DU-6
Jizhong
Center of the Spine
Auch bekannt alsMiddle of Spine
- Leitbahn
- Du Mai
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Lokalisation
- 01Just below the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
- 02On the back's midline, in the hollow beneath the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
Nadelung
- 01Insert perpendicular-to-oblique, angled superiorly, 0.5–1 cun.
- 02Caution: depending on body build, the spinal cord sits 1.25–1.75 cun beneath the skin.
- 03Oblique insertion, 0.5–1 cun.
- 04Needle perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
Wirkungen
- Strengthens the Spleen
- Supports the spine
Indikationen
- Jaundice
- Hepatitis
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea with an inability to eat
- Dysentery
- Rectal prolapse in infants
- Psychosis
- Madness
- Demonic possession
- Anorexia
- Poor appetite with abdominal fullness
- Lower-limb paralysis
- Warm febrile disease
- Epilepsy
- Wind epilepsy
- Seizures
- Hemorrhoids
- The five types of hemorrhoids
- Hemafecia
- Low back pain
- Lumbago
- Vertebral column pain
- Abdominal distention
- Meteorism
- Abdominal masses
- Lumbar spine stiffness
- Epigastric pain
Vorsichtshinweise
Several classical texts contraindicate moxibustion at this point.
Anmerkungen
This point is said to influence the entire endocrine system.