[Category]
The back transport point of the spleen.
[Location]
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Pishu acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the back, under the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra, 1.5 inches laterally.
[Anatomy]
Between the latissimus dorsi, longissimus and iliocostalis muscles; there are the posterior branches of the eleventh intercostal artery and vein; there are the cutaneous branches of the posterior branch of the eleventh thoracic nerve, and the deep muscles of the posterior branch of the eleventh thoracic nerve branch.
[Manipulation]
oblique insertion 0.5～0.8 inches.
[Efficacy]
abdominal distension and fullness, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, hematochezia, edema, back pain.
[Recipe]
- Mixed with Zusanli (ST36) to treat abdominal prolapse and constipation.
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