God, spirit. Road, channel. heart storing spirit, the point is close to the heart, next to it is Xinshu (BL15), which is related to the heart and is where the spirit energy flows in and out.

[Location]

Shendao (GV11) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Between the lower part of the fifth vertebrae." The acupoint can also be located at the bulge of the spinous process,
• Leijing Tuyi >: "When taking the points of the governor vessel (GV) between the spines, they should be taken at the protrusion of the joint."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: lumbar tendon membrane, supraspinal ligament, interspinous ligament.
• Nerve: medial branch of the posterior branch of the fifth thoracic nerve, and the spinal cord is within the spinal canal.
• Vessel: posterior branch of the fifth intercostal artery, interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus.

[Manipulation]

Oblique insertion is 0.5 to 1 cun, do not insert deeply, or insert the needle at the height of the spinous process and subcutaneously insert 1 to 2 cun downward. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 15 to 20 minutes.

[Efficacy]

It calms the mind, soothes the mind, invigorates Qi and clears away heat.

• Classical: body heat, headache, cough, panting, amnesia, palpitations, wind epilepsy, dizziness, pulmonary tuberculosis, shoulder pain, abdominal distension and fullness, low back and back pain.
• Modern: Acute skin infections, boils, carbuncles, erysipelas, mastitis, mumps, urticaria measles, neurodermatitis, chronic shank ulcer, pruritus, pulseless disease.

[Recipe]

• Heat headache, advance and retreat: Shendao (GV11), Guanyuan (CV4).
• Hanre: Shendao (GV11), Shaohai (HT3).
• amnesia: Shendao (GV11), Youmen (KI21), Gaohuangshu (BL43), Lieque (LU7).
• wind epilepsy: Shendao (GV11), Xinshu (BL15).