腰奇 (Yāoqí) — Lumbar Wonder
Extra point · Extra (Back) · point EX-B9
Traditionally used for
- Headaches
- Bowel health
- Sleep
- Mood & calm
- Nerves & recovery
Location
On the sacrum, on the posterior midline, 2 cun above the tip of the coccyx.
How to locate: With the patient prone, find the tip of the coccyx and measure 2 cun straight up the midline; the point is in the depression on the sacrum there.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
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Needling
Depth:
1.0–2.0 cun
Angle:
Transverse, threaded superiorly along the midline
Functions
- Settles epilepsy and calms the spirit
Indications
Epilepsyheadache and insomniaconstipationlumbosacral pain
Sources
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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