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GB-25 Jingmen (京門) — Capital Gate
Depth
00.5–1 cun3.0
Perpendicular insertion
Precautions
Deep perpendicular insertion carries a substantial risk of puncturing an enlarged kidney or the spleen (on the left).
Location (classical)
On the lateral aspect of the abdomen, on the lower border of the free end of the twelfth rib.
How to find it (practical)
In lateral or ventral decubitus, locate the point at the free end of the twelfth (floating) rib on the lateral aspect of the waist, 1.8 cun posterior to Zhang Men (LR-13).
Anatomy
External and internal oblique muscles, latissimus dorsi, quadratus lumborum. Innervated by the 11th intercostal and subcostal nerves.
Needling
Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Etymology
Jing (京门), capital, important; Men (门), gate. As the Front-Mu point of the Shen (Kidney), it has an important role in the treatment of dysfunction of the Water pathway.
CLASSICAL SOURCEMai Jing
Clinical Relations
Point Pairs
Back-Shu/Front-MuBL-23 Shenshu
Adjacent Points on the Meridian