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GV-2 Lumbar Transport
腰俞 〔腰俞〕 yāo shù
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.
Classical location: Below the twenty-first vertebra. From
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;
Classical 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.
Point name meaning:
This point is most probably called Lumbar Transport (yāo shù) because it is located among the lumbar vertebrae and treats low back pain.
In common speech, 腰 (yāo), which in Chinese medicine normally refers to the lumbus, also means kidney.
This point is employed in the treatment of kidney disorders such as urinary incontinence and low back pain, and may have been named in accordance with its relationship to the kidney. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.