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Channel: Non-Channel Point

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lower back, inferior to the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra (i.e., at the lumbosacral joint).

Classic location: At the seventeenth vertebra. (Lèi Jīng Tú Yì) Illustrated SupplementXXX

Local anatomy: The posterior branch of the lumbar artery. The medial branch of the dorsal ramus of the 5th lumbar spinal nerve.

Modern indications: Lumbar pain; sciatica; shifted bladder; menstrual pain; flooding and spotting; enuresis.

Needle stimulus: Needling: Intradermal needle. Moxa: 7‒15 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

Needle sensation: Localized distension and numbness extending to the gluteal region.

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