LOCATION
On the back, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th 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 lateral branches of the seventh and eighth posterior branches of the thoracic nerve and the posterior branches of intercostal arteries and veins.
Indication
Hepatitis，cholecystitis，gestritis，gastrospasm，esophageal stricture，indigestion；intercostal nerve pain，neurosis，hysteria；endocarditis，pleurisy，muscular rheumatism. Reinforce the LV Back Shu (UB 18) and help treat the psycho-emotional aspects of the LV: depression, frustration, etc.
Combinations
Hypochondrium pain：BL 47 & LR 06 GB 34.
Indigestion：BL 47 & BL 21.
Vomit ， hypersaLRation：BL 47 & GV 03.
穴位
在背部，當第9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
第七、八胸神經後支的外側支和肋間動、靜脈後支。
適應症
肝炎，膽囊炎，胃炎，胃痙攣，食道狹窄，消化不良；肋間神經痛，神經症，癔病；心內膜炎，胸膜炎，肌肉風濕病。
穴位配伍療法
胸脅脹痛：1.魂門 2.中都 3.陽陵泉
胃冷食而難化：1.魂門 2.胃俞
嘔吐不住多涎：1.魂門 2.腰陽關