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Alternate names: 背解 bèi jiě, Back's Resolution; 背鲜 bèi xiān, Back Fresh; 髓府 suǐ fǔ, House of Marrow; 髓空 suǐ kōng, Marrow Hole; 髓孔 suǐ kǒng, Marrow Hole; 髓俞 suǐ shù, Marrow Transport; 腰户 yāo hù, Lumbar Door; 腰柱 yāo zhù, Lumbar Pillar

Channel: GV, Governing (dū) Vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior midline, at the sacrococcygeal joint.

Classic location: Below the twenty-first vertebra. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The branches of the median sacral artery and vein. The branch of the coccygeal nerve.

Action: Warms the lower burner; expels wind-damp and strengthens the knees and lumbus.

Modern indications: Menstrual irregularities; hemorrhoids; lumbar pain and stiffness; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; epilepsy.

Classic indications: Strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); enuresis; reddish urine; bloody stool; warm malaria; heat effusion with absence of sweating; rib-side pain.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn upward oblique or perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒15 cones; pole 10‒30 min.

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