LOCATION
On the back, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra, 3 cun lateral to the posterior midline.
Features
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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 sixth dorsal branch of intercostal artery and vein, the fifth and sixth posterior branches of thoracic nerve.
Indication
Intercostal nerve pain,axillary neuralgia;cold,pericarditis,asthma,malaria,back muscle spasm ,chest pain。
Combinations
Shoulder pain:BL 45 & GV 14 & SI 14.
Wind malaria:BL 45 & HT 03 & SI 07.
Febrile malaria:CV 12 & BL 45 & BL 30.
穴位
在背部,當第6胸椎棘突下,旁開3寸。
特點
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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
第六肋間動、靜脈背側支,第五、六胸神經後支。
適應症
肋間神經痛,腋神經痛;感冒,心包炎,哮喘,瘧疾,腰背肌痙攣,膈肌痙攣。
穴位配伍療法
肩背痛:1.噫嘻 2.大椎 3.肩外俞
風瘧:1.噫嘻 2.少海 3.支正
溫瘧:1.中脘 2.噫嘻 3.白環俞