ST29 (Guilai, “Return”) is an acupuncture point on the Stomach Meridian. It is located on the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline, on the rectus abdominis muscle. It warms the Lower Jiao, regulates menstruation, dispels Cold, and alleviates pain.
On the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline, on the rectus abdominis muscle.
Perpendicular insertion, 1.0 to 1.5 cun. Caution is advised to avoid puncturing the peritoneum, and in women, to consider the state of the bladder.
Warms the Lower Jiao, regulates menstruation, dispels Cold, and alleviates pain.
Running piglet disorder (Ben Tun), testicular retraction into the abdomen, pain in the penis, women's blood-stasis and cold in the uterus, uterine prolapse, amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, cold and pain in the female genitalia, infertility, abdominal fullness, hernia.
Guilai is a crucial point for gynecological and andrological disorders stemming from cold and stagnation in the Lower Jiao. It is particularly effective for hernia-like pain, testicular retraction, and menstrual irregularities such as amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea due to cold. Its name, 'Return', aptly describes its ability to address prolapse and restore normal physiological function in the pelvic region.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
歸來，一名溪穴，在水道下一寸，刺入八分，灸五壯According to this text, ST29, also called Xixue, lies 1 cun below Shuidao and is needled 0.8 cun with 5 moxa cones.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 经穴起止 · Source: Wikisource ↗
归来天枢下七寸。 针入八分，灸五壮。 主贲豚卵上入引茎痛，妇人血脏积冷According to this text, ST29 lies 7 cun below Tianshu, needled 0.8 cun with 5 moxa cones, and was used for running-piglet qi with the testicles drawn upward and pain pulling into the penis, and for accumulated cold in the blood organ (womb) of women.
《類經圖翼》 Lèijīng Túyì — Illustrated Wings to the Classified Canon, Zhang Jiebin, 1624 · 卷六 · 經絡（四） · 足陽明胃經穴 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
歸來（一名溪穴） 在水道下二寸，去中行二寸。 刺八分，灸五壯。 一曰刺二分半。 主治奔豚九疝，陰丸上縮，入腹引痛，婦人血藏積冷According to this text, ST29 (also called Xixue) lies 2 cun below Shuidao, 2 cun from the midline, needled 0.8 cun (another view: 0.25 cun) with 5 moxa cones; it was used for running-piglet qi, the nine kinds of shan hernia, testicles retracting upward into the abdomen with pain, and accumulated cold in the blood organ of women.
ST29 is one of 45 points on the Stomach Meridian. Nearby points:
ST29 (Guilai) is located on the lower abdomen, 4 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline, on the rectus abdominis muscle.
ST29 warms the Lower Jiao, regulates menstruation, dispels Cold, and alleviates pain. Common clinical indications include running piglet disorder (Ben Tun), testicular retraction into the abdomen, pain in the penis, women's blood-stasis and cold in the uterus, uterine prolapse, amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, cold and pain in the female genitalia, infertility, abdominal fullness, hernia.
Perpendicular insertion, 1.0 to 1.5 cun. Caution is advised to avoid puncturing the peritoneum, and in women, to consider the state of the bladder.
ST29 is a point on the Stomach Meridian (Zú Yángmíng Wèijīng).