Meaning

Extremity of Yang.

Localization

On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra.

Functions

Straightens the chest, normalizes the function of the liver and gallbladder, cleanses the heat and eliminates moisture, unblocks channels.

Indications

- Digestive system: pain and swelling in the abdomen, stomach rumble, pain in the syndrome of cold in the stomach.
- Respiratory system: cough with a feeling of fullness and swelling in the chest, dyspnea.
- Features: hard to talk in the setting of weakness in Qi void, feeling the heat amid the emptiness and bradyhemarrhea, pain in the heart radiating to the back on the background of insufficiency of Chi.

Needling Method

Puncture obliquely upward 0.5 - 1 cun. Cauterization.