07 BL11 Dazhu Great Shuttle大杼
BL11 Dazhu
Great Shuttle

大杼穴

LOCATION

On the back,level with lower border of the spinous process of 1st thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the posterior midline ( Governor Vessel)

Features

Influential Point of Bone (Hui-meeting point). Meeting pt of the BL, SI, SJ and GB Meridians and the GV.
He/Sea point.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The medial cutaneous branch of the posterior branch of the first and second thoracic nerves, the medial branch of the posterior branch of the first intercostal artery and vein, and the descending branch of the transverse carotid artery.

Indication

Bronchitis,bronchial asthma,pneumonia;headache,epilepsy;cervical spondylosis,back muscle spasm ,knee osteoarthritis;pharyngitis,cold,bone tuberculosis;Wind disorders. Hui-meeting point of the bones, useful with any bone or problem such as osteoporosis, arthritis, inflammation, sensation of heat in the bones, etc. Useful adjunctive point to effect the lungs in cases of infections, colds a/or flus or asthma related conditions. Sea of Blood Point with ST 37 & ST 39. According to the Ling Shu Treatise on the Seas, “when the Sea of blood is full, the patient has the sensation that his body is bigger than it is. One feels uneasy, and does not know the disease; when the Sea of blood is insufficient, one often feels the body is small, one feels uneasy and does not know the disease.” May be useful for leukemia, anemia, said to tonify the bone marrow.

Combinations

Depression:BL 11 & BL 15.
Wind weakness syncope accompanied with flaccidity:BL 11 & LR 08.
Cough,asthma:BL 11 & LU 07 & LU 05.
Cold:BL 11 & GB 20 & BL 12 & BL 13.
Bitterly cold:BL 11 & GB 39 & KI 07 & BL 62 & ST 45 & BL 23.
Cervical spondylosis:BL 11 & 2.EX-B2 & GB 39.
Pattern/syndrome of summer heat dampness assailing the exterior,dampness-warmth:BL 11 & PC 05 & LU 07 & LI 04 & CV 12 & SP 06.
Muscular rheumatism (back muscles):BL 11 & GV 12 & SI 15 & SI 14 & BL 13 & BL 15 & BL 17.

穴位

在背部,當第1胸椎棘突下,旁開1.5寸。

特點

交會穴,通手太陽;八會穴之骨會;合穴。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

第一、二胸神經後支的內側皮支,第一肋間動、靜脈後支的內側支和頸橫動脈降支。

適應症

支氣管炎,支氣管哮喘,肺炎;頭痛,癲癇;頸椎病,腰背肌痙攣,膝關節骨質增生;咽炎,感冒,骨結核。

穴位配伍療法

胸中鬱鬱:1.大杼 2.心俞
風痹痿厥:1.大杼 2.曲泉
咳嗽,氣喘:1.大杼 2.列缺 3.尺澤
感冒:1.大杼 2.風池 3.風門 4.肺俞
骨髓冷痛:1.大杼 2.絕骨 3.復溜 4.申脈 5.厲兌 6.腎俞
頸椎病:1.大杼 2.夾脊 3.絕骨
暑濕,濕溫:1.大杼 2.間使 3.列缺 4.合谷 5.中脘 6.三陰交
肌肉風濕症(背肌):1.大杼 2.身柱 3.肩中俞 4.肩外俞 5.肺俞 6.心俞 7.膈俞