Where is the human Dantian?

Dantian is a part of the human body. Qi and blood dantian is a term that people are familiar with. Especially when people have health problems, they will find a part like Dantian. This is a rather complicated situation, so you must be clear about the specific location of Dantian. If any problems arise, they can be treated promptly. Where is the human dantian?

1. Name of a human body part. Taoism says that the human body has three dantians: the one between the eyebrows is the upper dantian, the one below the heart is the middle dantian, and the one below the navel is the lower dantian. See Ge Hong’s “Bao Di Zhen” in the Jin Dynasty. Generally refers to the lower dantian. "Huangting Waijing Jing• Shangbu Jing": "Breathe in the room and enter the Dantian." Wu Chengzi's note: "The breathing energy will gather in the Dantian. The Dantian is the Yin-Yang door three inches below the navel. Ordinary people give birth to children, and Taoists give birth to their own bodies." "Water Margin" Chapter 1: "After hearing this, Xu Ning cried out in pain, rolling out of the corners of his mouth from the bottom of his Dantian."

2. Name of an acupuncture point. The four acupoints of Yinjiao, Qihai, Shimen and Guanyuan below the navel in the abdomen are also known as "Dantian".

Basic meaning

Dantian was originally a term used in Taoism to cultivate the essence, energy and spirit in inner alchemy. There are three Dantians: the upper Dantian is the Yingtang point of the Du meridian, also known as the "Niwan Palace"; the middle Dantian is the Tanzhong point in the chest, where the vital energy gathers; the lower Dantian is the Guanyuan point of the Ren meridian, three inches below the navel, where the essence is stored. Dantian has been widely cited in various schools of Qigong or qigong methods (for example, using Dantian Qi in singing and speaking can reduce the chance of damage to the vocal cords). The upper dantian is the root of sex, and the lower dantian is the root of life. By practicing the sexual blood circulation diagram and life exchange, you can open up the small and large circulations and reach the state of refining the spirit and returning to the void. The ancients called essence, energy and spirit the three treasures, and regarded Dantian as the place where essence, energy and spirit were stored. Therefore, they attached great importance to Dantian, which was like the "root of life".

Dantian is divided into upper Dantian, middle Dantian and lower Dantian. There are many different opinions about the locations of the upper, middle and lower Dantian. The Dantian we usually refer to is the lower Dantian. One saying is: the upper Dantian refers to the position between the eyebrows, the middle Dantian refers to the area of ​​the heart, and the exact location of the lower Dantian we usually refer to is the Shenjue point, which is roughly the part around the navel, to be more precise, it is an inch and a half below the navel. There is another saying: the upper dantian is called "Niwan", located at the Baihui point on the top of the head; the middle dantian is called "Jianggong", located at the Tanzhong point on the chest; the lower dantian is a fairly large area in the lower abdomen below the navel, including Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque, Mingmen and other acupoints. There is also a saying about the lower dantian, which is three inches below the navel, on the midline of the lower abdomen, which is the Guanyuan point of the Ren meridian. It is located behind the bladder and in front of the rectum. It has the inferior epigastric artery and vein, and the anterior cutaneous branches of the 11th and 12th intercostal nerves.

Guanyuan is the gathering point of the Small Intestine Meridian and the meeting point of the Three Yin Meridians and the Ren Meridian.