Guanyuan (CV4)
Lower abdomen / suprapubic centre — Conception Vessel point
Guanyuan is CV4 on the lower anterior midline, superior to the pubic symphysis and within the lower-abdominal region. Martial texts use lower-abdominal and generative vulnerability language inconsistently; the jing tag marks a TCM essence context and not a claim of a special lethal mechanism.
Point 8 of 14 in Dim Mak — Dian Xue (点穴) vital-point striking
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Dianxue / shixue passages in classical quan pu (primary_canonical)
Ming–Qing dianxue/shixue quan pu, in heterogeneous point-striking passages concerning cv4 guanyuan, preserves a martial vulnerability vocabulary and lineage claim; contested attribution means it is not a single canonical chart or a clinically validated effect.
Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)
Lingshu ch. 10 (Jing mai) gives the Ren Mai lower-abdominal course at Guanyuan (CV4); the modern alphanumeric point identity and dianxue application are later nomenclatures, so this passage supports channel topography rather than a martial effect.
P. Deadman, A Manual of Acupuncture (secondary)