14 GV05 Xuanshu Suspended Pivot 懸樞
GV5 Xuanshu
Suspended Pivot

懸樞穴

LOCATION

Below the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.

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 medial branch of the posterior branch of the lumbar nerve and the posterior branch of the lumbar artery.

Indication

Pain in the lumbar spine,bowelabdominal pain,diarrhea,back nerve spasm,gastrointestinal neuralgia,gastroptosis,enteritis. Local point for low back pain. Diarrhea, indigestion, poor assimilation (undigested food in stools), running piglet(similar in ways to a phobia attack), shan disorder(abdominal pain, indigestion, swelling of the genitalia, hernias)

Combinations

Low back pain:GV 05 & BL 40.
Lumbago,leg pain:GV 05 & BL 23 & BL 40.
Indigestion and abdominal bloating a.:GV 05 & ST 36.
Indigestion and abdominal bloating b.:GV 05 & ST 25 & CV 12.

穴位

在腰部,當後正中線上,第1腰椎棘突下凹陷中。

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

腰神經後支的內側支和腰動脈後支。

適應症

腰脊強痛,腸鳴腹痛,完骨不化,泄瀉,腰背神經痙攣,胃腸神經痛,胃下垂,腸炎。

穴位配伍療法

腰背痛:1.懸樞 2.委中
腰痛,腿痛:1.懸樞 2.腎俞 3.委中
食積腹脹 a:1.懸樞 2.足三里
食積腹脹 b:1.懸樞 2.天樞 3.中脘