammatory disease; damp heat in lower warmer

Indications
UTIs; menstrual and fertility problems related to dampness

Special Notes
with BL-27 for damp heat; with BL-52 for male sexual dysfunction

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abdominal Distention **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abdominal Fullness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abdominal Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cystitis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Edema **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hernia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Infertility **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Menses Irregular **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Nephritis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Orchitis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urine Retention **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">