14 GV13 Taodao Seeking Path 陶道
GV13 Taodao
Seeking Path

陶道穴

LOCATION

Below the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.

Features

Meeting point with the BL Meridian.

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 first thoracic nerve and the posterior branch of the first intercostal artery.

Indication

Stiff neck,headache,fever,neck and shoulder muscle spasm,malaria,cold,hysteria,cervical spondylosis. Special for steaming bone disorder or inflammatory diseases affecting the bones, chills and fever. Important point for malaria. Stiffness of the neck a/or spine, heavy head, headaches.
Main point for malaria and febrile disease.

Combinations

Chills and fever:GB 20 & GV 13 & 3.BL 44.
Influenza:GV 13 & BL 13.
Cough,asthma:GV 13 & BL 13.
Stiff neck and neck pain,dizziness,headache:GV 13 & BL 44 & GB 20.
Malaria:GV 13 & PC 05 & LI 11.

穴位

在背部,當後正中線上,第一胸椎棘突下凹陷中。

特點

交會穴,通足太陽。

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

第一胸神經後支的內側支和第一肋間動脈後支。

適應症

脊項強急,頭痛,熱病,頸肩部肌肉痙攣,瘧疾,感冒,癔病,頸椎病。

穴位配伍療法

洒淅寒熱:1.風池 2.陶道 3.神堂
歲熱時行:1.陶道 2.肺俞
咳嗽喘疾:1.陶道 2.肺俞
頸項強痛,頭昏頭痛:1.陶道 2.神堂 3.風池
瘧疾:1.陶道 2.間使 3.曲池