Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
UB-29 -
Zhonglushu
Mid-Spine *Shu*
Also known asMid-Spine Hollow · Central Spine Hollow
- Channel
- Bladder
Location
- 011.5 cun to the side of the back's midline, at the level of the third posterior sacral foramen.
- 021.5 cun out from the DU channel, at the same level as the third posterior sacral foramen.
Needling
- 01Insert straight, 1 to 1.5 cun deep.
- 02Insert perpendicularly, to a depth of 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 03Needle perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2 cun deep.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Actions
- Benefits the lower back
- Expels Cold
- Halts diarrhea
Indications
- Enteritis
- Lumbosacral pain
- Dysentery
- Shan disorder
- Abdominal distention
- Absence of sweating
- Inability to rotate the spine
- Groin pain
- Sciatica
- Hernia
- Lower back stiffness and pain
- Cold in the Intestines
- Lateral costal pain
- Wasting-thirsting disorder from Kidney Deficiency
- Bilateral spinal pain running from neck to sacrum