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LR-6

中都

Zhōng Dū

Zhongdu

Location · 定位

小腿内侧，内踝尖上7寸，胫骨内侧面中央

On the medial side of the lower leg, 7 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the center of the medial surface of the tibia

Needling

平刺 0.5–0.8 寸

可灸

Special Categories

郄穴

Actions · 功效

courses the liver and rectifies qi
regulates menstruation and stops bleeding
rectifies qi and stops pain

Indications · 主治

崩漏、月经过多uterine flooding and spotting, menorrhagia
疝气、少腹痛hernia, lower abdominal pain
产后恶露不绝persistent lochia postpartum

Editor-reviewed· 2026-04-16

Footnotes · 引用

[1]Deadman, Manual of Acupuncture 2nd ed.

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@misc{bencaodian-zhong-du-lr,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Zhōng Dū 中都 (Zhongdu) — LR-6},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/acupoints/zhong-du-lr},
  urldate      = {2026-04-16},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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