SP-13 - Abode of the Fu

府舍 - Fǔ shě

Point Region: Lower abdomen

SP

Spleen Meridian

足太阴脾经 - Zú Tàiyīn Píjīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the lower abdomen, 4.3 cun below the centre of the navel, 4 cun out from the midline.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. The navel is 5 cun above the top of the pubic bone; go almost all the way down, stopping a little above the pubic bone
  2. Move out from the midline to the line straight below the nipple (4 cun)
  3. The point is there
SP-13 (Abode of the Fu) acupressure point location: On the lower abdomen, 4.3 cun below the centre of the navel, 4 cun out from the midline.

How to Apply Pressure

Having located SP-13, rest your fingertips gently on the lower abdomen without pushing inward. Do not use it during pregnancy, after recent abdominal surgery, or with severe pelvic or reproductive symptoms that need medical care.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Reproductive problems
  • Pelvic pain

Related Health Concerns

Stomach CrampsMenstrual IrregularityCramps

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Pregnancy
  • Recent abdominal surgery
  • Severe reproductive disorders