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Intestine XUANSHU DU-5 Bladder Suspended Pivot Kidney LOCATION Pericardium

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Undigested food (in the stool), diarrhoea, running piglet qi, shan disorder, retraction of the testicles.
COMBINATIONS

On the midline of the lower back, in the Sanjiao depression below the spinous process of Gall Bladder the first lumbar vertebra. Liver

Undigested food (in the stool): Xuanshu DU-5, Zusanli ST-36, Dachangshu BL-25, Sanyinjiao SP-6, Xiawan REN-10, Sanjiaoshu BL-22 and Liangmen ST-21 (Supplementing Life).

Conception Governing

Xuanshu DU-5
lower border of L1

Sanjiaoshu Extra PointsBL-22

Mingmen DU-4

LOCATION NOTE

This point is located two intervertebral spaces above the line connecting the highest points of the two iliac crests (level with the lower border of L3).
NEEDLING

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Caution: the spinal canal lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
ACTIONS

Benefits the lumbar spine Benefits the lower jiao

INDICATIONS

Stiffness of the lumbar spine with inability to flex and extend.