POINT: DU-9 (GOVERNING VESSEL-9)

English:	Reaching Yang
Also Known As:	Supreme Yang Utmost Yang

On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra.
Note: this point is located at the level of UB-17 Geshu.
Below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level of the inferior of the scapula.
Between the spinous processes of the seventh and eighth vertebrae.
This point is said to calm the urge to kill.

Oblique superior insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: the spinal cord lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
Slanted insertion, 0.7 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending to the low back and chest.
Moxibustion is applicable.

Cold in the Stomach
Inability to eat
Emaciation
Borborygmus
Heaviness and pain of the four limbs
Weakness of the four limbs with malaise of the whole body due to Exterior Heat or Cold pathogen
Difficulty speaking due to diminished Qi
Hepatitis
Cholecystitis
Round worms in the bile duct
The four limbs painful and swollen
Lack of energy
Asthenia
Does not want to speak
The Qi in the back feels like it is rising and descending
Yin in the Stomach causing anorexia
Stomach ache
Yin or Yang rheumatism
Discomfort in the ankle
Body curled up and lethargic
Bronchiectasis
Aching in the bones

SP-9 Yinlingquan ST-36 Zusanli GB-24 Riyue UB-19 Danshu UB-48 Yanggang	UB-18 Ganshu UB-20 Pishu ST-36 Zusanli GB-34 Yanglingquan	GB-34 Yanglingquan SJ-6 Zhigou
Jaundice	Infectious hepatitis	Psoriasis
PC-6 Neiguan
Cardiac arrhythmia

Because it is located at the diaphragm, this point acts on both the Upper and Middle Jiaos.
This is the most Yang point on the upper back.