Mìngmén — lumbar gate reference

Back-body checkpoint projected front

Mìngmén is a posterior lumbar reference projected just beside the front-view midline so it remains visible. The offset and large uncertainty radius explicitly mark the loss of back-surface information.

Bǎihuì — crown attention pointYìntáng — brow attention pointTiāntū — throat release pointShānzhōng — chest-breath pointZhōngwǎn — upper-abdomen pointQìhǎi — navel-below reservoir pointGuānyuán — lower-centre pointMìngmén — lumbar gate referenceMìngmén — lumbar gate referenceLáogōng — palm self-massage pointYǒngquán — sole grounding pointHuìyīn — pelvic-floor reference

Point 8 of 11 in Do-In / Tao-Yin Self-Massage Circuit

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Mawangdui Daoyin tu (導引圖), Tomb 3 silk manuscript (primary_canonical)

The Daoyin tu preserves illustrated movement and exercise figures in an early Han manuscript witness; it does not prescribe this modern eleven-point self-massage circuit.

Modern Do-In teaching manuals (secondary)

Secondary practical sources used for contemporary Do-In terminology, self-massage sequencing, and accessible point selection.

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