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GV-7 Central Pivot

中枢 〔中樞〕 zhōng shū

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.

Point name meaning:

GV-7 is a point of rotation in the center of the spine. Thus it is called Central Pivot. Note that the point’s name contains the pivot (枢 shū) of Suspended Pivot (GV-5), and the center (中 zhōng) of Spine’s Center (GV-6). These three points are similar in both name and function. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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