LOCATION
On the back, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the posterior midline.
Features
One of the Eight Influential Points(Blood Convergence).
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 inner and outer cutaneous branches of the seventh and eighth posterior branches of the thoracic nerve, and the medial branches of the posterior intercostal arteries and veins.
Indication
Good tonic point.
Good for stomach cancer.
Neurological vomiting,gestritis,ulcer,hepatitis,enteritis,intestinal bleeding;tachycardia,cardiac hypertrophy,heart and outside meningitis;esophageal cancer,gastric cancer,esophageal stricture,tuberculosis,lymph nodes,pleurisy;asthma,bronchitis;anemia,bleeding disorders/chronic anemia,chest pain,urticaria,infantile malnutrition。Hui-meeting Point of the Blood, useful for all Blood related conditions. Classically combined with UB 19 to create the “Four Flowers” which is used to nourish the Blood, although in clinical practice UB 18 & UB 19 may used equally as often.For menstrual problems, from deficiency (scanty, light periods, amenorrhea) or stasis (dark clots, dysmenorrhea).Important point for red, itchy skin disorders, from heat in the Blood: eczema, carbuncles.As the “Diaphgram shu” it is useful for problems with diaphragmatic breathing or shortness of breath and other diaphragm related conditions such as belching or hiatal hernia.
Combinations
Throat paralysis:BL 17 & LU 08.
Cough,asthma,pneumonia:BL 17 & BL 13 & CV 17.
Stomach pain,hiccup,vomit,enteritis:BL 17 & CV 12 & PC 06.
Dyspeptic vomiting:BL 17 & LR 13 & CV 12.
Anemia,hematology (TCM):BL 17 & BL 18 & BL 20.
Urticaria,pruritus:BL 17 & LI 11 & SP 06.
Anemia:GV 14 & BL 17 & BL 21 & SP 10 & ST 36.Chest pain:CV 22 & CV 17 & CV 14 & BL 17 & ST 36.
穴位
在背中,當第7胸椎棘突下,旁開1.5寸。
特點
八會穴之血會。
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
第七、八胸神經後支的內、外側皮支,及肋間動、靜脈後支的內側支。
適應症
神經性嘔吐,胃炎,胃潰瘍,肝炎,腸炎,腸出血;心動過速,心臟肥大,心內外膜炎;食道癌,胃癌,食道狹窄,淋巴結結核,胸膜炎;哮喘,支氣管炎;貧血,慢性出血性疾患,膈肌痙攣,蕁麻疹,小兒營養不良。
穴位配伍療法
喉痹:1.膈俞 2.經渠
咳嗽,氣喘,肺炎:1.膈俞 2.肺俞 3.膻中
胃痛,呃逆,嘔吐,腸炎:1.膈俞 2.中脘 3.內關
吐食:1.膈俞 2.章門 3.胃管
貧血,白細胞及血小板減少:1.膈俞 2.肝俞 3.脾俞
蕁麻疹,皮膚瘙癢:1.膈俞 2.曲池 3.三陰交
貧血:1.大椎 2.膈俞 3.胃俞 4.血海 5.足三里
膈肌痙攣:1.天突 2.膻中 3.巨闕 4.膈俞 5.足三里