DU-09, Zhì Yáng, 至阳, Reaching Yang

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Location
Below spinous process of T7
Needling
Type: Perpendicular, Oblique    Depth:  0.1 to 0.2 cun, Prick to bleed
Description: Oblique superior insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution:
Notes
Energetics 1
Tonify Spleen, regulates the middle jiao, drain dampness: Cold Stomach, poor appetite, borborygmus, four limbs weakness and pain, whole body
Energetics 2
Unbinds chest: chest fullness, lateral costal region distension, cough, dyspnea
Energetics 3
Kidney heat, lumbar pain, spine stiffness, jaundice
Energetics 4
Energetics 5
Energetics 6

 

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