Ren
Ren24
承浆 · Chengjiang
Container of Fluids
The hollow in the center of the chin.
Local chin point
System
- Channel
- Ren (Ren)
- Element
- Not one of the five
- Yin or yang
- yin
- Organ system
- Sea of yin
- Region
- Head and face
- Limb rule
- Anterior midline
Where it is
In the midline hollow of the chin, just below the lower lip.
Nearby: Mouth and lower teeth. Facial droop that is new is an emergency, not a chin point.
Traditionally said to
End of the Ren vessel on the face in ordinary charts. Local for mouth and salivation patterns, and a meeting with the Du vessel in some descriptions.
What people look up
Acupressure
Light fingertip, 20–30 seconds.
When not to press: Sudden facial weakness: emergency care.
About 30–90 seconds is the usual window, unless the step above is shorter. Stop if pain, dizziness, or anything unusual shows up.
Licensed practice only
Needle depth, angle, electroacupuncture
Textbook language for students. Not instructions. A cun is a body-inch on that person, not a ruler inch. Do not needle yourself.
Depth
Transverse, often 0.2–0.5 cun. Shallow.
Angle
Transverse, upward toward the lip or along the chin.
Electroacupuncture
Introductory charts rarely assign a standard electroacupuncture setting here. Clinics that use current choose frequency and intensity for that person. No milliamp figure is given, because copying one would be misleading.
Nearby on this channel
Celestial Prominence
The throat notch. Learn the landmark. Do not press it.
Use caution
Chest Center
Center of the chest, influential point of qi.
Great Tower Gate
Just below the breastbone, heart alarm point.
Use caution
Middle Cavity
Midway from navel to breastbone, the stomach alarm point.
Herbs often paired for a similar pattern
A study link, not a formula and not a dose.
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