Meaning

Lumbar Yang Pass.

Localization

On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra.

Functions

Controls Yuan Qi, unblocks channels, strengthens the lower burner (xia jiao), resolves Damp-Heat and cold, strengthens the lower back, regulates periods.

Indications

- Digestive system: diarrhea, constipation, blood in stool, feeling full in the pelvic area, vomiting.
- Reproductive system: dysmenorrhea, leucorrhoea, emission, spermatorrhea, impotence, Qi lin zheng, lin zheng Lao.
- Localized diseases: pain in the lumbar and lateral thigh.
- Features: pain in abdominal hernias (in combination with cauterization), pain in the lumbar region (cold damage), weakness and sensitivity disorder in the lower extremities.

Needling Method

Puncture obliquely upward 0.5 - 1 cun. Cauterization.