Weiwanxiashu EX-B3 : Location, Functions, Indications, Method

Weiwanxiashu-EX-B3
Weiwanxiashu-EX-B3

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.

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