LOCATION
On the back, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the 10th 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 eighth and ninth lateral branches of the posterior branches of the thoracic nerve and the posterior branches of the intercostal arteries and veins.
Indication
Gestritis，indigestion，gastrospasm，hepatitis，cholecystitis；endocarditis，intramuscular rheumatology，ascaris abdominal pain.
Combinations
Bowel，abdominal pain，diarrhea：BL 48 & ST 25 & CV 06.
Yellowish sclera：BL 19 & BL 48.
穴位
在背部，當第10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
第八、九胸神經後支的外側支和肋間動、靜脈的後支。
適應症
胃炎，消化不良，胃痙攣，肝炎，膽囊炎；心內膜炎，肌內風濕病，蛔蟲性腹痛。
穴位配伍療法
腸鳴，腹痛，泄瀉：1.陽綱 2.天樞 3.氣海
目黃：1.膽俞 2.陽綱