Nomenclature:

Shang: Superior Wan: Stomach
Shangwan CV13 lies over the upper portion of the stomach.
Point: CV13
Chinese Name: 上脘
Name:Shangwan
Pinyin: shàng wǎn [or shàng guǎn]
English Name/Meaning: Upper Epigastrium
Han Geul 한글: sang wan 상완
Romaji: jo kan
Vietnamese:Thượng quản

Location:

On the anterior midline, 5 cun above the umbilicus.

Functions of shangwan:

• Regulates stomach.
• Transforms phlegm turbidity.
• Calms heart and spirit.

Indication:

• Digestive disorders: Stomachache, distension, gastritis, nausea, vomiting, hiccup, bleching, morning sickness.
• Psycho-emotional disorders: mania-depression, epilepsy

Method:

• Insert perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.5 cun.
• Caution: in thin patients deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity

Remark:

Meeting point of conception vessel, stomach and spleen meridian.

Precaution:

Deep needling may penetrate the peritoneal cavity.