Location
On the lower back, on the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous process of L4.
How to locate: Level with the highest points of the iliac crests.
Needling
Depth:
0.5–1.0 cun
Angle:
Perpendicular or slightly oblique superiorly
Moxibustion: A principal point for warming moxibustion in cold-damp low back pain.
Functions
- Warms and strengthens the lower back and knees
- Tonifies Kidney yang
- Benefits the lower limbs
Indications
Low back pain and stiffnessweakness and numbness of the legsimpotence and seminal emissionirregular menstruationdiarrhoea
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