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POINT: DU-5 (GOVERNING VESSEL-5)

NAME: XUANSHU

English: Suspended Pivot
Also Known As: Suspended Axis

LOCATION:

  • On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Caution: the spinal cord lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
  • Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the lumbar spine
  • Benefits the Lower Jiao

INDICATIONS:

  • Stiffness of the lower spine with inability to flex or extend
  • Undigested food in the stool
  • Diarrhea
  • Indigestion
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Sciatica
  • Shan disorder
  • Retraction of the testicles
  • Dysentery
  • Abdominal pain
  • Anal prolapse
  • Hemorrhoids

COMBINATIONS:

ST-36
Zusanli
UB-25
Dachangshu
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
REN-10
Xiawan
UB-22
Sanjiaoshu
ST-21
Liangmen

    

Undigested food in the stool

   

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • Moxa this point to tighten the bowels.