bubble_chart Etymology "Ji" (脊), spine; "zhong" (中), center or middle. This acupoint is located at 11th vertebra, which is the midpoint of 22 spinal segments, hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
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Jizhong (GV6) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the midline of back, in the depression below spinous process of 11th thoracic vertebra.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Located in the space below 11th vertebral joint." It can also be located at the prominence of spinous process.
- Leijing Tuyi BOOK>: "When selecting acupoints along governor vessel on spine, they should be located at the prominent points of vertebral joints".
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: thoracolumbar fascia, supraspinous ligament, and interspinous ligament.
- Nerve: medial branch of posterior branch of 11th thoracic nerve; within spinal canal lies spinal cord.
- Vessel: posterior branch of 11th intercostal artery, interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Invigorate spleen and resolve dampness.
- Classical: abdominal fullness and inability to eat, jaundice, warm disease with accumulation and diarrhea, chronic cold and hemorrhoids, stiffness and pain in waist and spine with limited flexion and extension, wind epilepsy and mania.
- Modern: acupuncture anesthesia for cesarean section and total hysterectomy.
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