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TAODAO DU-13
Pericardium Meeting point of the Governing vessel with the Bladder channel Sanjiao
LOCATION

Stiffness of the spine, heaviness of the head, visual dizziness, clonic spasm, agitation and fullness, unhappiness and disorientation.
COMMENTARY

Gall Bladder

Liver On the midline of the upper back, in the depression below Conception the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra. Governing Extra PointsDazhui DU-14

The Governing vessel is the sea of the yang channels and many of its points are effective to reduce yang heat in the body, including febrile diseases and most especially malaria. In both traditional and modern clinical practice Taodao DU-13 has been an important point in the treatment of malaria, whether acute or chronic. This is primarily due to its ability to clear heat from the Governing vessel, and this action is reflected also in the indications for chills and fever and steaming bone disorder. Like many points of the Governing vessel, Taodao DU-13 is also able to regulate the channel and to clear wind and is indicated for stiffness of the spine, heaviness of the head and clonic spasm. Finally, as its name Way of Happiness suggests, Taodao DU-13 is indicated for unhappiness and disorientation.
COMBINATIONS

Seasonal fever: Taodao DU-13 and Feishu BL-13 (Glorious Anthology). Headache: Taodao DU-13, Houxi SI-3, Tianzhu BL-10, Dazhu BL-11 and Kongzui LU-6 (Thousand Ducat Formulas). Visual dizziness, dimness of vision with bursting eye pain: Taodao DU-13, Tianzhu BL-10 and Kunlun BL-60 (Supplementing Life).
Dazhu BL-11
lower border of T1

Taodao DU-13

LOCATION NOTE

This point is located one intervertebral space below C7. See How to Locate C7.
NEEDLING

Perpendicular-oblique superior 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

Clears heat and treats malaria Regulates the Governing vessel

INDICATIONS

Malaria, chronic malaria, chills and fever, absence of sweating, steaming bone disorder.