Weiwanxiashu EX-B3 : Location, Functions, Indications, Method
Nomenclature:
English Name/Meaning: Stomach Controller Lower Shu
Chinese Name: 胃脘下俞
Chinese Pinyin: Weiwanxiashu
Location:
On the back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the eighth thoracic vertebra.
Indications :
- Clears heat and generates fluid so is beneficial in diabetes, dryness of the throat.
- Also beneficial for various digestive disorders like gastric pain, pain in the hypochondrium.
Method:
- Oblique insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Transverse-oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Remarks:
Good point for diabetes.
Precautions:
Perpendicular needling or oblique needling away from the spine carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.