至阳 Zhiyang(GV9)
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Zhiyang(GV9)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.
Zhiyang(GV9)
Location:On the low hack and on the poslenor midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Jaundice, cough with dyspnea, stiffness of the back, chest pain and backache.
Method: Puncture obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior branch of the seventh intercostal artery.
Innervation: The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the seventh thoracic nerve.
The lung Meridian picture of Zhiyang(GV9) Acupoint
Body surface picture of Zhiyang(GV9) Acupoint
Anatomy picture of Zhiyang(GV9) Acupoint
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