LOCATION
On the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the 7th thoracic 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 seventh thoracic nerve, the posterior branch of the intercostal artery.
Indication
Hypochondrium pain，stiff spine，low back pain，jaundice，cholecystitis，biliary ascariasis，gastroenteritis，intercostal nerve pain. Important point for mid-thoracic pain, chest and flank pain radiating from the back. Asthma, cough, difficulty speaking GVe to shortness of breath, opens the chest and relaxes the diaphragm, combine with UB 17 and Huatuo of T7. Important point for LV/GB disharmony, especially involving damp heat, for hepatitis, jaundice, cholecystitis
Combinations
Arrhythmia，oppression in the chest：GV 09 & BL 15 & PC 06.
Rib pain，jaundice，vomit：GV 09 & GB 34 & GB 24.
Biliary tract ascariasis：GV 09 ~ BL 19.
Viral hepatitis：GV 09 & BL 18 & BL 20 & ST 36 & GB 34.
穴位
在背部，當後正中線上，第7胸椎棘突下凹陷中。
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
第7胸神經後支的內側支，肋間動脈後支。
適應症
胸脅脹痛，脊強，腰背疼痛，黃疸，膽囊炎，膽道蛔蟲症，胃腸炎，肋間神經痛。
穴位配伍療法
心律不齊，胸悶：1.至陽 2.心俞 3.內關
肋痛，黃疸，嘔吐：1.至陽 2.陽陵泉 3.日月
膽道蛔虫症：1.至陽透膽俞
病毒性肝炎：1.至陽 2.肝俞 3.脾俞 4.足三里 5.陽陵泉