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Channel: GV, governing (dū) vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra.

Classical location: Below the tenth vertebra. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: The posterior branch of the tenth intercostal artery. The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the tenth thoracic nerve.

Action: Supplements the kidney and strengthens the lumbus; harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain.

Modern indications: Jaundice; retching and vomiting; abdominal fullness; stiffness and stiffness of the spinal column.

Classical indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; lumbar pain with inability to stoop or bend back; yellowing of the body; abdominal fullness; vomiting with no thought of food and drink; rigidity of the tongue; loss of visual acuity.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn sideways and upward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

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