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POINT: DU-9 (GOVERNING VESSEL-9)  

English: Reaching Yang
Also Known As: Supreme Yang
Utmost Yang
  • On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra.
    Note: this point is located at the level of UB-17 Geshu.
  • Below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level of the inferior of the scapula.
  • Between the spinous processes of the seventh and eighth vertebrae.
  • This point is said to calm the urge to kill.
  • Oblique superior insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: the spinal cord lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
  • Slanted insertion, 0.7 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending to the low back and chest.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Fortifies the Spleen
  • Drains Dampness
  • Regulates the Middle Jiao
  • Treats jaundice
  • Unbinds the chest
  • Transforms Damp-Heat
  • Eases the Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Expands the chest and diaphragm
  • Moves Qi
  • Cold in the Stomach
  • Inability to eat
  • Emaciation
  • Borborygmus
  • Heaviness and pain of the four limbs
  • Weakness of the four limbs with malaise of the whole body due to Exterior Heat or Cold pathogen
  • Difficulty speaking due to diminished Qi
  • Hepatitis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Round worms in the bile duct
  • The four limbs painful and swollen
  • Lack of energy
  • Asthenia
  • Does not want to speak
  • The Qi in the back feels like it is rising and descending
  • Yin in the Stomach causing anorexia
  • Stomach ache
  • Yin or Yang rheumatism
  • Discomfort in the ankle
  • Body curled up and lethargic
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Aching in the bones
  • The five types of jaundice
  • Fullness of the chest and lateral costal region
  • Cough
  • Dyspnea
  • Heat in the Kidneys
  • Pain of the lumbar spine
  • Stiffness of the spine
  • Asthma
  • Panting
  • Pleurisy
  • Pain and stiffness of the vertebral column and sides
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Back pain
  • Lumbago
  • Violent pain in the Heart and chest
  • Violent pain in the Heart and chest as if attacked by a demon
  • Impotence
  • Malaria
  • Cold abscess
  • Cold Stomach
  • Anorexia
  • Hypochondriac pain and distention

SP-9
Yinlingquan
ST-36
Zusanli
GB-24
Riyue
UB-19
Danshu
UB-48
Yanggang

UB-18
Ganshu
UB-20
Pishu
ST-36
Zusanli
GB-34
Yanglingquan

GB-34
Yanglingquan

SJ-6
Zhigou

Jaundice

Infectious hepatitis

Psoriasis

PC-6
Neiguan

 

 

Cardiac arrhythmia

 

 

  • Because it is located at the diaphragm, this point acts on both the Upper and Middle Jiaos.
  • This is the most Yang point on the upper back.