Zhongshu

On the back's midline, in the hollow beneath the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra.

1. 01Insert perpendicular-to-oblique, angled superiorly, 0.5–1 cun.
2. 02Caution: depending on body build, the spinal column lies 1.25–1.75 cun below the skin surface.
3. 03Oblique insertion, 0.5–1 cun.
4. 04Needle perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
5. 05Moxibustion may be used.

• ·Supports the spine
• ·Aids the Middle Jiao

• ·Pain and stiffness in the lumbar region and back
• ·Abdominal fullness
• ·Anorexia
• ·Jaundice
• ·Amenorrhea
• ·Stomach ache
• ·Cholecystitis
• ·Failing vision
• ·Epigastric pain
• ·Indigestion

One classical text contraindicates moxibustion here.

It is regarded as a strengthening point.