Gn, the bulging muscles next to the spine. The point is within the diaphragm muscle, facing Zhongji (CV3) in front, hence its name. (Lingshu‧Cijie Zhenxie is named "中膂", Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing is named "Zhongluneishu")

bubble_chart Location

Zhonglushu (BL29) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun and five fen on each side of the twentieth vertebra; it rises by the prominent muscle of the spine." UL>

  bubble_chart Anatomy

  • Muscle: gluteus maximus.
  • Nerves: Lateral branches of the posterior branches of the first, second, third, and fourth sacral nerves.
  • Vessels: lateral branches of the posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein and branches of the inferior gluteal artery and vein.

  bubble_chart Manipulation

  Perpendicular insertion 1～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

  bubble_chart Efficacy

  Strengthen the waist and stop diarrhea.

  • Classical: Lumbar pain, abdominal distension and fullness, hypochondriac pain, dysentery, kidney deficiency consumptive thirst, axillary spasm, hernia pain.
  • Modern: sciatica, lower limb paralysis, erectile dysfunction.

  bubble_chart Combinations

  • Abdominal distension and fullness: Geshu (BL17), Zhonglushu (BL29), Heehee.
  • dysentery: Zhonglushu (BL29), Hegu (LI4), Zusanli (ST36).