14 GV10 Lingtai Spirit Tower 靈台
GV10 Lingtai
Spirit Tower

靈台穴

LOCATION

Below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level with the inferior angle of the scapula.

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 posterior branch of the sixth intercostal artery, the subspinous subcutaneous venous plexus, and the medial branch of the posterior nerve.

Indication

Asthma,cough,back pain,stiff neck,boils,pneumonia,bronchitis,cellulitis,malaria.

Combinations

Asthma:CV 22 & 2.GV 10 &HT 09
Boils,rubella:GV 10 &LI 04 & BL 40
Boils(acute lymphangitis):GV 10 &GV 12 & PC 04 & LI 04 & BL 40.
Flank pain:GV 10 & GB 34.
Tertian malaria:GV 10 & GV 13 & PC 06.
Biliary tract ascariasis:GV 10 & GB 34.

穴位

在背部,當後正中線上,第6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

第六肋間動脈後支,棘間皮下靜脈叢,神經後支內側支。

適應症

氣喘,咳嗽,背痛,項強,疔瘡,肺炎,支氣管炎,蜂窩織炎,瘧疾。

穴位配伍療法

哮喘:1.天突 2.靈台3.少衝
疔瘡,風疹:1.靈台2.合谷 3.委中
疔瘡(紅絲疔):1.靈台2.身柱 3.郄門 4.合谷 5.委中
脅肋脹痛:1.靈台2.陽陵泉
間日瘧:靈台、陶道、內關
膽道蛔虫症:靈台、陽陵泉