T.DT.05

Jing Zhi

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精枝 (Jǐng Zhī) — Essence Branch

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 11 — Back (後背部位) · point DT.05

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Pain & joints

Location

On the upper back, 6 cun lateral to the midline, level with the spinous processes of T2 and T3.

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

Body map, back: T.DT.05 · Upper back
Fig. — T.DT.05 · Upper back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: T.DT.05 · Upper back

T.DT.05 · Upper back · 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

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Needling

Depth: Prick to bleed
Angle: Prick to bleed

Functions

  • Relieves leg pain and swelling
  • Invigorates blood

Indications

Calf pain and crampingleg swellingsciatica

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 11 — Back (後背部位)

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