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Intestine JIZHONG DU-6 Bladder Centre of the Spine Kidney LOCATION Pericardium

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INDICATIONS

On the midline of the back, in the depression Sanjiao below the spinous process of the eleventh Gall Bladder thoracic vertebra. Liver

Abdominal fullness with no pleasure in eating, abdominal (ji ju) masses, jaundice, diarrhoea, diarrhoea with inability to eat, blood in the stool, the five types of haemorrhoids, prolapse of the rectum in children. Stiffness of the lumbar spine, wind epilepsy, warm febrile disease.
COMBINATIONS

Conception Governing Extra Points

Pishu BL-20
lower border of T11

Jizhong DU-6

Wind epilepsy: Jizhong DU-6 and Yongquan KID-1 (Supplementing Life).

Xuanshu DU-5

LOCATION NOTE

This point is located four intervertebral spaces above the line connecting the highest points of the two iliac crests (level with the lower border of L3).
NEEDLING

Perpendicular-oblique superior 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. Note: according to a number of classical texts, this point is contraindicated to moxibustion.
ACTIONS

Fortifies the Spleen and drains damp Benefits the spine