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S. Intestine YAOYANGGUAN DU-3 Bladder Lumbar Yang Gate Kidney LOCATION Pericardium

INDICATIONS

On the midline of the lower back, in the Sanjiao depression below the spinous process of Gall Bladder the fourth lumbar vertebra. Liver

Inability to flex and extend the knee, pain of the outer aspect of the knee, wind painful obstruction with numbness, contraction of the sinews, inability to walk, pain of the crotch and lumbar region due to taxation injury. Seminal emission, impotence, white turbidity, disorders of menstruation, leucorrhoea.
COMMENTARY

Conception Governing Extra Points

Mingmen DU-4

The principal clinical use of Yaoyangguan DU-3 is in the treatment of dual disorders of the lumbar region and legs, and it is one of the main points on the back itself which treats disorders of the lower limb.

Dachangshu BL-25

lower border of L4

Yaoyangguan DU-3

LOCATION NOTE

This point is located one intervertebral space below the line connecting the highest points of the two iliac crests (level with the lower border of L3).
NEEDLING

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Caution: the spinal canal lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
ACTIONS

Dispels wind-damp Benefits the lumbar region and legs Regulates the lower jiao