Search in acupoints
GV-13 Kiln Path
陶道 〔陶道〕 táo dào
Channel: GV, governing (dū) vessel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper back, inferior to the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.
Classical location: Below the first vertebra. From
Local anatomy: The posterior branch of the first intercostal artery. The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the first thoracic nerve.
Action: Courses exterior evils; clears lung heat; supplements vacuity detriment.
Modern indications: Headache; malarial disease; febrile disease; stiffness of the spinal column.
Classical indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; absence of sweating; heavy-headedness and dizzy vision; vacuity taxation; steaming bones.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5 cùn upward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 10‒20 min.
Needle sensation: Twinge and distension, heat, or coolness extending downward, upward and toward the shoulders.
Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the governing vessel and bladder channel.
Point name meaning:
The character 陶 is used to represent a kiln, which the spinous processes may be said to resemble. This point lies on the path to the kiln-like protuberance of the first cervical vertebra; thus it is called Kiln Path.
If the word kiln is taken as a metaphor for fire (i.e., yáng qì), then the point name is indicative of