Ganshu BL18:Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method

Nomenclature:

Gan: Liver Shu:point
The point is the place where the Qi of the liver is infused into the back.
Point: BL18
Chinese Name: 肝俞
Name: Ganshu
English Name/Meaning: Liver Transporter
Pinyin: gān shū
Han Geul 한글: gan yu 간유
Romaji: kan yu
Vietnamese:Can du

Location:

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.

Functions of Ganshu:

• Benefits liver and Gall bladder.
• Cools damp heat.
• Moves stagnation Qi.
• Benefits the eyes.

Indication:

• Main point for hepatic diseases, such as jaundice, hypochondriac pain; 2. Red eyes, blurred vision, night blindness;
• Hematemesis, epistaxis.
• Dizziness, depression and psychosis, mania, epilepsy.

Method:

Puncture obliquely 0.5-1 cun.

Remark:

Back-Shu Point of the Liver.

Precautions:

Deep perpendicular or needling in a wrong direction carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.