S23 Taiyi ( E23 )

Location 2 cun above the umbilicus , 2 cun lateral to Xiawan ( Ren10 )

Indications Gastric pain , irritability , mania , indigestion .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 7 - - 1 . 0 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Vasculature The branches of the eighth and ninth intercostal and inferior epigastric arteries and veins .

Innervation The branches of the eighth and ninth intercostal nerves .