腰俞 Yaoshu(GV2)
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Yaoshu(GV2)功能、定位及按摩方法
Course
The channel originates in the lower part of the abdomen below the umbilicus, makes its downward way through the perineum, then ascends along the middle of the spinal column, and reaches Fengfu(DU16) at the back of the neck where it enters the brain. I1 continues to ascend from Fengfu(DU16), along the midline of the head and passing the vertex, forehead, columella of the nose and the upper lip, then to Yinjiao(DU28).
The branches from this channel connect with the kidney and travel through the heart.
Yaoshu(GV2)
Location; On the sacrum and on the posterior midline, just at the sacral hiatus.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, aching pain and stiffness of the back and low back. hemorrhoid, flaecidity of the lower extremities, epilepsy.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the median sacral artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the coccygeal nerve.
The lung Meridian picture of Yaoshu(GV2) Acupoint
Body surface picture of Yaoshu(GV2) Acupoint
Anatomy picture of Yaoshu(GV2) Acupoint
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