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GV1

Changqiang

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長強 (Chángqiáng) — Long Strong

Du (Governing) channel · point 1

Not yet clinically reviewed

Luo-Connecting point of the Du MaiMeeting point of the Du Mai with the Kidney and Gallbladder channels

Traditionally used for

  • Bowel health
  • Fertility & vitality
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery

Location

Midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus, located with the patient prone or in the knee-chest position.

How to locate: With the patient prone or in the knee-chest position, find the tip of the coccyx and press from it towards the anus; the point is midway between the two.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: GV1 · Sacrum
Fig. — GV1 · Sacrum After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: GV1 · Sacrum

GV1 · Sacrum · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The vertebral column — Gray's Anatomy plate
The vertebral column Gray's Anatomy, 1918
The vertebral column — Gray's Anatomy plate

The vertebral column · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 534 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun
Angle: Oblique, directed superiorly close to the anterior surface of the coccyx
⚠ Cautions: Do not angle the needle anteriorly — the rectum lies in front. Intimate location; explain and obtain consent before treating.

Functions

  • Benefits the anus and treats haemorrhoids
  • Clears damp-heat and raises qi
  • Regulates the Du Mai and relieves pain
  • Calms the spirit and settles epilepsy

Indications

Haemorrhoids, anal fissure and anal prolapseconstipation and diarrhoeablood in the stoolepilepsy and manialumbosacral and coccygeal painimpotence

Clinical Notes

The classical point for haemorrhoids, usually with BL57 and GV20.

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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